Introduction: Courting Catastrophe? Can Humanitarian Actions Contribute to Climate Change Adaptation?
Climate change introduces new challenges for humanitarian aid through changing hazard patterns. The linkages between climate change and...
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Climate change introduces new challenges for humanitarian aid through changing hazard patterns. The linkages between climate change and...
A major reform of the humanitarian sector is currently under way, focusing increasingly on the prevention of crises rather than on...
This article examines adaptation to climate change in view of changing humanitarian approaches in Isiolo County, Kenya. While...
Two IDS Research Fellows – Rosemary McGee and Lars Otto Naess have both won the University of Sussex Student-Led Teaching Award for 2016–17.
What factors lead state and market actors in Africa to commit to implementing more ‘climate smart’ and ‘climate resilient’ agricultural approaches and practices that promoting more sustainable and pro-poor outcomes? This study is examining how different governance systems are handling the complex interface between food, energy, water and climate in pursuit of the SDGs pertaining to these sectors in four countries in Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to droughts, floods and other climate-related stressors and shocks. This research aims to contribute to greater understanding of the underlying drivers of risk, while also identifying pathways to improve the impact that climatic information may have on building resilience through bridging the 'usability gap'.
This article examines the implications of the growing discussion around transformation and adaptation for development policy and...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This site explored student perspectives on development in view of the current financial crisis. The site worked with the 2009/10 cohort...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article addresses the link between research on adaptation to climate change and the related policy environment in which it...
Published by: Elsevier
Despite the growth in work linking climate change and national level development agendas, there has been limited attention to their political economy. This paper applies a political economy analysis to case studies on low carbon energy in Kenya and carbon forestry in Mozambique.