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
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
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” http://www.niccd.org/ConceptualPaper.pdf PhD Research (ongoing)
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)
2. Systemic Resilience to Climate Change Robustness Rapidity Scale Redundancy Flexibility & Diversity Self-organisation Learning Equality Resilience as Sub-properties of livelihood systems:
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)
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.
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
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