• New pathways to resilience : outcomes of the climate change adaptation in Africa research and capacity building program 2006-2012 

  O’Neill, Mary (Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA), Ottawa, ON, 2012)

  This report draws on conclusions found in the final report and evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. It also integrates available online resources in an interactive summary, along with results from the program. ...
• Perceived environmental risks and insecurity reduce future migration intentions in hazardous migration source areas 

  Adger, William Neil; de Campos, Ricardo Safra; Codjoe, Samuel Nii Ardey; Gavonel, Maria Franco; Mortreux, Colette; Abu, Mumuni (CellPress, 2021-01-22)

  An analysis of perceptions of motivations for prior migration and migration intentions of households in four low-lying coastal areas in Asia and Africa finds that few households identified environmental risks as the primary ...
• Temperatures and rainfall extremes change under current and future global warming levels across Indian climate zones 

  Yaduvanshi, Aradhana; Nkemelang, Tiro; Bendapudi, Ramkumar; New, Mark (Elsevier B.V., 2020-11-10)

  This detailed study analyzes the changes in extreme temperature and precipitation events at annual timescales over different climatic zones of India under stringent stabilization targets (RCP4.5) as well as the unmitigated ...
• Growing what we eat, eating what we grow : investigating the enduring role of Jamaica's domestic food system 

  Timmers, Beth (2020)

  This dissertation advances the case that Jamaica’s domestic food system endures because it serves integral roles in society through its diversity, flexibility and embeddedness, qualities that tend to be obfuscated by ...
• Enhancing Resilience to Water-related Impacts of Climate Change in Uganda's Cattle Corridor (CHAI ll) 

  Gebru, Berhane; Mworozi, Edison; Kibaya, Patrick; Kaddu, John (2018-11)

  Key recommendations include expanding observational networks and human resources of the Uganda National Meteorological Authority to support: generation of subcounty-specific seasonal forecasts and agricultural advisories; ...
• Vulnerability and adaptability of Africa’s inland fisheries to climate change : an interdisciplinary approach to a multi-dimensional conservation challenge 

  Nyboer, Elizabeth A. (2018-09)

  This thesis takes a cross-disciplinary approach employing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to integrate social and ecological data for a holistic understanding of the vulnerability of Africa’s freshwater ...
• Adaptation to climate change or non-climatic stressors in semi-arid regions? Evidence of gender differentiation in three agrarian districts of Ghana 

  Ahmed, Abubakari; Lawson, Elaine T.; Mensah, Adelina; Gordon, Chris; Padgham, Jon (Elsevier, 2016-08)

  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 ...
• New interventions for a changing world celebrating African women scientists on the frontlines of climate change 

  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 ...
• Positioning women smallholder fisher folk to benefit from the Blue Economy 

  Njuki, Jemimah; Leone, Michele (2019-01)

  In November this year, over 17,000 delegates from all over the globe gathered in Nairobi for the Blue Economy Conference. Among ministers, CEOs and scientists was Jackline Auma, a fisherwoman from Shakababo Lake, in the ...
• Preparing for Transformative scenario planning (TSP) in Namibia - Short report on the TSP Training in Windhoek 30-31 May 2016 

  Shalumbu, Bernadette; Spear, Dian (Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR), 2016-11)

  Transformative Scenario Planning (TSP) is an approach that brings concerned stakeholders from different, often conflicting, perspectives together around pressing sets of problems to build stories that illustrate a range ...
• Tajikistan country situation assessment 

  Mustaeva, Nailya; Wyes, Heinrich; Mohr, Benjamin; Kayumov, Abdulkhamid (Collaborative adaptation research initiative in Africa and Asia, 2015-08)

  For Tajikistan, climate change is a part of daily reality, where the poor and marginalized are most vulnerable to its impacts such as melting of glaciers, and fluctuation of runoff with effects on hydropower production and ...
• Gender analysis of the Paris Agreement and implications for Africa - briefing note 

  African Working Group on Gender and Climate Change (2017)

  Societies construct acceptable roles for men and women-which determines what they are expected to do, the knowledge they have, their control over power and resources, and their decision-making capacity. These gender ...
• Gender-responsive framework for implementing the Paris Agreement in Africa 

  African Working Group on Gender and Climate Change (2017-05)

  The African Union Gender Policy and forthcoming Climate Change Strategy, together present an opportunity to ensure that implementation of the Paris Agreement in Africa contributes to gender equality. The latest legally-binding ...
• Gender analysis of the Paris Agreement and implications for Africa 

  African Working Group on Gender and Climate Change (2017-04)

  The latest legally-binding outcome under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the Paris Agreement, signed at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC in December 2015, and due ...
• Strengthening evaluation capacity in organisations to improve adaptation outcomes 

  Beaulieu, Nathalie; Diouf, Aliou; Jobbins, Guy (Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2016)

  The paper draws lessons useful for building evaluation capacity and for cultivating an evaluative culture; it considers the challenges to effectively evaluating climate adaptation in Africa and to building related capacity ...
• Climate change in semi-arid Malawi : perceptions, adaptation strategies and water governance 

  Joshua, Miriam K.; Ngongondo, Cosmo; Chipungu, Fellistus; Monjerezi, Maurice; Liwenga, Emma (AOSIS Publishing, 2016-04)

  Recommendations drawn from project findings suggest development of an appropriate institutional framework to form a strong basis for equitable distribution of water for irrigation in areas most vulnerable to extreme climate ...
• Regional economic communities and climate change adaptation in Africa : background paper on lessons learned from CCAA 

  Denton, Fatima; Kituyi, Evans; Lo, Henri; Wouapi, Hervé (Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2016)

  This paper demonstrates the ability of regional institutions to pool existing knowledge and resources, leverage local and national policies, and position African countries at international negotiations. Because climate ...
• Institutions and adaptation : lessons learned from the climate change adaptation in Africa program 

  Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel; Dieye, A.M.; El Mzouri, E.; Gueye, B.; Gueye, C. (Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2015)

  An optimal institutional framework for climate change adaptation is sometimes impeded by the nature of research, which focuses on a small number of contexts. This report synthesizes findings from a number of participatory ...
• Pathways to transformational change in the face of climate impacts : an analytical framework 

  Mapfumo, Paul; Onyango, Mary; Honkponou, Saïd K.; El Mzouri, El Houssine; Githeko, Andrew (Taylor & Francis, 2015)

  Unprecedented impacts of climate change and climate variability in the twenty-first century are likely to require transformational social, organizational and human responses. Yet, little existing empirical work examines ...
• Managing rainfall variability in arid rainfed agriculture using adaptive varieties and in-situ water harvesting 

  Babiker, Kawkab Elsir; Mohamed, Abdelhadi A.W.; Ali Babiker, Imad-eldin; Mohammed, Hussni O. (Sudan Academy Publishing and Distribution House, Khartoum, SD, 2015)

  This investigation was to establish a water harvesting technique for adaptation to rainfall variability in rainfed sorghum production and relate it to yield in Gedarif area. A field experiment was conducted for two successive ...

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