Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share a common vulnerability to climate change.
Adaptation to climate change and variability is urgently needed yet, while some is already …

As adaptation have received increasing attention, national adaptation policies and plans
have been substantially developed. Despite the significant roles of national policy for …

Many cities across the world are facing many problems climate change poses to their
populations, communities and infrastructure. These vary from increased exposures to floods …

This article examines the role of colonial institutions and legacies in shaping modern-day
adaptive capacity in a postcolonial urban center in the Caribbean–Georgetown, Guyana …

The South American (SA) region is particularly vulnerable to climate change and El Niño
Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events which threaten its economy and sustainable …

Governance dynamics and the interplay between inadequate infrastructural investment and
institutional inertia undermine the potential of low-income cities in low-elevation coastal …

Guyana's capacity to address the impacts of climate change on its coastal environment
requires the ability to monitor, quantify and understand coastal change over short-, medium …

ABSTRACT The United Nations' invocation of 'human security'a generation ago promised a
world increasingly governed by a 'people-centred'security agenda. In this paper we focus on …

This article follows the journey of Guyana's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
Forest Degradation (REDD+) programme, from its promising emergence in 2009 as an …

Prior research has concluded that climate change is having an overall negative impact on
rice production worldwide. The vast majority of climate change impacts on rice production …