Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa

W Leal Filho, E Totin, JA Franke, SM Andrew… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a global challenge, yet existing responses are failing to cope with current
shocks and stressors, including those attributable to climate change. In sub-Saharan Africa …

Acknowledging indigenous and local knowledge to facilitate collaboration in landscape approaches—Lessons from a systematic review

P Adade Williams, L Sikutshwa, S Shackleton - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
The need to recognize diverse actors, their knowledge and values is being widely promoted
as critical for sustainability in contemporary land use, natural resource management and …

The impact of climate variability and change on food security in sub-saharan africa: Perspective from panel data analysis

R Affoh, H Zheng, K Dangui, BM Dissani - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the relationship between climate variables such as rainfall amount,
temperature, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emission and the triple dimension of food security …

Review of meteorological drought in Africa: historical trends, impacts, mitigation measures, and prospects

B Ayugi, EO Eresanya, AO Onyango, FK Ogou… - Pure and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
This review study examines the state of meteorological drought over Africa, focusing on
historical trends, impacts, mitigation strategies, and future prospects. Relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the farmers' choices and adoption of adaptation strategies, and plans to climate change impact in Africa: A systematic review

BA Magesa, G Mohan, H Matsuda, I Melts, M Kefi… - Climate Services, 2023 - Elsevier
The study evaluates the farmers' choices and adoption of adaptation measures and plans by
smallholder farmers to reduce the effects of climate change on their farming activities. We …

Identifying user needs for weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa

E Nkiaka, A Taylor, AJ Dougill… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The vulnerability of social-ecological systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to climate
variability and change means that there is an urgent need to better integrate weather and …

[HTML][HTML] Surface water-groundwater interactions and local land use control water quality impacts of extreme rainfall and flooding in a vulnerable semi-arid region of …

J Geris, JC Comte, F Franchi, AK Petros… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
While extreme rainfall events may provide rare opportunities for replenishment of surface
water and groundwater resources in vulnerable (semi) arid areas, they are typically also …

[HTML][HTML] Complex climate change risk and emerging directions for vulnerability research in Africa

A Ayanlade, TA Smucker, M Nyasimi, H Sterly… - Climate Risk …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article explains the assessment and conceptual framing of the Vulnerability Synthesis in
the Africa chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 6th …

Systematic review of climate change impact research in Nigeria: implication for sustainable development

EM Okon, BM Falana, SO Solaja, SO Yakubu, OO Alabi… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
There is evidence that Nigeria is already experiencing environmental challenges attributed
to climate change (CC) and its impacts. This has clearly highlighted the need for knowledge …

Resilient livelihoods in an era of global transformation

ER Carr - Global Environmental Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Much as development's understanding of livelihoods became intertwined with notions of
sustainability in the late 1990s, today livelihoods analysis is taking up the rise of resilience in …