Publication Date: 2024/02/24
Abstract: The study aimed to assess climate change adaptations responses of institutions towards pastoral communities and to examine the effectiveness of their role in facilitating and supporting climate change adaptation in pastoral sector in River Atbara and New Halfa Municipalities of Kassala State Eastern Sudan. Approach used is Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA), (2009) based on CARE, community based adaptation framework.Tools are desk research, check-list for consultations, meetings, interviews in addition to Venn diagram questionnaire. The study is conducted for formal and informal institutions at local and state level. Collected data were coded, computerized and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).Key findings were that the Gov. institutions have well defined roles and mechanisms, they are directly and indirectly related to climate resilient actions, their mission is to provide weather and climate information; social and health services and development activities to ensure adaptations and sustainable development. Institutional engagements are wide-ranging across the Gov.; informal institutions and NOGs at State or local levels .The all-inclusive representatives’ institutions mentioned that different plans and activities within their responsibilities, contribute to reduction of vulnerability of the pastoral groups including and not limited to: enforcement of legislations ,rangelands and forest improvement and management; water source development; provision of climate information and services and capacity building.Enabling factors which have been discussed based on CARE, community based adaptation framework include: Promotion of climate-resilient livelihoods ; Climate related risks reduction; Capacity development and addressing underlying causes of vulnerability. Results also revealed that, enabling factors affected by low institutional capacities; absence of national climate policy and measures; weak regulatory framework to support adaptation options regarding pastoral sector and low levels of information availability and accessibility and dissemination. Early warning systems and climate information have an important role to play in promoting adaptation depending on people ability to use the information effectively. Climate data forecasting are not well distributed , low voice of pastoralists and local institutions in local planning processes the legislations enforcement and policy adoption dimensions are crucial barriers for pastoral communities in the area to build climate-resilient livelihoods .The study recommended that the pastoral communities in the area have to build climate-resilient livelihoods and considerate the conciliation between the community and and formal policy maker institutions.
Keywords: Institutions; Pastoralism; Kassala, Climate related Risk; Climate Resilient.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10700188
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT24FEB1007.pdf
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