Multisectoral climate impact hotspots in a warming world
Piontek, F, Müller, C., Pugh, T.A.M., Clark, D.B., Deryng, D., et al. (2014). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(9), pp.3233–3238.
Topic: Vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
Urban Adaptation to Climate/Environmental Change: Governance, Policy and Planning, Understanding urban adaptation challenges in diverse contexts
Simon, D., and Leck, H. 2014. Editorial introduction : Special issue on Urban Adaptation to Climate/Environmental Change, Urban Climate,7, (2), p1-5.
Exploring mangrove social-ecological system dynamics in South-East Asia: linking livelihoods, vulnerability and ecosystem services in Vietnam
Globally, human activities have led to rapid mangrove degradation. In Vietnam, as across much of coastal South-East Asia, mangroves play a vital role in the livelihoods of coastal rural communities with relatively low levels of development. However, little is known about the precise impact of human activity on the ecosystem services underpinning these livelihoods. This […]
Farming System Evolution and Adaptive Capacity
Jami L. Dixon, Lindsay Stringer and Andrew J. Challinor. February 2014. Insights for Adaptation Support. In: Resources.
Letters: Learning to Live with Flooding
London Evening Standard, 11th February.
Land management and policy responses to mitigate desertification and land degradation
Luuk Fleskens and Lindsay Stringer. January/February 2014 Land Degradation and Development. 25(1), 1-4.
Resource governance dynamics: The challenge of ‘new oil’ in Uganda
Resource governance norms have evolved at multiple scales to counter the potential negative socio-economic, environmental and institutional impacts of the extractive industries. Advocates of these ‘good governance’ initiatives have sought to mainstream transparency throughout the extractive industries value chain and implement pro-poor projects at the site level. However, these types of resource governance interventions often […]
Is it the climate or the weather? Differential economic impacts of climatic factors in Ethiopia
This paper assesses the distinct impacts of weather and climate change measures on agricultural revenue of farm households in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. This distinction … read more »
Transparency in resource governance: the pitfalls and potential of “new oil” in Sub-Saharan Africa
An international agenda has evolved over the past decade to establish hard and soft rules to govern the impacts of the extractive industries. The international community and some resource-rich states have increasingly embraced norms such as transparency in resource governance. This paper explores how multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) and […]
Non-economic losses in the context of the UNFCCC work programme on loss and damage
Sam Fankhauser, Simon Dietz and Phillip Gradwell