1. ICTs and Climate Change Adaptation : The e-Resilience Approach CDI Seminar Series December 9th, 2011
Angelica V. Ospina
Centre for Development Informatics
University of Manchester, UK
Centre for Development Informatics

2. Outline 1) Adaptation to Climate Change Framework
Background
1) Adaptation to Climate Change Framework
2) Systemic Resilience to Climate Change:
e-Resilience, Examples and Challenges
3) Implications for ICTs & Resilience Thinking
Conclusions

3. Background ‘Climate Change, ICTs and Innovation’ project (2009-2012).
CDI in partnership with Canada’s IDRC.
“Linking ICTs and Climate Change Adaptation:
A Conceptual Framework for e-Resilience and
e-Adaptation”
PhD Research (ongoing)

4. 1. Adaptation to Climate Change: “SLA Plus” Approach
Vulnerability Dimensions
Vulnerability Context
Acute Shocks
Chronic Trends
Climate Change
Livelihood System
Livelihood Determinants
Assets
Institutions
Structures
System Levels:
MACRO
MESO
MICRO
Development Outcomes
Livelihood Capabilities
Functionings
ADAPTATION/ADAPTIVE ACTIONS
Ospina & Heeks (2011)

5. 2. Systemic Resilience to Climate Change
Robustness
Rapidity
Scale
Redundancy
Flexibility & Diversity
Self-organisation
Learning
Equality
Resilience as Sub-properties of livelihood systems:

6. 2. Systemic Resilience to Climate Change: e-Resilience
Vulnerability Dimensions
Vulnerability Context
Livelihood System
Development Outcomes
System Levels:
Livelihood Determinants
Assets
Institutions
Structures
Livelihood Capabilities
Functionings
MACRO
Acute Shocks
Chronic Trends
MESO
ADAPTATION/ADAPTIVE ACTIONS
MICRO
Climate Change
Resilience Sub-properties
ICTs
Robustness
Rapidity
Scale
Redundanc
Flexibility &
Diversity
Self-organisation
Learning
Equality
Ospina & Heeks (2011)

7. 3. Implications for ICTs & Resilience Thinking
Understanding livelihoods resilience : Role of tools such as ICTs in support of information, knowledge and innovation.
e-Resilience Sub-properties: Strengthen vulnerable systems response to cc challenges.
A model that goes beyond climate change.
Consideration of the underlying factors of vulnerability, including issues of power and inequality.
New and traditional knowledge.

8. Conclusions
From withstanding and recovering from short-term events, to adjusting, changing and transforming their livelihoods in the long term with the help of ICTs.
From reductive to systemic frameworks.
From components and processes to studying properties
(e-resilience).
Challenge of measuring resilience and ICTs’ contribution

9. Useful Links NICDD Project Website: www.niccd.org
Online Network on ICTs, Climate Change
and Development:
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