This section introduces some basic concepts surrounding the climate system, climate change and climate variability. We will provide some insights into the challenges of climate modelling and what the inherent uncertainty really means for us, before exploring the way adaptation has so far been dis...
Neufeldt, Henry
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Sand, Isabel van de
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Dietz, Johannes
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Minh HH
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Yatich, T.
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Lasco, Rodel
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Climate change, climate variability and adaptation options]
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Climate change, climate variability and adaptation options
The global phenomenon of climate change constitutes major threats to Africa (IPCC, 2007). Although the impact of climate change is global, for various reasons including the state of preparedness of the continent, it has been estimated that Africa will be most vulnerable to climate change (Arnell,...
Yatich, T.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Minang, Peter A.
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Wakhayanga J
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[Community-based adaptation to climate change in Africa: a typology of information and institutional requirements for promoting uptake of existing adaptation technologies]
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Community-based adaptation to climate change in Africa: a typology of information and institutional requirements for promoting uptake of existing adaptation technologies
In this final section we will discuss the interrelationships among people, trees and local climate (the inner circle of the diagram), and all the surrounding issues at national and international levels, and then relate our current understanding and knowledge of these interrelations to opportuniti...
Leimona B
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Joshi, Laxman
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Catacutan, D.
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Yatich, T.
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Dietz, Johannes
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Mwangi H
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Gathenya JM
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Muthuri C
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Sinclair, Fergus L.
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Bhattarai, S.
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Onyango, Leah
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Suyanto
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Kalinganire, Antoine
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Noordin Q
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Bayala, Jules
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Gebrekirstos, Aster
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Tscherning K
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Duque Piñon, C.
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[Supporting multifunctionality through realistic, conditional and voluntary actions to enhance trees as source of environmental services]
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Supporting multifunctionality through realistic, conditional and voluntary actions to enhance trees as source of environmental services