Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

1. Front Matter

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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

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.

• Adaptation
• Africa
• Case studies
• Climate Change
• climate change impacts

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

  Walter Leal Filho

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