DEVELOPING AN INDEX FOR ASSESSING LIVELIHOOD VULNERABILITY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE FOR ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN AN LAO DISTRICT, BINH DINH PROVINCE

DOI: 10.18173/2354-1067.2024-0034

Abstract

Assessing livelihood vulnerability dueto climate change aims to determine the level ofexposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of anobject or system to adverse impacts on productionand livelihood, aiming at building a livelihoodstrategy suitable to the ability of people in theterritory to access capital. This study focuses onclarifying contents about livelihood vulnerabilitydue to the impacts of climate change. From there, itis proposed to develop an index to assess livelihoodvulnerability due to climate change (including LVIand LVI-IPCC), with the target audience beinghouseholds living in the mountainous district of AnLao district, Binh Dinh province.