Strategic Integration
of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation to support Climate Village Program in
Rural Indonesia
Mandra Moh. Ahsan S., Amir Faizal and Mithen
Disaster Advances; Vol. 18(1); 46-50;
doi: https://doi.org/10.25303/181da046050; (2025)
Abstract
This study was related to climate change adaptation and mitigation in the rural
community. Its primary objective was to determine a strategy for community empowerment
through the integration of mitigation and adaptation actions to support the Climate
Village program (PROKLIM). The Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and FGD were
adopted to facilitate community in action plan development. SWOT analysis and Analytical
Hierarchy Process (AHP) were used to identify and select the most viable strategies
based on their weighted scores.
From the SWOT analysis, eight alternative strategies were formulated including:
(1) optimizing the use of local natural resources (SO1), (2) enhancing community
capacity in adaptation and mitigation (knowledge, attitudes and skills) (SO2), (3)
strengthening collaborations with both governmental and non-governmental organizations
(WO1), (4) augmenting financial support from village funds for adaptation and mitigation
efforts (WO2), (5) reinforcing continuous training of local groups (ST1), (6) enhancing
natural resource management to increase community income (ST2), (7) increasing the
capacity of the local village government (WT1) and (8) promoting the benefits of
Climate Village program awareness and the importance of environmental protection
(WT2). Through the AHP, three strategies were found to have the highest weight as
follows: (1) SO2, (2) WO2 and, (3) WO1.
