A review of environmental droughts: Increased risk under global warming?

SM Vicente-Serrano, SM Quiring, M Peña-Gallardo… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article reviews current drought effects on environmental systems. It stresses the need
for considering environmental drought as a relevant type to be included in drought …

Why is socially‐just climate change adaptation in sub‐Saharan Africa so challenging? A review of barriers identified from empirical cases

S Shackleton, G Ziervogel, S Sallu… - Wiley …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To enhance understanding of the process of climate change adaptation and to facilitate the
planning and implementation of socially‐just adaptation strategies, deeper consideration of …

[HTML][HTML] Farmer's perception of climate change and responsive strategies in three selected provinces of South Africa

ZA Elum, DM Modise, A Marr - Climate Risk Management, 2017 - Elsevier
The world has responded to climate change phenomenon through two broad response
mechanisms (mitigation and adaptation strategies) with the aim of moderating the adverse …

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 …

Desertification trends in the Northeast of Brazil over the period 2000–2016

J Tomasella, RMSP Vieira, AA Barbosa… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Information about changes in land use and land cover is useful to address issues
related to drylands management, as well as to support decision-making related to the …

Living with drought in South Africa: lessons learnt from the recent El Niño drought period

MA Baudoin, C Vogel, K Nortje, M Naik - International journal of disaster risk …, 2017 - Elsevier
South Africa is prone to drought. The country recently experienced the combined effects of a
severe drought and a strong El Niño event, which led to serious impacts on livelihood …

Land degradation and climate change: building climate resilience in agriculture

NP Webb, NA Marshall, LC Stringer… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Land degradation and climate change pose enormous risks to global food security. Land
degradation increases the vulnerability of agroecological systems to climate change and …

Mapping the vulnerability of crop production to drought in Ghana using rainfall, yield and socioeconomic data

P Antwi-Agyei, EDG Fraser, AJ Dougill, LC Stringer… - Applied …, 2012 - Elsevier
This study evaluates new multi-scale, multi-indicator methods for assessing the vulnerability
of crop production to drought at a national and regional scale. It does this by identifying …

Rural areas

P Dasgupta, J Morton, D Dodman, B Karapinar, F Meza… - 2014 - gala.gre.ac.uk
Rural areas still account for almost half the world's population, and about 70% of the
developing world's poor people.{9.1. 1}. There is a lack of clear definition of what constitutes …

Adaptation to climate change in Uganda: evidence from micro level data

E Hisali, P Birungi, F Buyinza - Global environmental change, 2011 - Elsevier
This study employed data from the 2005/06 Uganda national household survey to identify
adaptation strategies and factors governing their choice in Uganda's agricultural production …