Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 15)
Putting drought in its context in Eastern Africa
The 10-page well-illustrated article “Drought does not work alone” (2017) by Roger Few, University of East Anglia, comes out of the work of the ASSAR (Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions) project. ASSAR uses insights from multiple-scale, interdisciplinary work to improve the understanding of the barriers, enablers and limits to effective, sustained and widespread climate […]
Vulnerability & adaptation to climate change in semi-arid Eastern Africa
The Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) Consortium seeks to deepen understanding of climate vulnerability and adaptation in semi-arid areas, and to help embed adaptation practice in development activities. A central focus is on advancing adaptive livelihoods for vulnerable groups such as pastoralists. One of the research teams is studying dryland zones of Ethiopia, […]
Safe movement for adaptation by pastoralists in the Horn
In the brochure “Advocating for safe movement as a climate change adaptation strategy for pastoralists in the Horn and East Africa: highlights and key messages” (2010, 22pp), the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) advocate for […]
Pastoralism and its future
As part of a project exploring the impact of climate change on food security and livelihoods of small-scale family farmers in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Zimbabwe, IRIN published a “factfile” entitled “Pastoralism and its future” (October 2017). In the drylands, the extreme variations in weather mean that pastoralists have to be highly adaptive and deploy […]
Climate information for the poor in Kenya’s drylands
Climate variability and change affect millions of poor people in Kenya, especially in the drylands. Investments are being made in developing Climate Information Services (CIS) tailored to the needs of pastoralists and agropastoralists, to help them adapt to the impact of climate change. The Institute for Development Studies (IDS) Policy Briefing 145 “Improving the impact […]