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5. Develop a realistic and practical Action Plan for adaptation strategies that can be
implemented by the community over the next 20 years to improve the resilience of
both the XGCA ecosystem and the Xeni Gwet’in community
6. As part of this Action Plan, determine resources for adaptation measures
7. Develop monitoring protocols to measure climate change impacts over the
decades to
come
8. Develop partnerships with other communities and agencies in the region
2.3. Approach
The project involved 9 tasks:
1. Project Initiation
2. Climate Change Awareness
Raising
3. Assessment of Climate Change Impacts
4. Vulnerability Assessment
5. Definition of Community Vision
6. Identification of Adaptation Solutions
7. Preparation of a Community‐based
Climate Change Adaptation Strategy & Action
Plan
8. Preparation of a Monitoring Plan
9. Presentation of Draft Adaptation Strategy & Action Plan Strategy
2.4. Framework for Assessment
The study drew on several different conceptual frameworks. The main framework was
provided by Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources’ (CIER) Community Adaptation
Framework (manuals), which was complemented by the Climate Vulnerability and Capacity
Analysis Methodology used by CARE International3
and the Tyndall Group’s vulnerability
assessment framework (WEHAB+) 4. Together, these chosen methodologies provided the
background for a framework to analyze vulnerability and capacity to adapt to climate
change at the community level. They provided guidance and tools for participatory
research, analysis and learning.
2.5. Tools and Methods
The tools and methods employed in this project were multifold, using a combination of
community knowledge and scientific data and techniques to yield a better understanding
about local climate changes and impacts (Table 1). Key informant interviews were used to
collect information on historical climate trends, biophysical impacts, climate change
vulnerabilities and adaptation solutions. Key informant interviews were conducted
primarily with community elders but also with other members, including Chief and Council.
The key informant interviews and associated discussions provided opportunities to link
community knowledge with available scientific information on climate change. This served
to honour local knowledge of
the land and the climate, it helped local stakeholders
3 CARE 2009, Climate Vulnerability & Capacity Analysis Handbook.
4 Surviving Climate Change in Small Islands, Tyndall Group for Climate Change Research
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