Towards Climate Resilient Environmental and Natural Resources Management in the Lake Victoria Basin

Hammond, Michael; Xie, Jiancang

doi:10.1596/33912

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“…There is an extensive climatological and social science literature documenting the range of hazards to which communities in the Lake Victoria Basin are exposed: these include climatic and weather extremes resulting in drought, storms, and flooding, as well as crop pests and diseases. Environmental pollution and poor standards of regulation and governance add to these risks (Hammond and Xie, 2020). However, not all households are equally exposed to every hazard.…”

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Adaptation Planning: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Vulnerability in the Lake Victoria Basin

Petty

Ngoleka²,

Cornforth

et al. 2022

Front. Clim.

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Decision makers need actionable information on the factors that inhibit household adaptation to climate variability and other changes, especially those changes reinforcing environmentally unsustainable livelihood strategies. In this paper, we show how a combination of quantitative and qualitative data can help assess current livelihood vulnerability and the social and institutional obstacles facing specific population groups that lock in risk and undermine opportunities. Detailed analysis of current household economies in two case study communities (one in Uganda and one in Kenya) in the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa, was combined with a qualitative, intersectional exploration of constraints on income adaptation and diversification. Quantitative household economy analysis showed low levels of household disposable income overall and additionally, poor returns on investment from enterprises typically controlled by women. Qualitative research highlighted changes in gender roles driven by women's entrepreneurial responses to reduced household income from traditional agricultural and natural resource-based activities. However, due to unequal access to finance and culturally mediated norms and expectations, many women's enterprises were small scale and insecure. The broader political economy context is one of limited national investment in education and infrastructure, further constraining local opportunities for human and economic development. The approach described here was directed by the need to understand and quantify economic vulnerability, along with the cultural and institutional constraints on adaptation, as a basis for making better adaptation policies and interventions to build resilience over the longer term.

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confidence: 99%