Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, and we, as machine
learning (ML) experts, may wonder how we can help. Here we describe how ML can be a …

Poverty is widely understood to be a key factor that increases the propensity for individuals
and households to be harmed by climatic shocks and stresses. This review explores recent …

Abstract Scope, Delineations, and Definitions: Livelihoods, Poverty, and Inequality
Understanding the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and poverty requires examining …

Agricultural development efforts that do not address persistent gender gaps miss
opportunities for greater impact. This synthesis reflects on key findings from integrated …

Climate adaptation research increasingly focuses on the socio-cultural dimensions of
change. In this context, narrative research is often seen as a qualitative social science …

New technologies, market-based solutions, and regulation have proven inadequate in
remedying today's human caused ecological crises. This suggests that detrimental social …

Social and community-based organizations are increasingly viewed as wellsprings of
valuable social innovations. Government policies, most notably David Cameron's Big …

Climate change creates a double inequality through the inverse distribution of risk and
responsibility. Developed states are responsible, but are forecast to confront only moderate …

This article examines how the literature on innovation in developing countries has
developed in the social science-related disciplines over the last two decades. While …

Understanding, monitoring and mitigating drought is a very difficult task as a consequence of
the intrinsic nature of the phenomenon. In addition, assessing the impact of drought on …