Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

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It is widely acknowledged that, in addition to global and regional efforts to cope with climate change by means of mitigation measures, adaptation initiatives can and perhaps should play a key role in enabling communities from across Africa to better handle the problems related to it. Due to the fact that experiences in climate change adaptation in Africa are poorly documented, this book provides an attempt to address the perceived need for better documentation and dissemination of African experiences on climate change adaptation. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Links Between Capacity and Action in Response to Global Climate Change: A Climate Response Shift at the Local Level....Pages 1-15 Key Themes of Local Adaptation to Climate Change: Results from Mapping Community-Based Initiatives in Africa....Pages 17-32 Potential Climate Change Impacts on Direct Economic Values From Wildlife in the Kilombero Ramsar Site, Tanzania....Pages 33-53 Improving the Participation of Agro-Pastoralists in Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy Formulation: A Case Study from Keiyo District, Kenya....Pages 55-68 Integration of Indigenous Knowledge Systems into Climate Change Adaptation and Enhancing Food Security in Nandi and Keiyo Districts, Kenya....Pages 69-95 Climate Change and the Emergence of Helter-Skelter Livelihoods Among the Pastoralists of Samburu East District, Kenya....Pages 97-110 Carbon Changes Following the Establishment of Exclosure on Communal Grazing Lands in the Semi-Arid Lowlands of Tigray, Ethiopia....Pages 111-131 Coastal Forest Buffer Zones and Shoreline Change in Zanzibar, Tanzania: Practical Measures for Climate Adaptation?....Pages 133-151 Conflicting Policies: Institutional Approaches Towards Decentralisation and Promoting Climate Change Resilience in Kenya....Pages 153-166 Climate Shocks, Perceptions and Coping Options in Semi-Arid Kenya....Pages 167-181 Drought Monitoring in Food-Insecure Areas of Ethiopia by Using Satellite Technologies....Pages 183-200 A Swot Analysis of Mitigation of Climate Change Through REDD....Pages 201-216 Environmental Mainstreaming in Development Policy and Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study from Kenya....Pages 217-230 Net Primary Productivity Response to Climate Change in the Mount Kenya Ecosystem....Pages 231-246 Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change by Developing Promising Strategies Using Analogue Locations in Eastern and Southern Africa: Introducing the Calesa Project....Pages 247-253 The Unitar Climate Change Programme: Innovative Adaptation Initiatives in Africa....Pages 255-263 A Grassroots Initiative to Disseminate Solar Energy Technologies in Ethiopia: Implications to Climate Change Education....Pages 265-280 Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge Systems for Climate Change Adaptation in Zambia....Pages 281-295 Building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change: Pilot Projects for Community-Based Adaptation in Nigeria....Pages 297-315