Rural vulnerability, climate change and adaptation in Angola

Oliver Sykes of Christian Aid made a presentation on Friday morning on the themes of Land Rights and Climate Change. Christian Aid’s programme in Angola evolves the partnership with existing local NGOs and churches. Christian Aid’s analysis is that while extreme poverty and vulnerability continue in Angola there is much to be gained from an approach that works with local partners to challenge the structures and relationships that keep people marginalised and vulnerable. The strategy includes an explicit undertaking to work in the area of resilience and sustainability, as an element of access to resources, through a programme focused on climate change adaptation. There is a relationship between the land rights of poor rural communities, land grabbing and “development investments”, and Climate Change. Clarification of the relationship between land rights, climate change and livelihoods is part of the purpose of this study.