An inductive approach for the evidence of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction synergies of interventions: challenges and opportunities
The study on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) synergies of interventions was carried out with a combination of approaches consisting of country-specific case studies in Nepal and India in South Asia and in the Republic of Ghana in the West Africa, an online survey eliciting responses from the stakeholders engaged in climate CCA and DRR and literature review. The case studies in Nepal consisted of conducting focused group discussions (FGDs) with project beneficiaries in two DRR projects and two CCA projects to elicit the benefits accrued from these projects. In the case of the Republic of Ghana, the FGDs were conducted in three CCA projects, two DRR projects and one CCA-DRR project representing major interventions in the Republic of Ghana. Unlike in Ghana and Nepal, the case study in India was focused on evaluating a single intervention instead of several projects. In this case, the study focused on the risk insurance project in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. For eliciting various benefits from the insurance, a detailed questionnaire was developed addressing the beneficiary and non-beneficiaries of insurance. An online survey with closed-ended and open-ended questions was conducted to elicit responses on CCA-DRR synergies.