This small presentation tried to link DRR and livelihood security in changed climate. Data used in the presentation taken from various sources (given in short notes). If I have missed any source, please remind me.

1. Shashanka Saadi
Place: YWCA Bhaban, Dhaka
Organized by: Bangladesh POUSH
In Collaboration: Ramsar Center Japan, with Assistance of JFGE
March 18, 2010

2. Poverty Dimension
four dimensions of poverty
- opportunity (access to
markets and employment);
- capability (access to health
and education);
- security (vulnerability to
economic risks and to all
forms of violence); and
- empowerment (power
within and beyond the
household)
- (Amaratya Sen 2001)

3. Understanding Livelihood and its
security
Poor and
Marginalized
people’s livelihood
need to be secured
under the threat of
climate change

4. Defining Livelihood
A livelihood comprises
the capabilities, assets
(including both material
and social resources) and
activities required for a
means of living.
A livelihood is
sustainable when it
can cope with and
recover from
stresses and shocks
and maintain or
enhance its
capabilities and
assets both now and
in the future, while
not undermining the
natural resource
base. (Chambers and Conway
1992)

5. Existing concept of sustainable Livelihood
(source: DFID/ukaid )

6. What is Vulnerability
 The extent to which a person, group or
socio-economic structure is likely to be
affected by a hazard (related to their
capacity to anticipate it, cope with it,
resist it and recover from its impact). It
is related to social, economic, political,
cultural, physical, etc. conditions
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7. What is DRR
 The conceptual framework of elements
considered with the possibilities to
minimize vulnerabilities and disaster risks
throughout a society, to avoid (prevention)
or to limit (mitigation and preparedness)
the adverse impacts of hazards, within the
broader context of sustainable development
(UNISDR, 2006)
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8. Poor are most affected and Vulnerable
 The use of these large
cast nets endangers
valuable resources. An
SFLP activity is helping
the island fisheries
community to develop
alternatives to ensure
better resources
management
 Courtesy of SFLP 2001

9. Livelihood Security Outcome
 achievements or outputs
 higher income levels,
of livelihood strategies
 sustainable and resilient
in the face of external
shocks and stresses
 an increased sense of
well-being,
 reduced levels of
vulnerability
 food security
 greater access to
education, health when
service not available
systematic at state level

10. Livelihood security redefined
Adopted from IFAD Sustainable Livelihood approach, 2001

11. Sustainable Livelihood Framework for Bangladesh
Livelihood
platform
Assets: natural,
physical, human;
financial; sociocultural capital and
socio-political
capital (dividing
social capital)
Policy goals and
strategies:
Economic, political,
socio-cultural and
legal factors.
Trade and industrial
policies, Customary
laws that affect
access to credit and
resources, labour
laws, unpaid work,
technology strategy
Gender
Dimension:
Activities analysis,
Resources analysis
Relationships
analysis and
gender bias
Access and
control
modified by
Social
relations:
gender, class,
age, ethnicity
Institutions:
rules, customs,
land tenure,
markets, policy
instruments,
human resources
development and
opportunities,
financial
allocations, and
strategic planning
Organization
associations,
networks, local
administration;
state agencies
In context of
Results
Trends:
population,
migration,
technological
change, relative
prices, macro-policy,
national economic
trends; world
economic trends
Shocks, and
Risks trom CC
turned to be
disasters; more
drought, more flood,
pests attack,
diseases, more
severe cyclone
Livelihoo
d security
and risk
reduction
strategies
Analyzing power
and power
relations: which are
crucial in
determining gender
roles and relations in
households and
communities.
Source: Adopted from Ellis (2000) and (Moser and Norton 2001), UNDP (1999a) and DFID (2001)
Composed
of
Natural
resources
(NR)-based
activities –
Agriculture,
livestock,
agro labor,
Non NR-
based
activities –
public
services,
trade,
enterprise,
remittance,
technology
(appropriate
and
innovative
for poor)
Towards
Livelihood
security:
income level;
income stability,
seasonality;
degrees of risk
Environment
al
sustainability
: soil and
land quality;
water; forest,
bio-diversity

12. Core Principles for Climate Change adaptive
Livelihood security
 Timely Right information
 People-centered attitude and adhere
local knowledge
 Integrating Gender Dimension – women
play key role in livelihood security
 Responsive and participatory
 Defining Power dimension and relation
 Multi-level and multi dimensional

13. Participation of people – a key factor

14. Conditions for Climate Change (CC)
adaptive Livelihood
 Based on Cause analysis of livelihood
erosion under CC
 Conducted in partnership
 Sustainable
 Dynamic and flexible
 Holistic perspective
 Building on strengths of the producers
 Enabling Market
 Micro-Macro-Micro links & value chain

15. Thanks to all
Lets build a
country and
world where
every person’s
livelihood is
secured and risk
insured under
changed climate