Abstract
There are various activities being carried out, both in climate change mitigation and adaptation by national and international funding in developing countries. However, the effectiveness of climate related programs in the vulnerable communities, remains questionable. This qualitative research is the outcome of desk study of literature reviews, personal interviews and focus group discussions. The paper presents the background of international fund allocation and flow of funds in LDCs, developing countries with an expression that climate finance has not been able to sufficiently reach to the needy. The primary reasons climate finance is failing to address its objective can be attributed to its fundamental flaws including accumulation of natural capital and lack of global consideration of climate justice, along with flaws in perception of development agency about the local situation and country’s priority. The issues of politics and power, which donors may often either be not aware, need to be addressed when designing effective climate change programs. For the best outcome, communities need to enhance their capacity to adapt to the impacts of potential changes, particularly when such impacts are out of their coping abilities. Through a combination of literature review and field observation in relevant locations of Nepal in relation to natural resource conservation, disaster mitigation programs in agriculture and food security, this study explores how adaptation strategies based on the knowledge of the indigenous communities combined with the usage of modern scientific innovations can make the adaptation more robust, reliable, replicable, relevant, and resource-conserving.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Technical, Political, and Social Responses
KEYWORDS
Developing countries, Fundamental Flaws, Communities coping approach, Autonomous adaptation
