Presentations
Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment for Socio-Economics of LMB
This presentation was given at the 1st Regional Workshop of the USAID program Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change (Mekong ARCC) by ICEM’s John Sawdon and Paul Wyrwoll. The presentation gives an overview of socio-economic trends and drivers in the LMB, outlining the continuing importance of agricultural livelihoods. It explores the issues of rural poverty, livelihoods and productive sectors, and assesses the climate vulnerability in Mondulkiri.
The presentation concludes that whilst huge economic and social transition is going on in the LMB, rural livelihoods will continue to be directly reliant on natural resources for many decades and will therefore be highly exposed to climate change. Mondulkiri is one of the poorest provinces in the basin and is projected to be under extreme threat from climate change. The province provides an illustration of how poverty and climate change vulnerability combine in the basin as a whole. The impacts on health and infrastructure of more serious flood and drought events would have large welfare impacts. An understanding of the full impacts requires an analysis of how all productive sectors (e.g. Agriculture, Fisheries, etc.) interact through livelihoods.