TY - JOUR AU - Urothody, AA AU - Larsen, HO PY - 2010/08/05 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Measuring climate change vulnerability: a comparison of two indexes JF - Banko Janakari JA - Banko VL - 20 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.3126/banko.v20i1.3503 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BANKO/article/view/3503 SP - 9-16 AB - Climate change is predicted and currently observed to especially affect the rural poor,<br />and some sort of support for adaptation is relevant. This paper tests two vulnerability<br />assessment indexes in Lete and Kunjo VDCs in Mustang District: the Livelihood<br />Vulnerability Index (LVI) and the Livelihood Effect Index (LEI). The indexes are completed<br />based on primary data from 60 randomly selected respondents and the vulnerabilities at<br />VDC and household levels are assessed. The figures resulting from the vulnerability<br />assessments correspond with contextual information from the area elicited during key<br />informant interviews and the methods are concluded useful in a Nepalese context. Both<br />indexes validly reflect the relative differences between the two VDCs in terms of vulnerability<br />to climate change impacts and factors contributing to it and both could therefore usefully<br />form the basis for a nationally applicable index to identify and prioritise mitigation needs.<br />However, a number of challenges to using indexes and basing them on respondents&rsquo;<br />perceptions are recognised.<br /><strong><br />Key words:</strong> Climate change; livelihoods; Mustang; vulnerability<br /><br />DOI: 10.3126/banko.v20i1.3503<br /><br /><em>Banko Janakari</em>, Vol. 20, No. 1 pp.9-16 ER -