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Differential Impact Analysis for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study from Nepal

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  • Chiranjeewee Khadka

    (Department of Carbon Storage in the Landscape, Czech Academy of Sciences, 11000 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Anju Upadhyaya

    (Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal)

  • Magda Edwards-Jonášová

    (Department of Carbon Storage in the Landscape, Czech Academy of Sciences, 11000 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Nabin Dhungana

    (Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, College of Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan)

  • Sony Baral

    (Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal)

  • Pavel Cudlin

    (Department of Carbon Storage in the Landscape, Czech Academy of Sciences, 11000 Prague, Czech Republic)

Abstract

Following a case study, community adaptation plans are a bottom-up approach that focus on increasing climate-vulnerable communities’ engagement in local adaptation planning and policy design, prioritization, and implementation in Nepal. This paper explains how Community-Based Adaptation Action Plan (CAPA) groups are being studied to assess the climate vulnerability of the local socio-ecosystem and to develop community-level adaptation measures. However, there is insufficient research to differentiate local vulnerabilities caused by climate change. This paper, therefore, examines climate change vulnerability with respect to community vulnerability and potential adaptation measures to increase community resilience and adaptive capacity through CAPAs. The study compares differences by gender, caste/ethnicity, and wealth in relation to specific climate-related hazards (exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity) of communities. The study draws on secondary sources of information along with field observations, 73 household interviews, 13 key-informant interviews, consultations, and 9 interactive meetings in 3 districts of Nepal. Differential impact analysis refers to the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of local socio-ecological systems. In addition, multivariate analysis was conducted using the Canoco program to analyze the role of actors with respect to climate vulnerability. The results conclude that the degree of vulnerability varies widely at the household level and is strongly influenced by socio-economic characteristics such as gender, caste/ethnicity, and wealth. Immediate and focused attention is needed to improve access to government resources for vulnerable households, requiring positive support from decision makers. Equally important is improving the chain of communication, which includes information, skills, knowledge, capacity, and institutional arrangements. Analysis of the differential vulnerability and the adaptive capacity of a vulnerable community is more appropriate for the design of local adaptation plans. Therefore, the study suggests that engagement of local partners, including local authorities, in addressing vulnerability and adaptation is required to confront the social process, new institutional arrangements, local adaptation, and capacity-building with technical solutions.

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  • Chiranjeewee Khadka & Anju Upadhyaya & Magda Edwards-Jonášová & Nabin Dhungana & Sony Baral & Pavel Cudlin, 2022. "Differential Impact Analysis for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study from Nepal," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-20, August.
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