Publications

Climate information needs in Southern Africa: a review

Working paper by Daleen Lötter, Claire Davis, Emma Archer van Garderen, Katharine Vincent, Joanna Pardoe, Mark Tadross, Willem Landman, Sabine Stuart-Hill, Graham Jewitt on 3 Jul 2018

There are currently challenges to generating climate services relating both to the supply of climate science and its application. This paper from the UMFULA project reviews the current availability of climate information in Southern Africa and assesses the requirements of a variety of end users in the region, highlighting the importance of creating user-tailored climate services. read more »

Are seawalls correlated with lower property values in California?

Working paper by Arlan Brucal, Qingran Li, John Lynham on 3 Jul 2018

As sea levels rise with climate change there is pressure to protect the coast but while individual properties may benefit from seawalls, neighbouring properties may experience negative effects due, for example, to accelerated beach loss. This paper investigates the impacts of seawalls on property values in San Diego and Santa Cruz. read more »

Supporting private adaptation to climate change in semi-arid lands in developing countries

Policy publication by Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Florence Crick, Declan Conway, Sam Fankhauser on 3 Jul 2018

Most climate change adaptation decisions, in semi-arid lands and elsewhere, are made by ‘private actors’ – which include households, producers and businesses. These groups try to manage their exposure to … read more »

Submission to the inquiry by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on ‘Heatwaves: Adapting to Climate Change’

Policy publication by Bob Ward on 3 Jul 2018

This submission to the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry on ‘Heatwaves: Adapting to Climate Change’ focuses on the importance of communicating with the public to raise awareness of the increasing incidence of heatwaves. read more »

Supporting adaptation to climate change among businesses and households in semi-arid lands: an agenda for the Talanoa Dialogue

Policy publication by Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Florence Crick, Sam Fankhauser, Declan Conway on 17 Apr 2018

This briefing note submits learning to the Talanoa Dialogue process from PRISE on supporting private adaptation to climate change by households and businesses in semi-arid lands. read more »

Adaptation opportunities and maladaptive outcomes in climate vulnerability hotspots of northern Ghana

Research article by Philip Antwi-Agyei, Andy Dougill, Lindsay Stringer, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe on 18 Mar 2018

How climate change adaptation practices can constrain development and deliver maladaptive outcomes in vulnerability hotspots is yet to be explored in-depth using case study analyses. This paper explores the effects of climate change coping and adaptation responses in three case study villages across the Central Gonja district of northern Ghana. The study addresses the following […]

Examining the role of user engagement in the regional climate outlook forums: implications for co-production of climate services

Working paper by Meaghan Daly, Suraje Dessai on 9 Mar 2018

This paper examines the role of user engagement in Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) over the last 20 years, situating user involvement in relation to the multiple goals of the RCOFs, in order to draw out lessons for co-production of climate services more broadly.

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