Collaboration between meso-level institutions and communities to facilitate climate change adaptation in Ghana

Rasmussen, Julie Fogt; Friis-Hansen, Esbern; Funder, Mikkel

doi:10.1080/17565529.2018.1442797

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“…England et al, 2018) and the cross-scalar interactions between policies, institutions, and individual/household actions (e.g. Ensor et al, 2015;Horlings & Marschke, 2020;Rasmussen et al, 2019). Notably, a number of papers also highlight the social implications of adaptation optionsfor example when something allows a certain population group/location to adapt to climate change but, in so doing, has implications for other population groups or places (particularly offsite effects) (e.g.…”

Section: Determinants Of Adaptation and Adaptive Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although multiple scales of governance were the explicit focus of only a few papers, the scale specificity of adaptation, and the opportunities for synergies and trade-offs at different levels, were recognized in 23% of papers (e.g. Rasmussen et al, 2019;Sapkota et al, 2019;Sissoko et al, 2011). These variously explore the interaction between formal and informal governance (for example government compared to traditional leadership) and formal governance and informal institutions (e.g.…”

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The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

Vincent

Cundill

2021

Climate and Development

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This paper applies a scoping review approach to inductively assess the evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South over the period 2010 to 2020 using, as indicators of the literature, three leading adaptation journals covering different scales of analysis: Global Environmental Change, Regional Environmental Change and Climate and Development. The review confirms that previous calls for an increase in empirical adaptation research have been heeded. Research covers both policy and practice, and also different scales, with a particular focus on agricultural and rural settings. There is significant and growing interest in the determinants of adaptation and adaptive capacity (including the role of barriers and enablers), and a small but growing interest in the role of gender. The overall increase in total publications does not show even geographical or sectoral coverage. Large swathes of sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East/North Africa remain severely under-researched; and the overwhelming majority of papers focus on rural and agricultural issues rather than cities. This analysis offers tangible evidence to highlight where geographical and thematic gaps exist in our research on adaptation in the global South.

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Section: Determinants Of Adaptation and Adaptive Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

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Cundill

2021

Climate and Development

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“…Though external and internal drivers are responsible for the adoption and diffusion of adaptation and mitigation polices [18,19], there is a lack of a commonly agreed core goal [41,42]. This tends to wrongly frame adaptation as a local initiative [19], hence low consideration for spillovers, such as GHG emissions [43,44].…”

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“…Local-extra level institutions are critical in climate action initiatives in general and adaptation planning [18,19]. In most cases, extra local institutions influence carbon transition visions or lock-ins [48].…”

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“…Technological innovations, institutional and behavioural changes, and responsive social systems influence effectiveness in carbon capture and storage initiatives [16]. This highlights the importance of local contexts and aspirations in sustainability initiatives [15,[17][18][19]. Local contexts increasingly provide opportunities for learning, innovation, and transformation.…”

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Effective Mainstreaming of Agricultural Emissions into Climate Action Agenda: The Case of Institutions and Smallholder Dairy Production Systems, Western Kenya

2021

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Small-scale farming production systems are integral drivers of global sustainability challenges and the climate crisis as well as a solution space for the transition to climate compatible development. However, mainstreaming agricultural emissions into a climate action agenda through integrative approaches, such as Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), largely reinforces adaptation–mitigation dualism and pays inadequate attention to institutions’ linkage on the generation of externalities, such as Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This may undermine the effectiveness of local–global climate risk management initiatives. Literature data and a survey of small-scale farmers’ dairy feeding strategies were used in the simulation of GHG emissions. The effect of price risks on ecoefficiencies or the amount of GHG emissions per unit of produced milk is framed as a proxy for institutional feedbacks on GHG emissions and effect at scale. This case study on small-scale dairy farmers in western Kenya illustrates the effect of local-level and sectoral-level institutional constraints, such as market risks on decision making, on GHG emissions and the effectiveness of climate action. The findings suggest that price risks are significant in incentivising the adoption of CSA technologies. Since institutional interactions influence the choice of individual farmer management actions in adaptation planning, they significantly contribute to GHG spillover at scale. This can be visualised in terms of the nexus between low or non-existent dairy feeding strategies, low herd productivity, and net higher methane emissions per unit of produced milk in a dairy value chain. The use of the Sustainable Food Value Chain (SFVC) analytical lens could mediate the identification of binding constraints, foster organisational and policy coherence, as well as broker the effective mainstreaming of agricultural emissions into local–global climate change risk management initiatives. Market risks thus provide a systematic and holistic lens for assessing alternative carbon transitions, climate financing, adaptation–mitigation dualism, and the related risk of maladaptation, all of which are integral in the planning and implementation of effective climate action initiatives.

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Impacts of climate hazards on households along the Drakensberg Mountains in the Free State Province of South Africa

Ngwenya,

Mukwada

2024

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Mountains are climate change hotspots and their ecosystems are key components in the supply of ecosystem goods and services to local communities. Low-income communities that directly depend on mountain resources are highly vulnerable to the harsh impacts of climate change. Using rainfall and temperature trends, and data collected from a household questionnaire survey, the objective of this study is to assess the impact of climate change on low-income households living in the Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality part of the Drakensberg Mountains. Climatic data were obtained from Climate Explorer while the household data were collected from a sample of 383 households in the villages of Qwaqwa. The results show that temperature and rainfall changes have significantly increased over a period of 120 years. About 51 percent of the respondents experienced extreme weather events which has the greatest impact on their households followed by drought (25.5%). Employment status was found to be significantly associated with the perception that hazards negatively impact natural resource availability, with 54% of those who had this perception being unemployed. In addition, income was found to have a significant relationship with extreme weather impacts on households and 60% of those households had a low monthly income of ZAR 2000 or less. Based on these findings, mountain households along the Drakensberg Mountains in Qwaqwa villages are already experiencing the negative impacts of climate change and their socio-economic characteristics indicate very low levels of adaptation capacity.

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Collaboration between meso-level institutions and communities to facilitate climate change adaptation in Ghana

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

The evolution of empirical adaptation research in the global South from 2010 to 2020

Effective Mainstreaming of Agricultural Emissions into Climate Action Agenda: The Case of Institutions and Smallholder Dairy Production Systems, Western Kenya

Impacts of climate hazards on households along the Drakensberg Mountains in the Free State Province of South Africa

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