Browsing by Author "Werners, Saskia E."

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    Adaptation pathways to inform policy and practice in the context of development
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2023-01-03) Sparkes, Edward; Totin, Edmond; Werners, Saskia E.; Wise, Russell M.; Butler, James R.A.; Vincent, Katharine
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    Climate adaptation approaches and key policy characteristics : cases from South Asia
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2017-10) Vij, Sumit; Moors, Eddy; Ahmad, Bashir; Arfanuzzaman, Md.; Bhadwal, Suruchi; Biesbroek, Robbert; Gioli, Giovanna; Groot, Annemarie; Mallick, Dwijen; Regmi, Bimal; Saeed, Basharat Ahmed; Ishaq, Sultan; Thapa, Bhuwan; Werners, Saskia E.; Wester, Philippus
    This paper assesses existing policies in South Asia in view of long-term climate change adaptation and finds they need to focus on shared transboundary resources, instead of national or sub-national scales. It analyzes policy approaches in terms of institutional flexibility, adaptive nature, scalability and reflexivity, and evaluates these characteristics in the climate change adaptation policies of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. A discussion section reflects on key insights. For instance, each country has a different sectoral vulnerability: Nepal's adaptation policy focuses on forestry and soil conservation, while Bangladesh’s focuses on water and flood management.
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    Climate resilient development pathways in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region
    (2022-03) Werners, Saskia E.; Shrestha Pradhan, Neera; Shrestha, Suzeena; Syed, Abu; Chowdhury, Sidratun; Bhadwal, Suruchi; Chakravarty, Smita; Jamal, Faiza; Bharti, Neha; Malhotra, Saumya; Biemans, Hester; Gulpen, Marijn; Ahmed, Bashir; Ahmed, Shakil; Khalid Jamil, Muhammad; Abaas, Akhtar; Lamichhane, Nabina; Sparkes, Edward
    Communities throughout the world face substantial challenges in the face of climate change. This is of particular concern in climate change hotspots, especially where extreme climate effects coincide with large numbers of vulnerable and poor people. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is one such climate change hotspot. For development to be sustainable in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, interventions need to include choices and actions that improve livelihoods and alleviate poverty, counteract climate change, are inclusive for the most vulnerable and resilient over time. Climate resilient development pathways present an option to bring together these goals, by consolidating climate action and development choices to generate pathways towards sustainable development.
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    Exploring approaches for monitoring and evaluation of climate resilient development pathways : lessons from the use of outcome mapping
    (2021-12) Sparkes, Edward; Werners, Saskia E.; Pradhan, Neera Shrestha; Shrestha, Suzeena; Lamichhane, Nabina; Chowdhury, Sidratun; Bhadwal, Suruchi
    Outcome mapping incorporates principles that can be used to inform considerations for the challenges and requirements for climate resilient development pathways. Before reaching the stage of an intervention when practitioners are designing a monitoring and evaluation approach, important steps must already have taken place in the intentional design phase. Indicators should be representative of intervention goals and clear in their direction in relation to long-term model projections of change in climate shocks and stresses. Development pathways in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region informed the results of this report. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is a climate change hotspot.