Gender in Community Based Adaptation (CBA) Planning Processes Adaptation Learning Programme CIGN meeting April 2016

‘ Climate change affects us all, but it does not affect us all equally. The poorest and most vulnerable – those who have done the least to contribute to global warming – are bearing the brunt of the impact.’ UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon

Community Based Adaptation Framework Strongly linked to all elements of the CARE global program strategy Contributing to outcomes on food and nutrition security; resilience to climate change and women’s economic empowerment. COMMUNITY- BASED ADAPTATION Local adaptive & organisational capacity Addressing underlying causes of vulnerability Disaster risk reduction Climate- resilient livelihoods Influencing enabling policy environment Climate Change knowledge Risk and uncertainty

Differential vulnerability: The role of social incl. gender dimensions Vulnerability to climate change: exposure, sensitivity and capacity also depend on roles, responsibilities, voice, access, control...  result of different social relations, cultural norms Different groups within a community have different but complementary knowledge, capacities, experience

Why Consider Gender in CBA? Climate change is here and vulnerable communities are already impacted – men, women, boys and girls CBA contributes to resilience to climate change, ensuring ongoing risk analysis and management of uncertainty by all social groups (separately and jointly) Allows for flexible, forward, looking, planning and decision making, mainly in agriculture but in other livelihoods as well (multi-level and multi-stakeholder Encourages institutional arrangements that allow for improved access to timely and usable information (including climate information) by various social groups Focuses on moving beyond women’s empowerment to encouraging gender equality and equity (joint and complementary decision making, access to and control over resources) 5

The Gender-Governance-Adaptation- Resilience Interface Ex: Seasonal Planning through the PSP process

Points of Reflection Diversification of risks faced by social groups, in addition to diversification of livelihoods (where appropriate) CBA takes into account the various forms of capacity (anticipatory, absorptive, adaptive, with potential for transformative) Changing roles in a changing climate – comprises both challenges and opportunities Need to constantly identify barriers and drivers (very dynamic) – multi-stakeholder forums on climate information services providing safe spaces for joint planning and budgeting for seasons. Recognise that adaptation is a dynamic state and allow for continued risk analysis and managing uncertainty at various levels, by all social groups

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