{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"analysis_type":["methodological tool"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'methodological tool' for facet 'analysis_type' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":2,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=methodological+tool","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"iisd-002476","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-002476","title":"Climate Resilience and Food Security","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2013-06","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/adaptation_CREFSCA.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The paper introduces a framework to analyze food system resilience to climate change, moving from the household as the locus of food security up to community and national scales. It proposes two 'spinwheel' tools: one for food security analysis and one for resilience analysis, integrating system, agent, and institutional criteria. The framework is applied through the CREFSCA project in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, utilizing the CRiSTAL tool for community-level assessments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The document argues that most food security studies focus on direct impacts of climate events on food production, neglecting other critical dimensions such as access, utilization, and stability, which limits the understanding of factors that make communities climate resilient.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed conceptual framework uses a 'spinwheel' approach with five concentric rings to analyze food systems, starting with the household at the center and expanding to food access, food availability, supporting resources and services, and finally supporting organizations and policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Resilience in food systems is treated as an emergent property resulting from interactions between system elements over time, rather than a simple function of individual characteristics.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The framework for resilience analysis (Spinwheel 2) applies specific normative criteria: 'systems' (flexibility, robustness, redundancy, modularity, diversity, and safe failure), 'agents' (responsiveness, reorganization, resourcefulness, and capacity to learn), and 'institutions' (rights, entitlements, decision making, and information).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"At the community level, the framework is integrated with the CRiSTAL (Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods) tool to identify how climate hazards affect local livelihoods and the resources used for coping.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Food availability resilience is specifically linked to the capacity and distribution of storage systems; the document notes that centralized storage can be a vulnerability, citing the 2010 Pakistan floods where World Food Programme reserves were destroyed due to their proximity to the Indus River.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The framework emphasizes that food access resilience is higher when households have diverse income and food sources, such as balancing farm production with non-farm income.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The resilience of supporting organizations and policies is assessed based on their ability to restore functionality after shocks, provide equitable access to marginalized groups, and maintain transparent, participatory decision-making processes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002476#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["food security","climate resilience","food system","adaptive capacity","disaster risk reduction","Community based adaptation","climate change adaptation"],"geography_discussed":["Pakistan","India"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["conceptual framework","methodological tool"]},{"id":"iisd-002477","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-002477","title":"Resiliencia climática y seguridad alimentaria","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"es","date_published":"2013-06","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/adaptation_CREFSCA_es.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report introduces a framework for assessing climate resilience in food systems, moving from the household level up to national policy. It presents two analytical tools: 'Roulette 1' for food security analysis and 'Roulette 2' for resilience analysis. The framework emphasizes that resilience is an emergent property of system interactions and suggests specific indicators for food utilization, access, availability, and supporting infrastructure. The tools are designed to be applied through participatory processes, such as the CRiSTAL-SAN tool, to help policymakers and local practitioners identify vulnerabilities and develop long-term adaptation strategies in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The document argues that most food security studies focus on the direct effects of climate variability on food production, neglecting other critical dimensions such as access, utilization, and stability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed conceptual framework uses a series of concentric rings to analyze food systems, placing the household at the center as the primary site where food insecurity manifests as hunger and malnutrition.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Roulette 1' tool is designed for food security analysis, focusing on five levels: food utilization in a household, food access, food availability, supporting resources and services, and supporting organizations and policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Roulette 2' tool shifts the analysis to climate resilience, using questions and criteria related to systems (flexibility, redundancy), agents (response capacity, ingenuity), and institutions (rights, decision-making) to identify vulnerabilities.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Resilience in food utilization is determined by factors such as nutritional diversity throughout the year, equitable access to food within the household, and the health status of individuals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Food access resilience is characterized by a balance between home production and non-agricultural income, as well as the existence of diverse formal and informal support systems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Food availability resilience depends on a combination of regional production and imports, sufficient storage capacity to buffer price and supply fluctuations, and mechanisms to prevent hoarding.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The resilience of supporting resources and services is assessed by the state of environmental resources (land and water), the spatial distribution of infrastructure to avoid total failure from a single event, and the presence of redundant or substitutable components.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The resilience of supporting organizations and policies is measured by their capacity to restore functionality after a shock, the transparency and inclusivity of their decision-making, and their ability to learn from past failures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project applies this framework specifically to evaluate food system vulnerabilities in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, utilizing participatory processes and the CRiSTAL-SAN tool.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002477#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate resilience","food security","food system","climate change adaptation","vulnerability assessment","disaster risk reduction","agricultural production","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["India","Pakistan","United States"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["conceptual framework","methodological tool","policy recommendation"]}]}