Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Sri Lanka – What Scope for Empowerment of Vulnerable Communities?
15 Jun 2017 by the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA)
A presentation was made by Stephen Woroniecki, a PhD candidate on his preliminary findings, highlighting how Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change Adaptation (EbA) may provide opportunities for empowerment among social groups that have the least capabilities to address climate change.
He has conducted an empirical study using both qualitative, quantitative and participatory methods and has based his field research in Mannar, Kurunegala and Nuwara Eliya.
Stephen is a PhD Candidate in Sustainability Science from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), Sweden.
