NAP Expo 2015 Session VIII, I Care vulnerable groups

Aarjan Dixit

CARE International

15 April 2015, 3rd NAP EXPO

Considerations of gender

and vulnerable groups

Examples, lessons and highlights from country

experiences in using tools and methods

Differential vulnerability: The role of social incl. gender

dimensions

•Risks to climate related impacts: vulnerability, hazards and

exposure. The roles, responsibilities, voice, access, control ...

result of social relations a critical component

• Different groups within a community have different but

complementary knowledge, capacities, experience

Introducing CARE’s Community-based Adaptation

Tools www.careclimatechange.org/tools

Aims/ objectives

•Understanding local and

differentiated impacts of climate

change

•Community level and –led

analysis, planning and tracking

•Bringing together locally held

knowledge and climate info

services

•Reflective community process

•Collaborative learning and

dialogue between different actors

Primary target audience

•Project managers, field staff

•Local partners

•Communities

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These tools do NOT:

• quantify results

• provide results that can be

generalised to

national/regional levels

Introducing CARE tools cont.

Processes

• Community-driven

• Institutional mapping, policy

analysis, key informants

• Inclusive & empowering

Linkages

• ACCRA Local Adaptive Capacity

• Livelihoods framework

• Rights-based approaches

• Gender and Diversity

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Field level tools e.g.

• seasonal calendars

• hazard maps

• historical timeline, trend analysis

• Venn diagram

• vulnerability matrix, hazard &

response analysis

Findings from across the regions – underlying causes

of vulnerability

• Asset base: ability to be proactive and innovate / take risks requires

minimum asset base strong differences e.g. land tenure, livestock, credit

• Exclusion/ lack of voice: ethnic minorities, younger generations, or poor,

uneducated women lacking voice in decision-making on e.g. DRM, land use,

development planning

• Access to information and training: language,

generation and gender gaps in access to crucial

information (weather, early warning, markets..)

• Labour division by gender group differential

exposure and sensitivity to climatic hazards depending on

crops farmed,livelihoods activities, time use

• Climatic shifts and social change: transitions in/ out of

livelihoods, changes in labour division, erosion of

community safety nets

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Lessons on social & gender dimensions of

vulnerability analysis

• Disaggregating vulnerability is not just about conducting

household level same-sex focus groups, nor about female-

headed households versus everyone else– about evolution in

equality gaps (control, rights, access, etc)

• Poverty - vulnerability relationship needs renewed nuance–

gender, age, disability, marginalization etc…

• Cookbook fallacy around tools: lack of training, time,

facilitation skills;

• Trade-off: local custom vs. inclusion - time pressures, and

local customs vs. inclusion of most excluded groups

• Analysis “and then what?” Analysis needs follow-on tools

otherwise social dimension gets "lost in translation"

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Reflections for NAP

• Better targeting, timing and approaches of adaptation-related

interventions for climate-vulnerable social groups

• From local to nation: Large scale climate response budgets and

timeframes versus inclusiveness, context specificity and sensitivity

to local power relations

• Dangers of generalisation–: how to utilise case studies without

inappropriate generalisation

• Information & knowledge filters at different levels/ in different

sectors are as important as the assessment method itself

• Chicken and egg problem of evidence and climate policy results

frameworks- what needs to come first?

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Questions to consider:

• What methods and tools have you found to be the most

useful for your country to address gender considerations

and considerations about vulnerable groups in adaptation

planning and implementation?

• For each element of the NAP guidelines, which building

blocks would particularly need to be undertaken with a

gender lens to ensure adequate consideration of gender

issues in the process to formulate and implement NAPs.

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Thank you!

www.careclimatechange.org

Bonn NAP Expo

14-15 April 2015

Sebastien DUSABEYEZU UNFCCC National Focal Point for Rwanda Senior Environmental Analyst Officer

Main gaps and challenges

Lack of gender references in the national NAPA;

Insufficient baseline information and indicators on specific vulnerabilities and adaptation mesures;

Lack of disaggregated data at all levels;

Low level of stakeholder participation in NAPA development process especially departments in charge of gender and women empowerment

The NAPA process was not decentralized to local structures and most vulnerable communities to consider their views;

Insufficient knowledge on the link between gender and adaptation to CC;

Issue of coordination, planning and monitoring/evaluation

Conclusion and recommendations

Gender GoR (Government of Rwanda) and partners should continue working hand in hand to ensure effective integration of gender in adaptation strategies, programs and projects.

Role of youth: “Youth” is the half of the population. Women and youth are both involved in adaption activities, as the most vulnerable group but also the strength (Force) of the Nation.

Recommendations:

Development baseline and vulnerability indicators;

Development of gender strategy for each key sector;

Development of short, medium and long term National Action Plans with attention on specificities of involved groups and sectors;

Capacity building and advocacy on gender mainstreaming and increase of coordination between sectors;

Increasing financing opportunities for women;

Increasing collaboration with stakeholders;