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is very well suited for the people living in high altitude. The day to day
hardships in these regions are very high, any adaptive measure which can
reduce the effort of their work and simultaneously making then adapt
for the climate variability can be the right approach of the planning.
The framework for adaptation for the Himalayan region cannot be very
different from other approaches but at the time of planning this above
mentioned aspect has to be incorporated. The preliminary social surveys
are very important to determine important parameters which need to be
incorporated at the time of successful adaptation framework. The elements
of effi ciency, effectiveness, equity and legitimacy are important parameters
for assessing the adaptation needs and successful implementation in any
given region (Adger et al. 2005). The fi nal and most important facet of
climate risk adaptation is that it has to be continuous process. As rate of
climate change is not constant and additional adaptive measure has to be
planned in the framework. Taking all these factors in consideration we
propose 5 steps pre-framework for effective adaptation:
1. Assesses the climate risk in the given region (on the basis of climatic
and non-climatic drivers).
2. Assessment of intensity of risks occurred due to climate change and
its prioritization.
3. Knowledge enhancement for the management of particular risk
(prioritize in the above step).
4. Assessment of future climate- related risk and combined reactive and
proactive steps of adaptation to optimize the cost of adaptation.
5. Continue the assessment of risks for future planning.
Adaptation Frameworks for Climate Change
The Hindu Kush region is considered to be most vulnerable to climate
change impacts and it is extended from Afghanistan to Myanmar (IPCC
2007). This region has great pressure from non-climate drivers because of
high population density and due to the presence of the poorest countries
in this region. The climate variability in this region force people of this area
to adapt with the available resources but rapid and frequent changes needs
continuous evolution of adaption measure. One type adaptation framework
cannot fi t in the dynamic Hindu Kush region with a lot of climate and non-
climatic drivers. In this chapter we discuss major frameworks developed
by different groups to tackle this problem. The important frameworks are
listed in Table 6.1 given below with all the essential input parameters.
Essentially all the frameworks are classifi ed in two broad categories: Impact
and adaptation frameworks (Fig. 6.3). Different groups have used these