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THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN OF ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY PROCESS : A REALISTIC

IMPLEMENTATION OF PARTICIPATORY ON COMMUNITY BASED IN INDONESIA

Soeksmono Boedi

Junior Expert of Urban Planning for Rekompak JRF, Urban Development and Disaster Risk Management

[email protected] ; www.monosnote.co.cc

ABSTRACTIdeally everyone who live on earth has responsibility for adapting the climate change. The carbon dioxide emission

at the moment is at worried level. So who should handle it? The community who live in urban or rural area have the

same responsibility, but in developing countries including Indonesia they still fight in some social economic

problems. In fact the climate change adaptation topic is not familiar nor popular. To count on the national or local

governments role fully is almost impossible. The logic slogan for grass root level recently what you did is what

you get is making sense.

How to combine the climate change adaptation and the social economic problem in a strategic plan is a rational

concept, but it is necessary to think of the entry point. What kind of entry point do we suppose it can work when

applied in community? This question depends on how strong the communitys assumption can see both (climate

change adaptation and social economic) issues which have the same challenge and barrier. Here everything needs

some logic explanation and the solution to improve their prosperity.

The flowchart in methodological framework explain the stages of applied research in the community but for better

result in the end of research, the community will get a stimulated fund to realize their community action plan of

climate change adaptation. The fund which will be used hopely the community also have the concept of revolving

fund and sustainable development, especially in combining the social economic issue and climate change adaptation.

Learning by doing and working about climate change adaptation will be much better and much more realistic for the

communitys future especially in developing countries. It is beyond a knowledge of climate change adaptation.

BACKGROUNDThe truth, Climate Change Adaptation is not sexy issue at grass root level. It is very hard and not fair for always

blaming and demanding the grass root to be enhanced their roles, notably in top down development, dictatorshipcountry, or corrupted government. It needs a special strategy to discuss this topic with the community, especially for

rural community. In developing countries such as like Indonesia, the main problem of having at grass root level is

about their living. The way of living at grass root level depends on their economic abilities, it means that their

ability how to understand climate change adaptation needs extra effort.

However the economic issue is very urgent and important to be the top list to enhance their lifes quality. The other

way, the community who live in rural settlement especially near the jungle or tropical forest mostly taking the

source of energy and the economic commodities from the forest. Land use conversion to farming usage, mining, and

illegal logging are very sensitive issues in the communities. To empower the cultural ties for environmental

conservation needs social economic approach in certain method which depends on the characteristic of tribe, culture,

and human development index.

Needs to find out how to make a synergy between climate change adaptation and the social economic issue in the

community. In Indonesia, these all things will be very significant if we can do successfully especially in rural

settlement where the areas still have the tropical forest and conservation area. Perhaps we all know that diminishingthe carbon dioxide emission is to improve the environmental quality but it will be much better if the stakeholders of

development mainly the community usually as object can make their roles to be the best playmaker in climate

change adaptation.

RESEARCH QUESTIONWork and research with community is an exotic challenge, so the following questions for the research are :

1. What kinds of assumption do the community have about climate change adaptation issue?

2. What is the most urgent issue for the community at village which can be an entry point of climate change

adaptation topic?

3. Why is the communal participatory so important and strategic to implement the concept of climate change

adaptation?


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The questions will lead to an integrated concept of climate change adaptation for applied and implemented.

Monitoring and evaluation of this applied research is needed, and also the success of research sometimes depends on

the characteristic of culture and human development index of the community. Strongly this paper will guide to be an

applied research according to the motivation of research.

METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKTo compose some questions in a closed questionnaire method with 4 optional answer for each question.

Respondents are selected by age between 18 until 40 years old, with assuming that this age group is still very

productive and easy to make discussion. The assessment of their assumption is very necessary to obtain the input,

understanding, and knowledge of climate change adaptation. To build image and to get assumption at first about

climate change adaptation in community is very crucial phase to continue the next. Here is the flowchart to be

designed for applying the research :

Questionnaire

about CCA

Assumption of CCA

in Community of

Village

Comparative Study :

1. Modules for FocusGroup Discussion.2. First Insight.3. To list potencies

and constrains.

4. Social Mapping

Theories and

Regulation

Expected Concept

for actual

circumstance

Communitys

meeting and

discussion

Concept of the

Communitys role

and responsibility

Communitys self

survey in the village

Communitys

planning in CCA

action

Communitys

meeting and

public test

Revised and more

discussion with

community

To determine roles,

responsibility, and the short

term ro rams


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RESEARCH FINDING

Here the matrix of research finding to see the points of any variables and it break down in the substance completely.

THE CORRELATED VARIABLES IN THE SUBSTANCE OF MATERIALS AND TOOLS

COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

No. The Substance of

Questionnaire and

Focus Group

Discussion

Social Economic Problems Climate Change Adaptation

Context

Unified Urgencies

(Both Variables)

Recommended Issues

1 Source of energy fordaily activities

The kerosene at the moment is veryexpensive (IDR 8,000 per liter) and the

LPG's 3kg content (IDR 15,000) is

unreachable for grass root level. It's mucheasier to take wood for cooking.

Actually wood is renewable sources,but in fact the process of

reforestation is very late to do,

besides the carbon dioxide emissionis also high.

Any alternativesources of energy

for problem solving

but perhapsfinancial

investment is thefirst consideration,

mostly at grass rootlevel.

Most of the urgencies here talkabout enhancing the

environmental planning and

management. But one of themost important keywords is

improving the prosperity of grassroot level. Without discussing

the improvement of prosperity,surely here is not any

community's participation at all.

Make any discussion and

planning to combine betweensocial economic problems andclimate change adaptation for

being a unified problem solving.

The participatory of communityin any stage of planning thecommunity action plan will

make them more havingresponsibility, care, proprietary,

and knowledge of climatechange adaptation.

2 Water usage For primary usage (drink, cooking, andtoilet) is still proper, but many

complaining for secondary usage

(washing) and tertiary (farming).

Deforestation causes the quality andquantity to be reduced and lowered.

Also get the intrusion from the sea.

To enhance theenvironmental

planning and

management.

3 Inconvenience for

higher temperature of

the weather

No ability to adapt with the temperature

changing. The effects are the health of

respiration and body defense. The healthinsurance and health public service arevery limited to grass root level.

To reduce the carbon dioxide

emission, soon or later the process

of forestation have to be done.Using the air conditioner is notpermanent problem solving.

To enhance the

environmental

planning andmanagement.


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4 Unpredictable weather The community who live in rural area and

count on farming sector, face difficult

time to cropping and it means that thecash crop can't be expected.

The hard trees in environmental

planning and management can

ensure the water supply for farmingdemands.

To enhance the

environmental


5 Disaster of flood and

drought

Unpredictable water supply for farming

demands. Needs extra money for watersupply when drought come. Flood is alsorisk which bring financial consequences.

In theory and concept, the

correlation between climate changeadaptation and disaster riskreduction is directly proportional.

To enhance the

environmentalplanning andmanagement.

6 Absolute poverty Per capita income of grass root level inIndonesia average is just about USD 250.But average of all Indonesian people is

about USD 1,450.

To be marginal people who can'tparticipate in climate changeadaptation with life's consequences.

To improve theprosperity of grassroot level with

realistic problem

solving.

7 Environmental

exploration

People usually just think financial profit

and benefit without considering the

consequences.

Obviously it is a threatening fact for

climate change adaptation, and it

needs the guaranteed regulation.

To enhance the

environmental


It seems the unified urgency point to the environmental planning and management as the entry point for social economic problems and climate change adaptation. The

community and a moderator need to see from some viewpoints so that it can be composed as an integrated environmental management, guidance in relation to the ThematicStrategy of Social Economic Problem on Climate Change Adaptation.


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DISCUSSIONTrough discussing, it will find out the solution much better and completely for realistic implementation in

community to improve their prosperity in the Climate Change Adaptation Context. Here are the following sub topics

for discussing materials :1. How to make the environmental issue as an entry point and as an interesting topic to improve the communitys

prosperity.

2. How to explain the benefit and profit from integrated environmental management based on the participatory of

community.

3. How to develop economic potencies in the communitys area in order to support the Climate Change

Adaptation.

4. Talk about the way to assess, monitor, and evaluate the implementation of climate change adaptation in

community, especially developing social economic potencies in supporting environmental management.

5. How to explain logically and rationally to the community about the correlation between good environment and

climate change adaptation in directly proportional.

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