In African communities, informal associations are becoming increasingly important in
shaping and mediating local adaptation practices. The study suggests that the concept of …

Significant efforts have been made to understand impacts and how communities adapt to
climate change impacts, yet there is an urgent need to interrogate the capacity of institutions …

Ghana faces several challenges from climate change/variability. Local institutions provide
the framework within which idiosyncratic capacities of local people can be exercised in their …

Shifting climate parameters and their rippling effects through social-ecological systems have
altered the abilities of rural households and communities around the world to make …

This paper interrogates the framings and priorities of adaptation in Tanzania's climate policy
and examines the implications for the role of local institutions and differentiated rural …

Evidence from recent research suggests that local knowledge may contribute to adaptation
to climate change in a number of ways. At the same time, there are concerns over its …

The livelihoods of rural people have been plagued by the precarious impacts of climate
change–related disasters manifesting through floods, heat waves, droughts, cyclones, and …

There is an increasing recognition of the role of climate change adaptation among
smallholder farmers in rain-fed agriculture in Africa. Collective action among smallholder …

Increasing attention is being paid to the role of social networks in climate change research
and new studies show that they form an essential source of resilience. However, the role of …

Working with local level actors to enable country ownership is applauded within the
multilateral climate finance landscape. However, are emerging adaptation interventions …