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Farmers’ Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation: Insights from Policy Processes in Kenya ...
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2011Policy Brief 42DocumentCommunity-based Knowledge of Indigenous Vegetation in Arid African Landscapes
2012This article is based on comparative research conducted in three African countries—Mali, Botswana and Kenya—between 2006 and 2007. The research focuses on local perceptions of biodiversity loss and land degradation in grazing pastures as a result of anthropogenic activities.DocumentCounting on uncertainty: the economic case for community based adaptation in North-East Kenya
New Economics Foundation, 2012Climate change impacts are expected to significantly erode part of societies’ economic, social and environmental capitals; yet is investing in community-based adaptation economically efficient and effective – holding all else equal?DocumentInstitutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012According to this report, climate funds for reducing greenhouse gas emissions can benefit small farmers and help achieve development objectives. In the detailed study of six African agricultural carbon projects, researchers found that communities are benefiting from a range of activities related to planting and managing trees on farms.DocumentA toolkit to assess proposed benefit sharing and revenue distribution schemes of community REDD+ projects
REDD-net, 2012This toolkit aims to strengthen the ability of community-based institutions to address REDD+ issues, with benefit sharing being a key feature in the design of equitable REDD+ policies and projects at both national and community levels.DocumentClimate change, vulnerability and human mobility: perspectives of refugees from the east and Horn of Africa
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012This study aims to understand the extent to which refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have perceived, experienced and responded to climatic variability and long-term negative climatic change in the east and Horn of Africa.DocumentPromoting gender equality in responses to climate change: the case of Kenya
Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2011The recent UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Cancun, Mexico, was able to demonstrate, among other achievements, that the importance of gender in climate change responses is increasingly being acknowledged. Climate change affects women and men differently and both women and men have different resources and experiences at their disposal to deal with climate change (including climate variability).DocumentEnvironmental change and maize innovation in Kenya: exploring pathways in and out of maize
STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2009Maize is a socially, politically and economically staple crop in Kenya. This paper summarises the findings of the STEPS Environmental Change and Maize Innovation in Kenya project, which utilised maize as a window through which to explore differential responses to climate change.DocumentSouthern voices on climate policy choices: analysis of and lessons learned from civil society advocacy on climate change
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012Since the beginning of international climate change negotiations, civil society has worked alongside governments in shaping global agreements and keeping an eye on the implementation (and sometimes the lack of implementation) of these agreements. This report is the first joint product of the Southern Voices capacity building programme.DocumentClimate-proofing Energy Systems
HELIO International, 2009This document analyses energy systems in a climate change context. Many energy policies are driven by the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However current mitigation measures fail to take into account the full impact of increased climatic variability.Pages