The Karakoram range of the Hindu-Kush Himalaya is characterized by both extensive glaciation and a widespread prevalence of surficial debris cover on the glaciers. Surface debris exerts a strong control on glacier ...
Bettini, Giovanni; Nash, Sarah Louise; Gioli, Giovanna(The Geographical Journal, published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2016-06)
In recent debates on climate change and migration, the focus on the figure of ‘climate refugees’ (tainted by environmental determinism and a crude understanding of human mobility) has given ground to a broader conception ...
Lutz, Arthur F.; ter Maat, Herbert W.; Biemans, Hester; Shrestha, Arun B.; Wester, Philippus; Immerzeel, Walter W.(John Wiley & Sons Ltd., International Journal of Climatology, 2016-01)
Climate change impact studies depend on projections of future climate provided by climate models. The number of climate models is large and increasing, yet limitations in computational capacity make it necessary to compromise ...
Rasul, Golam; Sharma, Bikash(Taylor & Francis , Climate policy, 2016-06)
Developing countries face a difficult challenge in meeting the growing demands for food, water, and energy, which is further compounded by climate change. Effective adaptation to change requires the efficient use of land, ...
The Indus basin heavily depends on its upstream mountainous part for the downstream supply of water while downstream demands are high. Since downstream demands will likely continue to increase, accurate hydrological ...
Thapa, Bhuwan; Scott, Christopher; Wester, Philippus; Varady, Robert(Elsevier Ltd., Science Direct, Current opinion on environmental sustainability, 2016-11)
Small-scale irrigation systems managed by farmers are facing multiple challenges including competing water demand, climatic variability and change, and socioeconomic transformation. Though the relevant institutions for ...
Biemans, Hester; Siderius, Christian; Mishra, Ashok; Ahmad, Bashir(Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union, 2016-05)
Especially in the Himalayan headwaters of the main rivers in South Asia, shifts in runoff are expected as a result of a rapidly changing climate. In recent years, our insight into these shifts and their impact on water ...
Dahri, Zakir Hussain; Ludwig, Fulco; Moors, Eddy; Ahmad, Bashir; Khan, Asif; Kabat, Pavel(Elsevier, Science of the total environment, 2016-01)
Scarcity of in-situ observations coupled with high orographic influences has prevented a comprehensive assessment of precipitation distribution in the high-altitude catchments of Indus basin. Available data are generally ...
Prakash, Anjal; Cundill, Georgina; Scodanibbio, Lucia; Vincent, Katharine; Nathe, Nathalie; Morchain, Daniel; DeMaria-Kinney, Jesse; Soumelong Ehode, Lancelot; Sukla, Debabrat; Mishra, Arabinda; Piryani, Aneel(Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asis (CARIAA), 2019-02)
This paper shares lessons from the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), a seven-year transdisciplinary and cross-regional research programme that supported four consortia spanning Africa ...
Neglected and underutilized food crops (NUFCs) have high nutritional value, but their role in achieving nutrition security is not adequately understood, and they do not feature in food and nutrition policies and programs ...
This report provides a general overview of the regional climate in West Africa. A follow-up report that provides a specific focus on the climate of the semi-arid regions of West Africa is currently under development.
The waterscape is a perspective that has captured the imagination of diverse scholars interested in the interaction of water and society. This includes the way water travels in time and space and is shaped by culture and ...
Rasul, Golam(International Journal of River Basin Management, 2015-03)
The Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna (GBM) river system flows through five countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal – characterized by large population, limited land resources, and frequent floods and natural ...
Siderius, Christian; Biemanns, Hester; van Walsum, Paul E. V.; van Ierland, Ekko C.; Kabat, Pavel; Hellegers, Petra J.G.J.(Ulrich Melcher, Oklahoma State University, United States, 2019-03)
One of the main manifestations of climate change will be increased rainfall variability. How to deal with this in agriculture will be a major societal challenge. In this paper we explore flexibility in land use, through ...
The objective of this work is to assess the downscaling projections of climate change over Central America at 8-km resolution using the Eta Regional Climate Model, driven by the HadGEM2-ES simulations of RCP4.5 emission ...
Picado Trana, Freddy; Moran, Miroslava(IDRC / Centro del agua del tropico humedo para América latina et el Caribe (CATHALAC), 2016-07)
El problema fundamental de investigación fue el de reducir la brecha existente entre el conocimiento científico sobre los impactos del cambio climático en los recursos hídricos, y los esfuerzos que desarrollan las instituciones ...
With the increasing impacts of climate change in Africa, a relationship between rainfall and yields in semi-arid Ghana has been observed. Drawing insights from three agrarian societies in the semi-arid region of Ghana using ...
Programme de troisième cycle interuniversitaire en économie (PTCI); Programme de troisième cycle interuniversitaire en économie (PTCI); Nestor, Tito Dr.(Programme de troisième cycle interuniversitaire en économie (PTCI), 2019-02)
La création du Programme de troisième cycle interuniversitaire en économie (PTCI) répond au souci de réduire les inefficacités internes et externes du système d'enseignement supérieur en Afrique francophone; lesquelles ...
Zomahoun, Thierry(African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Women in STEM Initiative (AIMSWIS), 2018-10)
Through this publication we seek to promote awareness of the valuable contributions that African women can and are making to science, particularly climate science, and promote the incredible stories of female African climate ...