Integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation in agriculture and forestry: opportunities and trade-offs
Locatelli B; Pavageau C; Pramova E; Di Gregorio M (2015). In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change.
Topic: Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
Consumption smoothing and the welfare cost of uncertainty
When agents are unable to smooth consumption and have distorted beliefs about the likelihood of future income realisations, uncertainty about future states of the world has a direct effect on … read more »
Climate and southern Africa’s water–energy–food nexus
Nature Climate Change 5, 837–846 (2015) doi:10.1038/nclimate2735 Declan Conway, Emma Archer van Garderen, Delphine Deryng, Steve Dorling, Tobias Krueger, Willem Landman, Bruce Lankford, Karen Lebek, Tim Osborn, Claudia Ringler, James … read more »
Enhancing climate services for national planning in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Malawi
Vincent, K., Dougill, A.J., Dixon, J.L., Stringer, L.C., Cull, T. (2015). Climate Policy.
Tracing the water-energy-food nexus: description, theory and practice
Leck, Hayley, Conway, Declan, Bradshaw, Michael and Rees, Judith A. (2015). In: Geography Compass, 9 (8). pp. 445-460.
The role of flood insurance in reducing direct risk
Chapter in ‘Future Directions of Consumer Flood Insurance in the UK’, compendium published by Southampton Law School, University of Southampton. 2015.
Evidence and perceptions of rainfall change in Malawi: Do maize cultivar choices enhance climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa?
Sutcliffe, C., Dougill, A.J., Quinn, C.H. (2015). Evidence and perceptions of rainfall change in Malawi: Do maize cultivar choices enhance climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa? Regional Environmental Change.
Can resilience framing enable adaptation to a changing climate? Insights from the UK water sector
Paola Sakai and Suraje Dessai The concept of resilience has been increasingly gaining relevance in the climate change policy arena as a compelling discourse for adaptation to climate change. The UK provides an important case study as the water sector has faced top-down steering from the government and regulators to ensure resilience. This paper investigates […]
Fresh water goes global
One of a series of essays debating key issues in freshwater research and management. read more »
Coping with climate risk: the role of institutions, governance and finance in private adaptation decisions of the poor
This paper looks at adaptation from the point of view of households. It asks how political and economic institutions may help or hinder adaptation decisions. read more »