... of knowledge regarding pastoral adaptation in Africa using bibliometric and content-based analyses. Findings The analysis of 40 eligible articles, conducted through R Studio, revealed a significant emphasis on climate change adaptation measures. However, there was a noticeable scarcity of research...

... of stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) on the mean surface air temperature and precipitation extremes in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This impact was examined under G4 and Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 scenarios on the total precipitation, the number of rainy days (RR1) and of days...

... adaptation in livestock production to be able to develop sound policies”. The observation on indigenous knowledge emerged as an adaptation measure in Gbetibouo’s (2009) work who studied small-scale famers and climate change adaptation in the Limpopo River Basin in South Africa. In Africa, livestock...

.... Margot Hurlbert is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: margot.hurlbert@uregina.ca 13 07 2016 29 08 2016 27 10 2016 13 12 2016 10 01 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Gender Africa...

...Anna Taylor Purpose – This paper aims to present an investigation of the climate adaptation planning and implementation process undertaken by the municipal government of Cape Town, South Africa, situating the findings within the broader literature on governance-related barriers to adaptation...

...Walter Leal Filho; Julia Lutz; Jan Volkholz; Friedrich‐Wilhelm Gerstengarbe Purpose The Orange River is one of the largest river basins in southern Africa. Since it plays a crucial role in the region's ecology and economy, it is important to estimate future developments in its hydrology...

... there are not enough resources and technology to achieve that target. Even if all of the emissions are stopped in next few years, it will take the next 40 years for the world to follow its current trend before full recovery. Thus, climate will continue to change, its impacts will continue to increase and Africa...

... intrusion of neighbouring saline aquifers, and increased evapotranspiration in semi‐arid and arid regions may lead to the salinisation of shallow aquifers. Originality/value In Africa, climate change and variability have the potential to impose additional pressures on water availability, water...

...Miguel E. Leal Purpose In answer to the urgent need to adapt conservation strategies and approaches to climate change, the purpose of this paper is to locate the climatically stable forests in West and Central Africa and to assess whether they overlap with the existing network of protected areas...