... on the role of governance, policy and institutional interventions. Research limitations/implications The scope of the research is limited to the African continent. Practical implications This research shed light on how inadequate governance structures and insufficient institutional support...

...Richard Kwame Adom; Mulala Danny Simatele; Dillip Kumar Das; Kalumba Ahmed Mukalazi; Mazinyo Sonwabo; Lindelani Mudau; Mikateko Sithole; Serge Kubanza; Coleen Vogel; Leocadia Zhou Purpose Globally, climate change governance continues to be a significant challenge to policymakers, environmentalists...

...@colorado.edu 05 11 2014 19 10 2015 30 03 2016 16 01 2017 27 01 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Kenya Governance Livelihoods Flood Adaptation Drought Globally, floods and droughts impact rural...

...‐level governance of networking. The differences between full‐time and part‐time environmental officers should stimulate a debate and motivate further research to determine whether funding full‐time positions by the central government could foster more effective local climate change policies...

...Margot Hill Purpose It is increasingly recognised that water will be the prime medium through which climate change impacts will be felt. But water governance issues are already deemed to be a prime cause of a global water issues. Not only will climate change affect the function and operation...

... of government through an assessment of the existing capacities within select sub‐national case study areas. To answer this question, we draw on conceptualisations of adaptive capacity that define it as the broad set of broad to local resources, structures and conditions that affect a system's ability to adapt...