Abstract :
As the impacts of climate change on society and the ecosystem become visible, the need for responding
to this challenge through effective policymaking is now more urgently felt. Central to such a policy
response is to understand the factors that generate vulnerabilities of society at multiple spatial scales.
This paper is an attempt to examine the relative importance of the factors generating climate
vulnerabilities at two Loktak lakeshore villages (Khoijuman and Toubul) of Manipur. In this study,
vulnerability is conceptualized as the function of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of the
villages. The results suggest that the two villages, although moderately vulnerable to climate change,
are differentially exposed with varying degrees of sensitivity and adaptive capacity, an interesting
finding considering the proximity of their location. These findings make it imperative that climate
change policies must be informed by in-depth research, and also precludes the formulation of uniform
policies applicable across communities.
Keyword :
Climate Vulnerability Livelihood Local Level Lakeshore Village Loktak Lake