• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Development and validation of climate and ecosystem-based early malaria epidemic prediction models in East Africa 

  Githeko, Andrew K.; Ogallo, Laban; Lemnge, Martha; Okia, Michael; Ototo, Ednah N. (BioMed Central, 2014)

  Process-based models were constructed for computing the risk of malaria epidemic using temperature and rainfall data. The model has a lead-time of two to four months between detection of the epidemic signal and evolution ...
• Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) final report 

  IDRC. CCAA Program (Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2012-06)

  As much as climate change variability and other physical processes, it is very often poverty – in terms of lack of resources or choices – that creates vulnerability. For example, reduced rainfall doesn’t have to be disastrous ...
• Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Program : 2010-11 in brief 

  IDRC. CCAA Program (Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2011)

  To achieve its overarching goal of building capacity for adaptation in Africa, the CCAA strategy weds participatory research, capacity strengthening, and knowledge sharing. We built this three-pronged approach recognizing ...
• Strategies 

  IDRC. CCAA Program (Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2011)

  The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) program aims to improve the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the most vulnerable.
• Stories from the field : weathering drought in the Greater Horn of Africa 

  IDRC. CCAA Program (Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2011)

  The Greater Horn of Africa, in the continent’s east, depends on rain-fed agriculture and is highly vulnerable to drought. Even with normal rainfall, the region does not produce enough food to meet its needs. Devastatin ...
• Stories from the field : helping African cities prepare for climate change 

  IDRC. CCAA Program (Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA), IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2011)

  According to United Nations figures, 40% of Africa’s one billion people currently live in urban areas; 60% of this group live in slums without adequate water supply and sanitation. Urbanization in Africa is occurring at ...

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