Mainstreaming human mobility in adaptation to climate change

policies and actions

TADDESSE BEKELE FANTAETHIOPIA

Migration as coping strategy

Order of survival mechanisms before migration as disaster risk profile studies of Ethiopia

1. Reduced expenditure on non-essential items2. Consumption rather than sales3. Borrowing of food or cash4. Sale of non-productive assets5. Sale of productive asset6. Short term seasonal labor migration7. Long-term permanent migration including distress migration of the

whole family8. Increased working hours, collection of wild food, begging for money

or for food and others

nature of migration

• Rural to urban• Drought induced migration• Scarce or limited resource, Asset depletion • Conflict• Livelihood and asset building• Shock absorbing capacity

• Increasing long-run temperature and declining rainfall scenarios have been negatively affecting agricultural production, infrastructure and livelihoods of the rural poor community.

• It is believed predicted climate change, including variability, exert additional pressure on the already weakened subsistence economy of the pilot areas. build adaptive capacity of the rural community to cope with

drought and climate change contribute towards the reduction of the threat of climate change on livelihood opportunities”.

Climate change and its impacts

• A resilient community is well placed to manage hazards to minimize their effects and/or to recover quickly from any negative impacts, resulting in a similar or improved state as compared to before the hazard occurred,

• There are strong linkages between resilience and adaptive capacity. One of the most important factors shaping the adaptive capacity of individuals, households and communities is their access to and control over natural, human, social, physical, and financial resources.

Disaster risk profiles as a bases for mitigating migration based on DRM policies, Strategic Programs and Investment Frameworks

• Measure the vulnerability and capacity along with the kind of hazard affecting the community

• Response plan for disaster risk reduction activities supported by the investment framework

• Create enabling factor for the community to tackle the root cause of the problem

• Allocation of response fund pooled from Government, Diaspora, International and Local organizations and the community

• Enhance the role of the Diaspora in investing in its locality on combating the hazard which triggered migration

• Livelihood strategies that enhance the resilience of vulnerable farmers to cope with drought and climate change adopted and sustained.

• Provision of drought resistance, high yielding and short season crops

• Rice promotion, Compost production, promotion of fruits and vegetables, integrated pest management

• Livestock production, goats and sheep as asset creation revolving fund

• Bee production, bee colony revolving

Climate change adaptation measures expected from partners including the Diaspora

• Integrated Watershed Management and area closure• Irrigation development• Rain water harvesting• Flood protection• Spring water development• Alternative energy sources for environmental protection• Enhanced use of early warning information

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