..., to identify how scientists and communicators can meet decision-maker needs from EEA communication. It provides significant insights into the utility and importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and co-design. Knowledge broker Climate change adaptation Extreme events Climate change impacts...

... at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Adaptive capacity Climate change adaptation Coastal communities Chile has a transcendental relationship with the Pacific Ocean, with approximately 83,000 km of coastline, both its foreign trade and the habitation of millions of people...

...-specific climate change adaptation actions. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed methods approach that combined analysis of climate data with perceptions from the local community. Gridded data on temperature and rainfall for the period from 1981 to 2018 were compared with data on climate...

...Asnake Adane; Woldeamlak Bewket Purpose The purpose of this paper was to assess the effects of quality coffee production on climate change adaptation using household surveys and interview data gathered from coffee farmers in Yirgacheffe, southern Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach A sample...

... (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Climate change adaptation Conservation agriculture Ex ante risk coping...

... adaptation methods of pastoralists. It has also shown that IFs compliment SFs in climate change adaptation in pastoralism. This paper investigates the influence of the use of IFs and/or SFs on climate change adaptation among pastoralists in Rwenzori region in Western Uganda. The research question was “do...

... Brazil’s abundant factors and climate change adaptation, especially at the small farmer levels constitutes a discovery never before contemplated. The NEB is characterized with a high evapotranspiration potential due to the abundant incidence of solar radiation and high temperatures. In addition, the high...

... by analyzing institutional and organizational capabilities for climate change adaptation in least developed country (LDC) administrations using the case of Nepal, a country which can be considered to be an archetypal LDC. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted over 100 in-depth structured...

...-specific nutrient management (SSNM), crop diversification (CD), minimum tillage (MT) and stress-resistant improved seed (IS) varieties. Climate change adaptation Climate smart agricultural practices Crop diversification Minimum tillage Site-specific nutrient management Stress-tolerant seed...

..., violent conflicts and environmental degradation with higher priority (Goklany, 2012), although many of these targets are often exacerbated by climate change (Leichenko and Silva, 2014). Scientific studies investigated appropriate ways for informing climate change adaptation (Wilby et al., 2009...

... assertion that women can actually be ‘powerful change agents’ instead of helpless victims of climate change. Figure 2. Awareness of climate change by gender Climate change adaptation Gender considerations Gender contextualization Over the past two decades, climate change has...

... this backdrop, a conceptual framework to study the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into development plans for sustainable livelihoods is presented. Patrick Gwimbi can be contacted at: pgwimbi@yahoo.com 21 11 2015 28 01 2016 15 04 2016 03 05 2016 © Emerald...

... Smallholder farmers Livestock Climate change adaptation Farming practices Scientific evidence suggests that global climatic conditions are changing mostly for the worst (CGIAR, 2012 ; Marin, 2010). Climate change has been regarded as a silent crisis because the effects of climate change...

... that NELDs are not sufficiently reported in the countries studied. Underestimation of NELD may lead to limited outcomes in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA). NELD should be measured and integrated into decision-making, through capacity-building from local to national level...

... Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Development Climate change adaptation Community-based adaptation Pacific Fiji Vulnerability “Vakarauni se SigaToka” – Prepare while there is time Pacific Islands are being transformed by climate change...

... Limited 2014 Australia Public sector Climate change vulnerability Integrated assessment Regional service provision Climate change adaptation Climate change is recognised as a multidimensional, cross-scale, cross-governance issue that impacts to varying extent on vulnerable components...

...Pieter Pauw Purpose Africa is a focus area for international climate change adaptation finance. Subsistence farmers are crucial for Africa's adaption. But it is unclear how those that qualify to receive adaptation finance actually perceive climate change, even though perceptions are reflected...

... in understanding the effects of climate change adaptive measures. Accordingly, this paper investigates the effects of an implemented adaptive measure. The study also shows how the CCVRM can be used to analyze planned measures and identify the types of risks and vulnerabilities that this type of adaptive measure...