Preparing for the future: Understanding the Influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at local level in Ethiopia
This report is a synthesis of the key findings of a research that seeks to explore how existing disaster risk reduction, social protection and sustainable livelihood interventions impact on adaptive capacity at the local level in Ethiopia. It calls for the development of more focused interventions that target both immediate development needs and longer-term adaptation requirements and that combine different approaches – disaster management, social protection and livelihoods promotion.
This paper syntheses key findings from the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance’s (ACCRA) research in Ethiopia. Section one explores key concepts and provides background to ACCRA. It goes on to explain the research methodology and introduces the project’s analytical tool, the Local Adaptive Capacity Framework (LAC). Section two highlights key climate and development challenges for Ethiopia as well as describing some of the main development interventions in each of three research sites. Section three draws on research findings to explore how development interventions are impacting on the characteristics of adaptive capacity. Finally, section four provides an insight into what ACCRA’s research means for development practice.