Preparing for the future? understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at local level in Ethiopia

This research paper, produced by the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA), examines the impact of development interventions on local adaptive capacity in Ethiopia. It utilizes the Local Adaptive Capacity (LAC) framework to argue that interventions must better support individual agency, reassess scale and scope, and utilize evidence-based decision-making to build resilience through continuous learning and innovation.

• Ethiopia is highly vulnerable to climate change, ranking 11th out of 233 countries for physical climate impacts and 9th for overall vulnerability when adjusted for coping ability.
• The research employs the Local Adaptive Capacity (LAC) framework, which defines adaptive capacity through five interrelated characteristics: the assets base, knowledge and information, institutions and entitlement, innovation, and flexible forward-looking governance.
• The paper concludes that development interventions must increase support for people's agency, reassess their scale and scope, improve the use of information for evidence-based decision-making, and treat the building of adaptive capacity as a continuous process of innovation, change, and learning.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2014). Preparing for the future? understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at local level in Ethiopia. https://cdkn.org/resource/understanding-the-influence-of-development-interventions-on-adaptive-capacity-ethiopia

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Preparing for the future? understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at local level in Ethiopia. 2014. https://cdkn.org/resource/understanding-the-influence-of-development-interventions-on-adaptive-capacity-ethiopia.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2014preparing, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Preparing for the future? understanding the influence of development interventions on adaptive capacity at local level in Ethiopia}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2014}, month = aug, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/understanding-the-influence-of-development-interventions-on-adaptive-capacity-ethiopia}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }