Differentiated livelihoods, local institutions, and the adaptation imperative: Assessing climate change adaptation policy in Tanzania

TA Smucker, B Wisner, A Mascarenhas, P Munishi… - Geoforum, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

Local-level climate change adaptation decision-making and livelihoods in semi-arid areas in Zimbabwe

CP Mubaya, P Mafongoya - Environment, development and sustainability, 2017 - Springer
There is now overwhelming evidence of climate change and variability impacts in Africa,
among them a reduction in agricultural production. This is a cause for concern given that …

Evolution of national climate adaptation agendas in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: the role of national leadership and international donors

J Pardoe, K Vincent, D Conway, E Archer… - Regional Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, we use an inductive approach and longitudinal analysis to explore political
influences on the emergence and evolution of climate change adaptation policy and …

Adaptive governance: Livelihood innovation for climate resilience in Uganda

SJ Cooper, T Wheeler - Geoforum, 2015 - Elsevier
Adaptive governance is the use of novel approaches within policy to support
experimentation and learning. Social learning reflects the engagement of interdependent …

[HTML][HTML] The role of institutions in managing local level climate change adaptation in semi-arid Zimbabwe

CP Mubaya, P Mafongoya - Climate Risk Management, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Adaptive capacity in Tanzanian Maasailand: Changing strategies to cope with drought in fragmented landscapes

MJ Goldman, F Riosmena - Global Environmental Change, 2013 - Elsevier
This study examines the ways in which the adaptive capacity of households to climatic
events varies within communities and is mediated by institutional and landscape changes …

Challenging the obsession with local level institutions in country ownership of climate change adaptation

J Omukuti - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Working with local level actors to enable country ownership is applauded within the
multilateral climate finance landscape. However, are emerging adaptation interventions …

Assessing barriers to adaptation to climate change in coastal Tanzania: Does where you live matter?

FA Armah, I Luginaah, H Hambati… - Population and …, 2015 - Springer
Research on barriers to climate change adaptation has, hitherto, disproportionately focused
on institutional barriers. Despite the critical importance of personal barriers in shaping the …

Climate change and development: adaptation through transformation

K O'Brien, S Eriksen, TH Inderberg… - … Change Adaptation and …, 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
A central question in the adaptation-development nexus is if and how agricultural
investments that are undertaken as part of general development efforts can enhance the …

[HTML][HTML] Institutional challenges to climate change adaptation: A case study on policy action gaps in Uganda

EL Ampaire, L Jassogne, H Providence… - … Science & Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite the considerable progress made in the last decade towards building governance
systems for climate change adaptation in Africa, implementation still limits positive …