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Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Walter Leal Filho

    1. Wissenschaften Hamburg, Forschungs- und Transferzentrum,, Hochschule für Angewandte, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Contains high level papers on climate change in Africa, which have been peer-reviewed, discussed at a specialist conference, hence being very authoritative
  • Is very international and entails contributions from many parts of Africa, offering a unique collection of scientific data, real experiences and concrete case studies
  • Describes projects and other practical initiatives, being undertaken on the ground and which may be replicable elsewhere

Part of the book series: Climate Change Management (CCM)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Links Between Capacity and Action in Response to Global Climate Change: A Climate Response Shift at the Local Level

    • O. W. Olowa, O. A. Olowa, Walter Leal Filho
    Pages 1-15

  3. Key Themes of Local Adaptation to Climate Change: Results from Mapping Community-Based Initiatives in Africa

    • Franziska Mannke
    Pages 17-32

  4. Potential Climate Change Impacts on Direct Economic Values From Wildlife in the Kilombero Ramsar Site, Tanzania

    • Siima Bakengesa, Pantaleo Munishi, Stale Navrud
    Pages 33-53

  5. Improving the Participation of Agro-Pastoralists in Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy Formulation: A Case Study from Keiyo District, Kenya

    • Charles Kipkorir Songok, Emmanuel Chessum Kipkorir, Edward Musungu Mugalavai, Andrew Chepkok Kwonyike, Caroline Ng’weno
    Pages 55-68

  6. Integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems into Climate Change Adaptation and Enhancing Food Security in Nandi and Keiyo Districts, Kenya

    • Charles Kipkorir Songok, Emmanuel Chessum Kipkorir, Edward Musungu Mugalavai
    Pages 69-95

  7. Climate Change and the Emergence of Helter-Skelter Livelihoods Among the Pastoralists of Samburu East District, Kenya

    • Eunice Ongoro Boruru, Edward Ontita, William Okelo Ogara, Nicholas Otienoh Oguge
    Pages 97-110

  8. Carbon Changes Following the Establishment of Exclosure on Communal Grazing Lands in the Semi-Arid Lowlands of Tigray, Ethiopia

    • Wolde Mekuria, Edzo Veldkamp, Marife D. Corre, Mitiku Haile
    Pages 111-131

  9. Coastal Forest Buffer Zones and Shoreline Change in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Practical Measures for Climate Adaptation?

    • Johanna Mustelin, Miza Khamis, Robert G. Klein, Abbas J. Mzee, Tahir Abbas Haji, Bakar Asseid et al.
    Pages 133-151

  10. Conflicting Policies: Institutional Approaches Towards Decentralisation and Promoting Climate Change Resilience in Kenya

    • Samuel Munyua Kimani, Emily Obonyo Kamau, Paul Othim Ongugo
    Pages 153-166

  11. Climate Shocks, Perceptions and Coping Options in Semi-Arid Kenya

    • Barrack Okoba, A. Almeneh Dejene, Meshack Mallo
    Pages 167-181

  12. Drought Monitoring in Food-Insecure Areas of Ethiopia by Using Satellite Technologies

    • Getachew Berhan, Tsegaye Tadesse, Solomon Atnafu, Shawndra Hill
    Pages 183-200

  13. A Swot Analysis of Mitigation of Climate Change Through REDD

    • Emmanuel F. Nzunda, Tumaini G. Mahuve
    Pages 201-216

  14. Environmental Mainstreaming in Development Policy and Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study from Kenya

    • Martin Ochieng Oulu, Emmanuel Kwesi Boon
    Pages 217-230

  15. Net Primary Productivity Response to Climate Change in the Mount Kenya Ecosystem

    • Ochieng Aggrey Adimo, Njoroge John Bosco, Wamocho Leonard
    Pages 231-246

  16. Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change by Developing Promising Strategies Using Analogue Locations in Eastern and Southern Africa: Introducing the Calesa Project

    • Walter Leal Filho, Franziska Mannke
    Pages 247-253

  17. The Unitar Climate Change Programme: Innovative Adaptation Initiatives in Africa

    • Mamadou Moussa Diakhite, Audrey Avanzi, Sharon Oseku
    Pages 255-263

  18. A Grassroots Initiative to Disseminate Solar Energy Technologies in Ethiopia: Implications to Climate Change Education

    • Aklilu Dalelo
    Pages 265-280

  19. Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge Systems for Climate Change Adaptation in Zambia

    • George Kasali
    Pages 281-295

  20. Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change: Pilot Projects for Community-Based Adaptation in Nigeria

    • Ellen Woodley
    Pages 297-315
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It is widely acknowledged that, in addition to global and regional efforts to cope with climate change by means of mitigation measures, adaptation initiatives can and perhaps should play a key role in enabling communities from across Africa to better handle the problems related to it. Due to the fact that experiences in climate change adaptation in Africa are poorly documented, this book provides an attempt to address the perceived need for better documentation and dissemination of African experiences on climate change adaptation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wissenschaften Hamburg, Forschungs- und Transferzentrum,, Hochschule für Angewandte, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

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