Djoko Suroso1, Tri Wahyu Hadi2, Ibnu Sofian3, Hamzah Latief4,
Oman Abdurahman5, Hendra Julianto6 and Budhi Setiawan7,
1Lecturer, Regional and Urban Planning Department, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung INDONESIA
2Lecturer, Meteorology Department, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung INDONESIA
3Researcher, National Agency for Surveying Mapping, Cibinong, Bogor, INDONESIA
4Lecturer, Oceanography Department, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung INDONESIA
5Researcher, Geological Agency, Ministry of Mining and Energy Resource, Bandung INDONESIA
6Researcher, Research Centre for Adaptation to Climate Change, Bandung INDONESIA
7Lecturer, Postgraduate Program of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science,
University of Sriwijaya, Palembang INDONESIA
E-mail: dsuroso@pl.itb.ac.id and suroso.djoko@gmail.com
Due to its geographical and socio-economic circumtance, the majority of regions in Indonesia are considered to be vulnerable to potential impact of climate change. Therefore, the option for adaptation measure at national and regional levels are rapidly emerging as central issues to debate arround policy responses to climate change. In order to prioritize, design and implement intervention to adapt to climate change, it is essential to adopt a coherent set of approach, framework and method for examining vulnerability and adaptive capacity.
Many vulnerability studies while effective in making awareness to the possible effect of climate change, have limited effectiveness in providing local scale guidance on adaptation. Methods and tools for supporting the process of building adaptive capacity at the provincial/local level are different from the one used for assessing impacts, vulnerability and adaptation on national and global scales.
To effectively formulate adaptation strategy at the province level, it is proposed to apply ”meso level-multi sectoral approach” which means assessing vulnerability at the meso-level but considering the multi sectoral impacts of climate change i.e. water and ocean sectoral. The regional approach in climate vulnerability studies is a useful approach because many practical adaptation strategies will be applied at a regional rather than sectoral scale and climate change impacts vary from region to region (DEH Australia, 2005)
The Lombok Island was selected as a case study area because it represents small islands which could experience harmfull impact from climate change. Lombok Island is part of Nusa Tenggara Barat Province which has already prepared Provincial Action Plan for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. It shows serious commitment of its provincial government in preparing its society to face impact of climate change.
Key Words : climate change, vulnerability, adaptation, small island.
presented at World Oceanic Conference 2009, 4-6 May, Menado – INDONESIA, Paper Number: 31
