Background and Objective: Currently, climate change represents an existential, physical,
and psychological threat. Therefore, mitigation and adaptation actions and measures have …

One major challenge in communicating climate change to the public is the prevailing
perception of it as a psychologically distant and abstract issue, which often leads to a lack of …

As a result of climatically regulated water sources, smallholder farming households in South
Africa are severely impacted by climate change. Using the Livelihood Vulnerability Index, we …

This study reports on projected temperature increases and their likely implication on
smallholder farming systems across the northern regions of Ghana. Aggregated climate data …

The prevailing climatic conditions found in a region are the primary determinant of the
suitability of that area to support pests and diseases. Pest risk assessment is the primary …

Making climate-resilient planning and adaptation decisions is, in part, contingent on the use
of climate information. Growing attention has been paid to the “usability gap” and the need to …

Climate Services (CS) are increasingly being employed to address challenges resulting
from climatic hazards. Research has focused on identifying and categorising CS, CS uptake …

Understanding what motivates people to act on climate change provides an opportunity to
design more effective interventions, in particular, climate services interventions, by aligning …

Scholarly understanding of an individual's climate change risk perception in the African
context, is limited, including amongst those who have an influence on policy making. This …

Climate extremes over the years have been a major concern for the globalized world. The
hardest hit from these climate extremes are women farmers with low adaptive capacity. This …