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http://wakeupfreakout.org Gina Ziervogel Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town This work by Gina Ziervogel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License . Vulnerability Concepts (Section 1) Approaches (Section 2) Environmental change (Section 4) Methods (Section 3) Adaptation to GEC (Section 5) Adaptation in practice (Section 6) Turn to person next to you: What do you understand by the term vulnerability? Why is it important to understand given climate change? Vulnerability Risk and vulnerability definitions ▪ Focus on exposure, sensitivity and resilience Conceptual approaches ▪ Risk/Hazard ▪ Political economy/ecology ▪ Ecological resilience Assessing vulnerability Scoping vulnerability assessment Questions for initial framing of VA Livelihood vulnerability ▪ Qualitative ▪ Quantitative Indicators and mapping Agent-based modelling Scenarios Environmental change Film: Wake up, freak out, get a grip What is global environmental change? IPCC process of examining climate change Evidence of change ▪ Africa ▪ South Africa Adaptation Concept Builds on understanding of vulnerability Adaptive capacity Types of adaptation Adaptation in eThekwini municipality 4 phases Municipal adaptation plans Community adaptation plans Sekhukhune district Impacts of climate variability on livelihoods and municipality The need to focus on adaptation in the water sector