Exercise 7: Adaptation strategies, obstacles and opportunities
In this exercise, participants identify adaptation strategies for making progress towards the adaptation goals identified in Exercise 6, and build on the local responses identified in Exercise 5. This exercise is a good time to involve additional expertise (technicians, NGOs, scientists, etc.). This can be done in a large group if participants are not intimidated by the presence of external stakeholders. Alternatively, external stakeholders can be consulted in a separate workshop.
This exercise can be done in one large group. If this is difficult in the local context, facilitators can conduct the exercise in separate groups of men and women. The objective of this exercise is to:
Develop additional strategies for making progress towards the identified short- and long-term adaptation goals
Facilitation Facilitators provide pencils or markers in multiple colours and smaller paper cards of various colours, and display the completed adaptation path sheets from Exercise 6 for easy reference. The facilitators then add the effective and sustainable responses from the “Evaluation of responses to the impacts of hazards” matrix (completed in Exercise 5) to the appropriate goals on the adaptation path sheets. Participants identify and add any other responses or steps that may be needed to reach the identified goals. Facilitators and resource persons, such as NGO staff, can add ideas here too.
If the exercise is done in separate groups, facilitators need two sets of the adaptation path sheets from Exercise 6.
40 Adaptation strategies
Facilitators split the participants into groups of 4–5 to develop and discuss suitable adaptation strategies. These small groups work on one hazard and adaptation path at a time – from impact through responses, short-term goals and long-term goals. Every 5–10 minutes, facilitators ask the groups to work on another adaptation path until each group considers every goal. If time is short, each group should consider a minimum of 2–3 goals.
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