• Local participation in decentralized water governance : insights from north-central Namibia 

  Hegga, Salma; Kunamwene, Irene; Ziervogel, Gina (Springer, 2020-08-20)

  The study analysis reveals that decentralized governance of water resources can be ineffective if governments do not allocate sufficient resources to support and enable local governance systems. In southern Africa, ...
• Can climate information salvage livelihoods in arid and semiarid lands? : an evaluation of access, use and impact in Namibia 

  Gitonga, Zachary M.; Visser, Martine; Mulwa, Chalmers (Elsevier Ltd, 2020-08-04)

  The study evaluates the impact of climate information on adaptive capacity and food security. The survey of 653 households showed that half of the households receiving climate information rated it as insufficient for ...
• Building transformative capacity in southern Africa : surfacing knowledge and challenging structures through participatory vulnerability and risk assessments 

  Morchain, Daniel; Spear, Dian; Ziervogel, Gina; Masundire, Hillary; Angula, Margaret N.; Davies, Julia; Molefe, Chandapiwa; Hegga, Salma (SAGE Publications, 2019)

  Participatory assessments that recognise the social roots of vulnerability are critical in helping individuals and institutions rethink their understanding of, and responses to climate change impacts. This paper interrogates ...
• Planning for climate change in the semi-arid regions of Southern Africa - June 2015 

  Unknown author (Adaptation at Scale in semi-arid Regions (ASSAR), 2015-06)

  Semi-arid areas in Southern Africa are characterised by high rainfall variability, frequent droughts, low soil moisture and extreme events such as flash floods. These conditions provide the foundation of vulnerability of ...
• Participatory Action Adaptation: Tools for increasing climate change capacity and preparedness at the local government level 

  Fairhurst, Lucinda; Roswell, Priscilla; Chihumbiri, Faith (2011)

  This paper describes some tools developed by the ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives-Local Governments for Sustainability)- Africa team, that are being used in Southern Africa to develop and ...
• Review of phytoplankton dynamics in tropical African lakes 

  Ndebele-Murisa, Mzime R.; Musil, Charles F.; Raitt, Lincoln (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)

  This paper provides a synthesis of current knowledge on phytoplankton production, seasonality, and stratification in tropical African lakes and considers the effects of nutrient enrichment and the potential impacts of ...
• Decline of Kapenta fish stocks in Lake Kariba : a case of climate changing? 

  Ndebele-Murisa, Mzime Regina; Mashonjowa, Emmanuel; Hill, Trevor (Taylor & Francis, 2011)

  This paper analyzes a 44-year data set of climate and lake water levels and a 29-year record of Kapenta fish stocks in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, in order to examine the relationships between environmental factors and determine ...
• Competing use of organic resources, village-level interactions between farm types and climate variability in a communal area of NE Zimbabwe 

  Rufino, M.C.; Dury, J.; P. Tittonell; Wijk, M.T. van; Herrero, M. (Elsevier, 2011)

  Addition of crop residues or animal manure is needed to sustain agricultural production on inherently poor soils. This study assesses the effect of village-level interactions on carbon and nutrient flows, exploring their ...
• Building adaptive capacity to cope with increasing vulnerability due to climate change : final technical report - Zimbabwe (30 September 2010) 

  Mugabe, F.T.; Munodawafa, A.; Dimes, J.; Nanja, D.H.; Carberry, P. (Midlands State University, Gweru, ZW, 2010)

  Baseline data to describe cropping system and management under current climate variability and farmer perceptions about climate change across 4 districts of Zimbabwe and Zambia was collected and analyzed. Indigenous knowledge ...
• Lack of resilience in African smallholder farming : exploring measures to enhance the adaptive capacity of local communities to pressure climate change : final technical report - Zimbabwe (October 2010) 

  Mapfumo, Paul; Chikowo, Regis; Mtambanengwe, Florence (Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Harare ZW, 2010)

  The project worked with smallholder farming communities to identify opportunities for enhancing the capacity of different households to meet their staple food requirements and livelihood options in the wake of climate ...
• Building adaptive capacity to cope with increasing vulnerability due to climatic change in Africa : a new approach 

  Twomlowa, Steve; Mugabeb, Francis T.; Mwalec, Moses; Delve, Robert; Nanja, Durton; Carberry, Peter; Howden, Mark (Elsevier ScienceDirect, Amsterdam, NL, 2008)

  The world community faces many risks from climate change, with most scenarios indicating higher temperatures and more erratic rainfall in Africa. Predictions for southern Africa suggest a general decrease in total ...
• Benefits and costs of measures for coping with water and climate change : Berg River Basin, South Africa 

  Callaway, John M.; Louw, Daniël B.; Hellmuth, Molly (Earthscan, London, GB, 2009)
• Climate change challenge : implications for development in Southern and Eastern Africa 

  Odingo, Richard (IPCC, Nairobi, KE, 2008)

  The presentation provides an outline of climate change effects in African countries, the background to these effects (sea level rise, desertification, extreme weather) and changes to ecosystems resulting in crop losses, ...
• Climate change challenge : implications in development of Southern and Eastern Africa 

  Ogallo, Laban A. (ICPAC, Nairobi, KE, 2007)

  Africa is the most climate vulnerable continent on the globe. The presentation outlines challenges of climate change in sustainable development in terms of natural hazards, such as cyclones, windstorms, and extreme ...
• Formulation et rédaction d'une proposition de recherche : manuel de formation 

  Mmuya, Maximilian (OSSREA, Addis Abeba, ET, 2007)
• Developing and writing a research proposal : instruction manual 

  Mmuya, Maximilian (OSSREA, Addis Ababa, ET, 2007)
• Rapport de synthèse de sessions plenières de l'atelier de développement des capacités CRDI/ACCA en evaluation integrée des risques climatiques 

  Badiane, Daouda (AGRHYMET, Niamey, NE, 2007)
• IDRC/CCAA Capacity Building Workshop on "Integrated Climate Risk Assessment" : workshop report 

  IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC); University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) (ICPAC, Nairobi, KE, 2007)
• Manuel de formation aux changements climatiques 

  AGRHYMET (Centre Regional de Formation et d'Application en Agrométéorologie et Hydrologie Opérationnelle); University of Cheikh Anta Dio (UCAD) (AGRHYMET, Niamey, NE, 2007)
• IDRC/CCAA Capacity Building Workshop on "Integrated Climate Risk Assessment" : workshop training manual 

  Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC); University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) (ICPAC, Nairobi, KE, 2007)

  The Integrated Climate Risk Assessment workshop was held in Nairobi (2007). This manual is a compilation of materials that were used at the workshop. Topics covered in the Modules include: General Concepts of Climate Risk ...

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