Session Name: Anthropocene, Vulnerability and Resilience among At Risk Populations
Building inclusive climate resilience in Eastern Indonesia: Understanding capacities and identifying opportunities for vulnerable populations
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)
Paper Abstract: This paper will focus on our KONEKSI project exploring how vulnerable communities identify climate related challenges and how they develop strategies to strengthen resilience in Indonesia. Through participatory action research, the project is based on three key innovations: (1) Deep community engagement, facilitated through co-design; (2) Demonstration of the intersectional disadvantages accrued through climate change (for example, acknowledging that poverty impacts nutrition, and that older people can also be women living with disabilities); and (3) Development and consolidation of an interdisciplinary, international team bringing together expertise in climate resilience, environmental governance, human rights, social inclusion, gender, disability, ageing, law and policy. The paper will discuss our progress in building strong and enduring partnerships that will promote climate resilience for key vulnerable groups: people with disabilities, diverse women, and older people (and people who live at the nexus of these), in Lombok, Makassar and Sumbawa.