Publications





Climate change: the ultimate ‘tragedy of the commons’?

Working paper by Jouni Paavola on 1 Mar 2011

Abstract of Working Paper 53 The dominant view among scholars and policy makers has been that climate change governance should be based on international agreements which involve most nations. Yet progress in international negotiations has been slow and the effectiveness of governance based on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its […]


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

Working paper by Philip Antwi-Agyei, Evan Fraser, Andy Dougill, Lindsay Stringer, Elisabeth Simelton on 1 Mar 2011

Abstract of Working Paper 55 This study evaluates new multi-scale, multi-indicator methods for assessing the vulnerability of crop production to drought at a national and regional scale by identifying differences across and within ten regions of Ghana, a country that faces many climate and crop production challenges typical of sub-Saharan Africa. The paper highlights key […]