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    Integrating seasonal climate forecasts into adaptive social protection in the Sahel
    Informa UK Limited ; 2021
    In:  Climate and Development Vol. 13, No. 6 ( 2021-07-03), p. 543-550
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    In: Climate and Development, Informa UK Limited, Vol. 13, No. 6 ( 2021-07-03), p. 543-550
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1756-5529 , 1756-5537
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2020.1825920
    Language: English
    Publisher: Informa UK Limited
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Data_Sheet_1.docx
    Frontiers Media SA ; 2022
    In:  Frontiers in Climate Vol. 4 ( 2022-7-12)
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    In: Frontiers in Climate, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 4 ( 2022-7-12)
    Abstract: The provision of weather and climate information (WCI) can help the most at-risk communities cope and adapt to the impacts of extreme events. While significant progress has been made in ensuring improved availability of WCI, there remain obstacles that hinder the accessibility and use of this information for adaptation planning. Attention has now focused on the “usability gap” to ensure useful and usable WCI informs practise. Less attention has however been directed on barriers to the active production and use of WCI. In this study, we combine two frameworks through a bottom-up approach to present a more coordinated institutional response that would be required to ensure a better flow of information from information providers to users at community level and vice versa. The bottom-up approach was designed in form of Farmers Agri-Met Village Advisory Clinics (FAMVACs) and Listening Groups (LG) and was initiated by Uganda Meteorological Authority (UNMA) as a way of ensuring connections between the information providers, the disseminators, and the communities to specifically give voice to the communities to provide feedback on the use of WCI in coping with flood risks. This approach is used to identify the barriers and opportunities in the production/provision and use of WCI for flood risk preparedness for a case study in Eastern Uganda. First, a use-case is developed for Katakwi District where smallholder farming communities have recorded their coping practises and barriers to the use of WCI in practise. Second, online interviews with practitioners from disaster management institutions are used to identify barriers to the production and provision of WCI to local farming communities. Findings show that for providers, barriers such as accessibility and completeness of data hinder the production of useful WCI. In situations where useful information is available, technical language used in the format and timeliness in dissemination hinder usability by local farmers. Useful and usable WCI may not be acted on in practise due to factors such as costs or market availability e.g., lack of access to improved seeds. Further, the study highlights possible solutions to bridge the identified gaps and they include capacity building, fostering data collaborations across sectors, data translation to simple advisories, among others. The study also presents the FAMVACs approach which shows the importance of a more coordinated response with a shift of focus from the users of information only, to a more inclusive understanding of the data and information gaps across the wider provider-user landscapes. We argue that this would contribute to more effective disaster management at both the national and local levels.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-9553
    URL: Article
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2022.908662
    DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2022.908662.s001
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2022
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    The utility of impact data in flood forecast verification for anticipatory actions: Case studies from Uganda and Kenya
    Wiley ; 2023
    In:  Journal of Flood Risk Management
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    In: Journal of Flood Risk Management, Wiley
    Abstract: Skilful flood forecasts have the potential to inform preparedness actions across scales, from smallholder farmers through to humanitarian actors, but require verification first to ensure such early warning information is robust. However, verification efforts in data‐scarce regions are limited to only a few sparse locations at pre‐existing river gauges. Hence, alternative data sources are urgently needed to enhance flood forecast verification to better guide preparedness actions. In this study, we assess the usefulness of less conventional data such as flood impact data for verifying flood forecasts compared with river‐gauge observations in Uganda and Kenya. The flood impact data contains semi‐quantitative and qualitative information on the location and number of reported flood events derived from five different data repositories (Dartmouth Flood Observatory, DesInventar, Emergency Events Database, GHB, and local) over the 2007–2018 period. In addition, river‐gauge observations from stations located within the affected districts and counties are used as a reference for verification of flood forecasts from the Global Flood Awareness System. Our results reveal both the potential and the challenges of using impact data to improve flood forecast verification in data‐scarce regions. From these, we provide a set of recommendations for using impact data to support anticipatory action planning.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1753-318X , 1753-318X
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12911
    Language: English
    Publisher: Wiley
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Using the Implementation Centric Evolving Climate Change Adaptation Process to bridge the gap between policy and action
    Frontiers Media SA ; 2023
    In:  Frontiers in Climate Vol. 5 ( 2023-10-6)
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    In: Frontiers in Climate, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 5 ( 2023-10-6)
    Abstract: With climate impacts increasing in both frequency and intensity and unprecedented climate events having devastating results, the need for timely policy and action to support adaption is not in doubt. However, the gap between policy and action leaves many communities exposed to extreme events and vulnerable to loss of life and livelihoods. This is partly due to the difficulty policymakers face when confronted by climate projections with their inherent uncertainties. Competing sectoral interests and a lack of resources often compound such challenges. To address these issues, the Implementation Centric Evolving Climate Change Adaptation Process (ICECCAP) encases the climate risk assessment in an enabling framework to track resource, knowledge and regulatory needs. This process was applied as part of a UNEP project to support the National Adaptation Plan in Pakistan. A range of climate storylines, describing plausible climate futures and their potential environmental and socio-economic impacts, were developed and discussed with local stakeholders, including policy makers from across levels of governance. The process allowed us to translate complex physical science into narratives that could be communicated clearly to non-technical national stakeholders, forming a basis for subsequent negotiation and decision-making at a local level to address multiple risks and respond to adaptation needs at this finer resolution. This reflects our aim, as part of the My Climate Risk network, to amalgamate bottom-up climate risk assessment with climate projection data that remains meaningful at a local scale. We show how the integration of scientific research and local expert stakeholder views can promote buy-in to adaptation planning. Grounded in a systemic and comprehensive understanding of potential impacts of climate change, this process has implications across socio-economic, environmental and governance spheres.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-9553
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1197027
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Heatwaves: An invisible risk in UK policy and research
    Elsevier BV ; 2021
    In:  Environmental Science & Policy Vol. 116 ( 2021-02), p. 1-7
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    In: Environmental Science & Policy, Elsevier BV, Vol. 116 ( 2021-02), p. 1-7
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1462-9011
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.021
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Impact-Based Flood Early Warning for Rural Livelihoods in Uganda
    American Meteorological Society ; 2023
    In:  Weather, Climate, and Society Vol. 15, No. 3 ( 2023-07), p. 525-539
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    In: Weather, Climate, and Society, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 15, No. 3 ( 2023-07), p. 525-539
    Abstract: Anticipatory actions are increasingly being taken before an extreme flood event to reduce the impacts on lives and livelihoods. Local contextualized information is required to support real-time local decisions on where and when to act and what anticipatory actions to take. This study defines an impact-based, early-warning trigger system that integrates flood forecasts with livelihood information, such as crop calendars, to target anticipatory actions better. We demonstrate the application of this trigger system using a flood case study from the Katakwi District in Uganda. First, we integrate information on the local crop cycles with the flood forecasts to define the impact-based trigger system. Second, we verify the impact-based system using historical flood impact information and then compare it with the existing hazard-based system in the context of humanitarian decisions. Study findings show that the impact-based trigger system has an improved probability of flood detection compared with the hazard-based system. There are fewer missed events in the impact-based system, while the trigger dates are similar in both systems. In a humanitarian context, the two systems trigger anticipatory actions at the same time. However, the impact-based trigger system can be further investigated in a different context (e.g., for livelihood protection) to assess the value of the local information. The impact-based system could also be a valuable tool to validate the existing hazard-based system, which builds more confidence in its use in informing anticipatory actions. The study findings, therefore, should open avenues for further dialogue on what the impact-based trigger system could mean within the broader forecast-based action landscape toward building the resilience of at-risk communities.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1948-8327 , 1948-8335
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-22-0089.1
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Borderless Heat Hazards With Bordered Impacts
    American Geophysical Union (AGU) ; 2021
    In:  Earth's Future Vol. 9, No. 9 ( 2021-09)
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    In: Earth's Future, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 9, No. 9 ( 2021-09)
    Abstract: In the Northern Hemisphere, heat stress during the month of August is growing in area and is larger during a heatwave Heat stress area increase is greater over the populated land surface than the total land surface during August Impacts of Heatwaves are not sufficiency captured by international meteorological organization reports and emergency events impacts database
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2328-4277 , 2328-4277
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1029/2021EF002064
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Adaptation Planning: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Vulnerability in the Lake Victoria Basin
    Frontiers Media SA ; 2022
    In:  Frontiers in Climate Vol. 3 ( 2022-1-24)
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    In: Frontiers in Climate, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 3 ( 2022-1-24)
    Abstract: Decision makers need actionable information on the factors that inhibit household adaptation to climate variability and other changes, especially those changes reinforcing environmentally unsustainable livelihood strategies. In this paper, we show how a combination of quantitative and qualitative data can help assess current livelihood vulnerability and the social and institutional obstacles facing specific population groups that lock in risk and undermine opportunities. Detailed analysis of current household economies in two case study communities (one in Uganda and one in Kenya) in the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa, was combined with a qualitative, intersectional exploration of constraints on income adaptation and diversification. Quantitative household economy analysis showed low levels of household disposable income overall and additionally, poor returns on investment from enterprises typically controlled by women. Qualitative research highlighted changes in gender roles driven by women's entrepreneurial responses to reduced household income from traditional agricultural and natural resource-based activities. However, due to unequal access to finance and culturally mediated norms and expectations, many women's enterprises were small scale and insecure. The broader political economy context is one of limited national investment in education and infrastructure, further constraining local opportunities for human and economic development. The approach described here was directed by the need to understand and quantify economic vulnerability, along with the cultural and institutional constraints on adaptation, as a basis for making better adaptation policies and interventions to build resilience over the longer term.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-9553
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2021.782534
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2022
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    ‘Q-Storming’ to identify challenges and opportunities for integrating health and climate adaptation measures in Africa
    Elsevier BV ; 2023
    In:  The Journal of Climate Change and Health Vol. 12 ( 2023-07), p. 100254-
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    In: The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Elsevier BV, Vol. 12 ( 2023-07), p. 100254-
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2667-2782
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100254
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2023
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