Financing renewable energy in Africa–Key challenge of the sustainable development goals

G Schwerhoff, M Sy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Given the challenge of offering a development perspective to a rapidly growing population, it
might be tempting for Africa to pursue a strategy of fueling growth with the cheapest source …

Gender and climate change

R Pearse - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study reviews the literature on gender relations and climate change. Gender analysis
contributes to our understanding of:(1) vulnerability and climate change impacts;(2) …

Predicting climate change mitigation and adaptation behaviors in agricultural production: A comparison of the theory of planned behavior and the Value-Belief-Norm …

L Zhang, J Ruiz-Menjivar, B Luo, Z Liang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study compares the predictive power of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the
Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) theory in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation …

Understanding gender dimensions of agriculture and climate change in smallholder farming communities

C Jost, F Kyazze, J Naab, S Neelormi… - Climate and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In Uganda, Ghana and Bangladesh, participatory tools were used for a socio-economic and
gender analysis of three topics: climate-smart agriculture (CSA), climate analogue …

Livelihoods and poverty

L Olsson, M Opondo… - … : Part A: Global …, 2014 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
Abstract Scope, Delineations, and Definitions: Livelihoods, Poverty, and Inequality
Understanding the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and poverty requires examining …

Food insecurity, safety nets, and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic: multi-country evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

S Dasgupta, EJZ Robinson - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected food security across the world. As governments
respond in different ways both with regards to containing the pandemic and addressing food …

Climate change perceptions and the adoption of low-carbon agricultural technologies: Evidence from rice production systems in the Yangtze River Basin

W Li, J Ruiz-Menjivar, L Zhang, J Zhang - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Using a sample of 1115 rice farmers, we explored climate change perceptions, adoption of
agricultural low-carbon technologies (LCTs), and the determinants influencing rice farmers' …

Risk management and decision making in relation to sustainable development

M Hurlbert, J Krishnaswamy, FX Johnson… - 2019 - diva-portal.org
Executive summary Increases in global mean surface temperature are projected to result in
continued permafrost degradation and coastal degradation (high confidence), increased …

Measuring household vulnerability to climate-induced stresses in pastoral rangelands of Kenya: Implications for resilience programming

FEO Opiyo, OV Wasonga, MM Nyangito - Pastoralism, 2014 - Springer
This study uses statistical and econometric tools to measure households' vulnerability in
pastoral rangelands of Kenya. It considered 27 socio-economic and biophysical indicators …

Intersections of gender and marital status in accessing climate change adaptation: Evidence from rural Tanzania

K Van Aelst, N Holvoet - World development, 2016 - Elsevier
Climate scholars are increasingly recognizing the importance of gender in climate change
vulnerability, but often either dichotomize men and women as homogeneous categories or …