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Climate changes in East Africa

Climate change is real and happening now. The average global surface temperature has warmed 0.8°C in the past century and 0.

ACCCA experiences: examples of risk communication strategies

Climate Change Adaptation from the Bottom Up: Collaboration Between Malian Communities and Scientific Organizations to Identify and Implement...

ACCCA experiences: implications of risk communication strategies for adaptation decisions

This material is largely based on the ACCCA project Synthesis Report Next steps

Advancing Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation (ACCCA)

Nepal baseline vulnerability assessment and social indices Climate Change Adaptation from the Bottom Up: Collaboration between Malian Communities...

Africa Regional Strategy

This short overview of climate change issues in Africa was written by Ben Smith and Anna Taylor as input to an Environment and Climate Change...

Key findings from Bangladesh NCAP Project

The changing scenarios of climatic events that have been perceived and mentioned by the participants of focus group discussions (FGDs) carried...

Key findings from Ghana NCAP Project

The chart on the left shows the variation in monthly mean air temperatures for Ghana as a whole. As can be seen, incremental temperatures in...

Key findings from Mongolia NCAP Project

The study on climate change exposure and extreme events further builds on existing climate science work in Mongolia in three respects.

Key findings from Mozambique NCAP Project

The majority of people involved in this study are chronically vulnerable to a range of stresses including climate risk. 70% of households are...

Key findings from Tanzania NCAP Project

The majority of households in the study area are considered to be very poor and vulnerable with low access to livelihood assets.

Global Climate change and Socioeconomic Impact on Cameroon: Examining the Risks and Adaptive Strategies of Agrarian Households

Cameroon is largely an agrarian society, with 60% of its 15 million people employed by the agricultural sector. Cameroon’s agricultural policy...

Climate vulnerability and adaptation in the Upper Zambezi Valley – ‘Lyambai Vulnerability and Adaptation’ (LYVA) project

ENDA is working with local partners, including the Barotse Royal Establishment and local NGO Barotseland.com, to identify and assess the effect...

Extreme rainfall seasons in East Africa

Climate change is real and happening now. The average global surface temperature has warmed 0.8°C in the past century and 0.

Food Security and Climate Change

Food security and agriculture Agricultural production, including access to food, in many African countries and regions, is projected to be severely...

Lessons learned from Mozambique NCAP Project

Discussion on Vulnerability The majority of the people within all the study areas are vulnerable to a range of climate risks.

Lessons learned from Tanzania NCAP Project

Sample Demographics Over 90% of the respondents stated that a bad year meant either a bad harvest or insufficient food for the family.

Lessons learned in the field: thinking about the content for risk communication

The following examples are tools and methods used by pilot actions in the ACCCA project to communicate climate risk to different stakeholders.

Lyambai Vulnerability and Adaptation Project (LYVA)

Context Part of the logic for choosing Zambia and particularly the Zambezi floodplain region of western Zambia, which will be the initial geographical...

Mali Conditions and Trends- an assessment of vulnerability and climate change

The following analyses highlight the efforts conducted in risk and conditions and trends assessment module , using the Advancing Capacity for...

Mapping vulnerability

Translating indicators of vulnerability for specific exposure units/stresses (e.g populations at risk of drought) into vulnerability maps, and...

Methodology of Tanzania NCAP Project

Methodology The table on the right details the methodologies used in the Rufiji study. Household interviews, accompanied by key informant interviews...

Mongolia NCAP Project

This project was carried out under the Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP)] which was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign...

Social protection

Climate Change and Social Protection Briefing Note April 2008 Gina Ziervogel, Anna Taylor and Ruth Butterfield (contact gina@csag.

Social vulnerability and transformations in risk

Mohamed Hamza and I are directing the Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability supported by the MunichRe Foundation and organised by the United...

Stakeholder analysis and engagement

(see also Participatory Processes) Identification of stakeholders, and developing a plan for their participation throughout the screening process...

International Union for Conservation of Nature

What is IUCN? IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges.

Food Security and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Afram Plains of Ghana

The broad purpose of this project is to design and implement successful and sustainable climate change adaptation strategies that address food...

Adaptation and biodiversity synergies

Forests play key roles in supporting national economic activities and providing livelihood portfolios for many in Africa.

ENDA Community Adaptation Pilot Action Programme

As part of its Climate, Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategic Plan, ENDA is developing a network of pilot action projects across different ecosystems...

Gender and Climate Change

Gender aspects of climate change, IUCN et al report [1] Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation: Gender makes the difference, IUCN briefing note by Aguilar, L.

Sekhukhune

Community based video - Adapting to multiple stressors in Limpopo - This video was made by drawing on fieldwork we did in Limpopo Province, South...

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