Livelihood Vulnerability Index: Gender Dimension to Climate Change and Variability in REDD + Piloted Sites, Cross River State, Nigeria
Livelihood Vulnerability Index: Gender Dimension to Climate Change and Variability in REDD + Piloted Sites, Cross River State, Nigeria
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10.3390/land11081240
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2022-08
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Adeniyi Okanlawon Basiru;A. O. Oladoye;Olubusayo Omotola Adekoya;Lucas Aderemi Akomolede;V. Oeba;O.O. Awodutire;Fredrick Charity;E. K. Abodunrin
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作者：
Adeniyi Okanlawon Basiru;A. O. Oladoye;Olubusayo Omotola Adekoya;Lucas Aderemi Akomolede;V. Oeba;O.O. Awodutire;Fredrick Charity;E. K. Abodunrin
气候变化和变异性影响的脆弱性已被确定为生计和复原力的一个主要齿轮，特别是对于农村地区的弱势群体而言。本研究旨在评估尼日利亚克罗斯河州 REDD+（减少毁林和森林退化所致排放+）试点地点/集群中性别对气候变化和变异性的脆弱性。使用问卷调查按比例从选定的 200 名受访者按性别分类收集数据。评估采用可持续生计方法（生计脆弱性指数），并将结果与IPCC脆弱性标准的暴露度、敏感性和适应能力加权平均值进行比较。结果显示，女性和男性分类水平的脆弱性维度存在显着差异（LVI：男性 0.509，女性 0.618）。女性类别更容易受到所评估的 LVI 七个主要组成部分中的六个组成部分的影响：（生计策略（0.646）、社交网络（0.364）、水（0.559）、健康（0.379）、食品和营养（0.507）以及自然灾害和气候变化（0.482），而男性仅容易受到社会人口主要组成部分（0.346）的影响。脆弱性指数还显示，女性更容易受到影响总体而言，在 IPCC-LVI 指数中，女性（0.0098）比男性（-0.0093）更容易受到气候变化和变异性影响的影响，并且对气候变化和变异性影响的适应能力最差（0.489）。森林退化+），以减少其在暴露、敏感性和适应能力方面对气候变化和变异性影响的脆弱性。这将有助于制定政策，以满足性别类别在减少对气候变化和变异性的脆弱性方面的具体需求。这种务实的方法可用于监测性别脆弱性维度、改善生计和评估潜在的气候变化适应计划。此外，引入IPCC-LVI作为基准工具将增强有关性别复原力和适应能力的信息，以提高数据稀缺地区（特别是非洲）的政策有效性。
Vulnerability to climate change and variability impacts has been identified as a major cog in the wheel of both livelihood and resilience, particularly in vulnerable groups in rural areas. This study aims to assess genders’ vulnerability dimension to climate change and variability in REDD + (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+) piloted site/clusters, Cross River State, Nigeria. Data were proportionately collected from selected 200 respondents on gender disaggregated level using questionnaires. The assessment adopted the sustainable livelihood approach (livelihood vulnerability index) and compared the results with the IPCC vulnerability standard of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity weighted mean. The results revealed a significant difference in the vulnerability dimension of both women and men disaggregated levels (LVI: men 0.509, women 0.618). The women category was more vulnerable to six out of seven major components of LVI assessed: (livelihood strategies (0.646), social networks (0.364), water (0.559), health (0.379), food and nutrition (0.507), and natural hazards and climate variability (0.482), while men only vulnerable to socio-demographic major component (0.346). Vulnerability indices also showed women to be more exposed (0.482), and sensitive (0.489) with the least adaptive capacities (0.462) to the climate change and variability impacts. Overall, on the IPCC-LVI index, women are more vulnerable (0.0098) to climate change and variability impacts than men (−0.0093). The study recommends that the women’s category resilience and adaptive capacity should be empowered in adaptation projects in climate change such as REDD + (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+) to reduce their vulnerability to impacts of climate change and variability in the context of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacities. This will be instrumental in formulating policies to address the specific needs of gender categories in reducing vulnerability to climate change and variability. This pragmatic approach may be used to monitor gender vulnerability dimension, and livelihood enhancement and evaluate potential climate change adaptation programs. Additionally, the introduction of IPCC-LVI as a baseline instrument will enhance information on gender resilience and adaptive capacity for policy effectiveness in a data-scarce region particularly Africa.