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dc.contributor.authorFilho, Walter L.
dc.contributor.authorTaddese, Habitamu
dc.contributor.authorBalehegn, Mulubrhan
dc.contributor.authorNzengya, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorDebela, Nega
dc.contributor.authorAbayineh, Amare
dc.contributor.authorMworozi, Edison
dc.contributor.authorOsei, Sampson
dc.contributor.authorAyal, Desalegn Y.
dc.contributor.authorNagy, Gustavo J.
dc.contributor.authorYannick, Nsani
dc.contributor.authorKimu, Saizi
dc.contributor.authorBalogun, Abdul-Lateef
dc.contributor.authorAlemu, Esubalew Abate
dc.contributor.authorLi, Chunlan
dc.contributor.authorSidsaph, Henry
dc.contributor.authorWolf, Franziska
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-25T16:30:41Z
dc.date.available2020-09-25T16:30:41Z
dc.identifierdoi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101738
dc.identifier.citationFilho, W. L., Taddese, H., Balehegn, M., Nzengya, D., Debela, N., Abayineh, A., Mworozi, E., Osei, S., Ayal, D. Y., Nagy, G. J., Yannick, N., Kimu, S., Balogun, A-L., Alemu, E A., Li, C., Sidsaph, H., & Wolf, F. (2020). Introducing experiences from African pastoralist communities to cope with climate change risks, hazards and extremes: Fostering poverty reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 50, 101738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101738
dc.identifier.issn2212-4209
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101738
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/623657
dc.descriptionThis article is not available on ChesterRep
dc.description.abstractPastoralist communities all over Africa have been facing a variety of social and economic problems, as well as climate risks and hazards for many years. They have also been suffering from climate change and extremes events, along with a variety of weather and climate threats, which pose many challenges to herders. On the one hand, pastoralist communities have little influence on policy decisions; however, on the other hand, they suffer to a significant extent from such policies, which limit their options for sustainable development and poverty alleviation. Also, the socio-cultural legacy of herders, and their role in food security and provision of ecosystem services, as well as their efforts towards climate change adaptation, are little documented, particularly in Eastern and Southern African countries. There is a perceived need for international studies on the risks and impacts of climate change and extreme events on the sustainability of pastoralist communities in Africa, especially in eastern and southern Africa. Based on the need to address this research gap, this paper describes the climate change risks and challenges that climate threats pose to the sustainability and livelihoods of pastoralist communities in eastern and southern Africa. Also, it discusses the extent to which such problems affect their well-being and income. Additionally, the paper reports on the socioeconomic vulnerability indices at country-level. Also, it identifies specific problems pastoralists face, and a variety of climate adaptation strategies to extreme events through field survey among pastoralist communities in a sample of five countries, namely Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The study has shown that the long-term sustainability of the livelihoods of pastoral communities is currently endangered by climate change and the risks and hazards it brings about, which may worsen poverty among this social group. Also, the study suggests that a more systematic and structured approach is needed when assessing the climate vulnerability of individual pastoral communities, since this may help in designing suitable disaster risk reduction strategies. Moreover, the paper shows that it is also necessary to understand better the socio-ecological systems (SES) of the various communities, and how their livelihoods are influenced by the changing conditions imposed by a changing climate.
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221242091931773X?via%3Dihub
dc.rightsLicence for AM version of this article: This article is under embargo with an end date yet to be finalised.
dc.rightsEmbargo: ends 9999-12-31
dc.sourceissn: 22124209
dc.titleIntroducing experiences from African pastoralist communities to cope with climate change risks, hazards and extremes: Fostering poverty reduction
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentHamburg University of Applied Sciences; Manchester Metropolitan University; Hawassa University; Mekelle University; St Paul's University, Kenya; Wolkite University; Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine; Makerere University College of Health Sciences; University of the Western Cape; Addis Ababa University; Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Ardhi University, Tanzania; Malawi University of Science and Technology; Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia; East China Normal University; University of Chester
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
dc.date.updated2020-09-25T16:30:41Z
dc.date.accepted2020-06-19


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