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Semi-arid regions like north-central Namibia, are highly dynamic systems that experience variable and sometimes extreme climates, adverse environmental change, and a relative paucity of and decline in natural resources. Historically, people living in these regions have adopted several coping mechanisms to deal with these conditions. Today, however, many communities exhibit low levels of adaptive capacity due to challenges such as marginalisation, underdevelopment, poverty, inequality, weak governance, maladaptive policies, and increasing population growth. Climate change is expected to augment existing levels of vulnerability, as temperatures rise, rainfall decreases, and seasonal climate patterns become more variable.
From 2014-2018, ASSAR’s Namibia team worked in the Onesi Constituency in the Omusati region of Namibia to better understand these existing and upcoming challenges. Made up of a team of researchers and practitioners from the University of Namibia, University of Cape Town, Oxfam GB and the Desert Research Foundation Namibia, we worked with stakeholders from national to household levels to understand what makes people vulnerable to climate change, what the barriers to adaptation are, and what could enable more effective, sustained and widespread adaptation to climate change.
Key insights
Adaptation policy approaches should consider that factors like gender, ethnicity, age, household composition, marital status, social capital, and class are important determinants of people’s vulnerabilities, and of their capacities to respond to climate risks and impacts. These intersecting factors need to be considered explicitly to enable the most marginalised to adapt.
Building on Namibia’s decentralised water reform, water and drought governance could be strengthened if there was a better understanding of and support for local challenges. This could be partly achieved by increasing the awareness and willingness of decision makers to be more inclusive of the knowledge that community members and other marginalised groups provide, building the capacity of local actors to proactively engage in governance, and by providing more targeted support for managing water better at the village level.
Improved collaboration – among government, non-governmental organisations, academia and communities – can lead to the production of climate and adaptation information that is reliable and relevant to local subsistence farmers. It can also ensure that this is disseminated to those who need it in a timely manner.
By engaging with traditional and religious leaders, and considering their value systems, adaptation policy makers and practitioners can promote adaptation responses that work in conjunction with cultural and social norms. Doing so will assist in helping to reduce group-specific vulnerabilities. This should also be done on a case-by-case basis considering the implications of these social norms on gender equality and human rights more broadly.
More long-term, targeted responses to climate change are needed. Government needs to support people’s livelihoods by building adaptive capacity, providing vocational training and jobs, and creating markets. These efforts must also lead to rural development processes that address water scarcity, food insecurity, and human development needs.
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Country partners and contact details
Margaret Angula* (margaret.angula@gmail.com), University of Namibia | |
Mark New (mark.new@uct.ac.za), University of Cape Town | |
Daniel Morchain (danielmorchain@gmail.com), Oxfam GB | |
Colleen Magner (magner@reospartners.com), Reos Partners |
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Book chapter | D’Souza, M., Rao, B. and Awashi, S. | 2016 | Community-driven vulnerability assessment and resilience building: Cases from development contexts. | Summary | |
Book chapter | Morchain, D. | 2018 | Multi-level climate change planning: Scale, capacity and the ability for local action. | In: S. Moloney, H. Fuenfgeld and M. Granberg (eds.) Local Action on Climate Change. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 92-110. | |
Book chapter | Shaibu, M. T., Alhassan, S. I., Avornyo, F. K., Lawson, E. T., Mensah, A. and Gordon, C. | 2019 | Perceptions and determinants of the adoption of indigenous strategies for adaptation to climate change: Evidence from smallholder livestock farmers in north-west Ghana. | In: J. K. Kuwornu (ed.) Climate Change and Sub-Saharan Africa: The vulnerability and adaptation of food supply chain factors. Vernon Press, pp. 229-249. | |
Brochure/flyer | ASSAR | 2016 | ASSAR adaptation puzzle. [Puzzle] | Brochure | |
Brochure/flyer | ASSAR | 2018 | A quick guide to ASSAR in Namibia. [Output Catalogue] | ||
Brochure/flyer | Basu, R. and Morchain, D. | 2017 | On a road trip to find common ground: Can the goals of the private sector be compatible with sustainable development? [Comic] | ||
Brochure/flyer | D’Souza, M. and Misquitta, K. | 2018 | From me to we...from mine to ours! A story of how motivation changes people’s perceptions and drives community action. [Story of Change] | ||
Infographic | ASSAR | 2018 | Challenging assumptions about gender and climate adaptation. | Oshiwambo infographic | |
Infographic | ASSAR | 2018 | Dreaming of a better life: Let’s recognise and value people’s changing aspirations. | ||
Infographic | ASSAR | 2018 | Gender is one of many factors that influence how we are impacted by and respond to climate change. | Oshiwambo infographic | |
Infographic | ASSAR | 2018 | Household relationships help determine whether and how we can – or can’t – respond to pressures. | ||
Infographic | ASSAR | 2018 | In semi-arid regions, women are not necessarily victims or powerless: They are often diversifying their livelihoods and increasing their agency. | ||
Infographic | ASSAR | 2018 | Multiscale governance: The paradox of top-down policy design. | French infographic | |
Infographic | ASSAR | 2018 | Sometimes our interventions can lead to unintended consequences: A well does not always lead to wellbeing. | ||
Infographic | ASSAR | 2018 | What global warming of 1.5°C and higher means for Namibia. | ||
Information brief | Adiku, P. and Khan, A. | 2018 | Migration in climate change hotspots: Opportunities and challenges for adaptation. | Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA). | |
Information brief | ASSAR | 2015 | Planning for climate change in the semi-arid regions of southern Africa. | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2015 | Southern Africa regional diagnostic study: Report summary. | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2016 | How can we better understand and manage the impacts of droughts? | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2016 | What is Transformative Scenario Planning? | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2018 | Do conservancies enhance the adaptive capacity of communities? Perspectives from ASSAR’s work in Kenya. | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2018 | The gendered challenges of food security: Stories and lessons from ASSAR. | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2018 | What will global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C above pre-industrial levels mean for semi-arid regions? | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2018 | Women, work and adaptive capacity. | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2019 | A focus on wellbeing can link adaptation to outcomes that matter to people. | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2019 | Adaptation is about people. | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2019 | Does villagisation enhance the adaptive capacity of pastoralist communities? Perspectives from ASSAR's work in Ethiopia. | ||
Information brief | ASSAR | 2019 | What global warming of 1.5°C and higher means for Namibia. | Oshiwambo version | |
Information brief | Bosworth, B., Hegga, S. and Ziervogel, G. | 2018 | When participation is not enough: Lessons from decentralised water governance in Namibia. | ||
Information brief | CARIAA | 2018 | Climate adaptation policy. | ||
Information brief | CARIAA | 2018 | Understanding vulnerabilities using a hotspot approach. | Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) | |
Information brief | Davies, J. | 2017 | Barriers and enablers to climate change adaptation in north-central Namibia. | ||
Information brief | Davies, J. | 2017 | Climate change impacts and adaptation in north-central Namibia. | Oshiwambo brief | |
Information brief | Few, R. | 2017 | Drought does not work alone. | ||
Information brief | Few, R., Singh, C., Spear, D., Davies, J., Tebboth, M. G. L., Sidibe, A, Mensah, A. and Thompson-Hall, M. | 2018 | When adaptation barriers and enablers intersect: Key considerations for adaptation planning drawn from ASSAR’s findings. | ||
Information brief | Lumosi, C. and McGahey, D. | 2016 | Communicating climate change for adaptation: Challenges, successes and future priorities. | ||
Information brief | Rao, N., Lawson, E. T., Raditloaneng, W. N., Solomon, D. and Angula, M. N. | 2016 | Gendered vulnerabilities to climate change: Insights from the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. | GSDR brief | |
Journal article | Cundill, G., Harvey, B., Tebboth, M., Cochrane, L., Currie-Alder, B., Vincent, K., Lawn, J., Nicholls, R. J., Scodanibbio, L., Prakash, A., New, M., Wester, P., Leone, M., Morchain, D., Ludi, E., DeMaria-Kinney, J., Khan, A. and Landry, M. | 2018 | Large-scale transdisciplinary collaboration for adaptation research: Challenges and insights. | Global Challenges, 1700132. | |
Journal article | Deshpande, T., Michael, K. and Bhaskara, K. | 2018 | Barriers and enablers of local adaptive measures: A case study of Bengaluru’s informal settlement dwellers. | Local Environment, DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2018.1555578. | Information brief |
Journal article | Few, R., Morchain, D., Spear, D., Mensah, A. and Bendapudi, R. | 2017 | Transformation, adaptation and development: Relating concepts to practice. | Palgrave Communications, 3: 17092. | Summary |
Journal article | Gajjar, S. P., Singh, C. and Deshpande, T. | 2018 | Tracing back to move ahead: A review of development pathways that constrain adaptation features. | Climate and Development. | Summary |
Journal article | McGahey, D. J. and Lumosi, C. K. | 2018 | Information brief | ||
Journal article | Morchain, D., Prati, G., Kelsey, F. and Ravon, L. | 2015 | Summary | ||
Journal article | Morchain, D., Ziervogel, G., Spear, D., Masundire, H., Angula, M., Davies, J., Hegga, S. and Molefe C. | 2019 | Building transformative capacity in southern Africa: Surfacing knowledge through participatory Vulnerability and Risk Assessments. | Action Research, 17(1): 19-41. | Summary |
Journal article | Ofoegbu, C., New, M., Nyamwanza, A. M. and Spear, D. | 2018 | Understanding the current state of collaboration in the production and dissemination of adaptation knowledge in Namibia. | Environment, Development and Sustainability. | |
Journal article | Rao, N., Lawson, E. T., Raditloaneng, W. N., Solomon, D., and Angula, M. N. | 2017 | Gendered vulnerabilities to climate change: Insights from the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. | Climate and Development. | Information brief |
Journal article | Singh, C. | 2017 | Using life histories to understand temporal vulnerability to climate change in highly dynamic contexts. | SAGE Research Methods Cases. | Summary; Manual |
Journal article | Singh, C. | 2019 | Migration as a driver of changing household structures: Implications for household livelihoods and adaptation. | Migration and Development. | Summary |
Journal article | Singh, C., Daron, J., Bazaz, A., Ziervogel, G., Spear, D., Krishnaswamy, J., Zaroug, M. and Kituyi, E. | 2018 | The utility of weather and climate information for adaptation decision-making: Current uses and future prospects in Africa and India. | Climate and Development, 10(5): 389-405. | Summary; Video |
Journal article | Spear, D. and Chappel, A. | 2018 | Livelihoods on the edge without a safety net: The case of smallholder crop farming in north-central Namibia. | Land, 7(3): 79. | Summary |
Journal article | Totin, E., Butler, J. R., Sidibé, A., Partey, S., Thornton, P. K. and Tabo, R. | 2018 | Can scenario planning catalyse transformational change? Evaluating a climate change policy case study in Mali. | Futures, 96: 44-56. | Summary |
Journal article | Totin, E., Segnon, A. C., Schut, M., Affognon, H., Zougmoré, R. B., Rosenstock, T., and Thornton, P. K. | 2018 | Institutional perspectives of climate-smart agriculture: A systematic literature review. | Sustainability, 10(6): 1990. | Summary |
Journal article | Ziervogel, G. | 2018 | Poster, Information brief | ||
Publication in progress | Duraisamy, V., Mugari, E., Segnon, A. C., Togarepi, C., Tesfaye, M., Alare, R. S. and Misra, G. | _ | Landsat-based land use / land cover mapping and cross-site analysis at South Asia and Africa. | ||
Publication in progress | Few, R., Singh, C., Spear, D., Tebboth, M., Davies, J., Thompson-Hall, M. and Muhvich, K. | _ | The role of culture as a barrier and enabler to adaptation in semi-arid lands. | ||
Publication in progress | Gitonga, Z. and Visser, M. | _ | Evaluating access, use and impact of climate information on welfare and use of adaptive strategies by rural families in arid regions of northern Namibia. | ||
Publication in progress | Gitonga, Z. and Visser, M. | _ | Impact of migration on household social protection and wellbeing: An application of dose-response using control function approach. | ||
Publication in progress | Gitonga, Z., Visser, M. and de Groot, H. | _ | Leveraging improved maize technology uptake to improve welfare of farm families through market participation and food security. | ||
Publication in progress | Hegga, S. and Kunamwene, I. | _ | Mapping actor influence in climate adaptation practices: The case of north-central Namibia. | Poster | |
Publication in progress | Hegga, S., Kunamwene, I. and Ziervogel, G. | _ | Local participation in decentralised water governance: Insights from north-central Namibia. | Presentation | |
Publication in progress | Kibet, S. and Wasonga, O. | _ | Making community wildlife conservancies sustainable. | ||
Publication in progress | Krishnaswamy, J., Bunyan, M., New, M., Bazaz, A., Wolski, P. and Daron, J. | _ | Are semi-arid regions in Africa and Asia climate-change hotspots? | ||
Publication in progress | Maharjan, A., de Campos, R. S. Das, S., Srinivas, A., Bhuiyan, M. R. A., Ishaq, S., Shrestha, K., Dilshad, T., Umar, M. A., Bhadwal, S., Ghosh, T., Singh, C., Suckall, N. and Vincent. K. | _ | Migration and adaptation in the context of environmental change: Lessons from interdisciplinary work in South Asia. | ||
Publication in progress | Mulwa, C. and Visser, M. | _ | Weather uncertainty and demand for information in agricultural technology adoption: Case study from Namibia. | ||
Publication in progress | Perez, T. | _ | The power of workshop fatigue in transdisciplinary partnerships. | Summary | |
Publication in progress | Perez, T. | _ | Thinking differently about planning processes to enable climate change adaptation in Namibia and India. | Summary | |
Publication in progress | Poniso, A. L. and Togarepi, C. | _ | An assessment of climate variability on key forest ecosystem services and its impacts on livelihoods of communities in North Central Namibia. A case of Onesi Constituency, Omusati Region. | ||
Publication in progress | Rahman, A., Basu, R. and Singh C. I. | _ | Exploring the interface between climate change and migration: Evidence from India. | ||
Publication in progress | Rahman, A., Singh, C. and Bazaz A. | _ | Climate change in urban areas: Differential vulnerability and adaptive actions in Bangalore. | ||
Publication in progress | Rao, N., Mishra, A., Prakash, A., Singh, C., Qaisrani, A., Poonacha, P., Vincent, K. and Bedelian, C. | _ | Women’s agency and adaptive capacity in climate change hotspots: A qualitative comparative analysis from Asia and Africa. | ||
Publication in progress | Rao, N., Singh, C., Solomon, D., Camfield, L., Alare, R. S., Angula, M., Poonacha P., Sidibe, A. and Lawson, E. | _ | Managing risk, changing aspirations and household dynamics: Implications for wellbeing and adaptation in semi-arid Africa and India. | Summary; Presentation | |
Publication in progress | Salifu, A., Lawson, E. and Wrigley-Asante, C. | _ | Social differentiation and adaptive responses adopted by farmers in a water scarce landscape: The case of groundnut farmers in the Lawra and Nandom Districts. | Poster | |
Publication in progress | Satyal, P., Budds, J., Few, R., Bahir, A., Kibet, S. | _ | Adaptation to climate change in the context of decentralisation: Exploring multi-level governance of water-related issues in semi-arid areas of East Africa. | Presentation | |
Publication in progress | Scodanibbio, L. | _ | What have we learned from working collaboratively on the ASSAR project? | ||
Publication in progress | Sidibe, A., Sanga. U., Rajiv. P. and Olabisi, L. S. | _ | Translating mental models into system dynamics models for analyzing food security. | ||
Publication in progress | Sidibe, A., Totin, E. and Olabisi, L. S. | _ | Analysing consensus building in the participatory scenario process: A case of transformative scenario process in Mali. | ||
Publication in progress | Singh, C., Tebboth, M. G. L., Spear, D., Ansah, P. and Mensah, A. | _ | Opening up the methodological toolkit on climate change vulnerability and adaptation research: Reflections from using life history approaches. | ||
Publication in progress | SK, N. | _ | Situating vulnerability in climate change adaptation research: Insights from India and Ghana. | ||
Publication in progress | SK, N., Bazaz, A., Mensah, A., Scodanibbio, L., Tebboth, M., Few, R., Bendapudi, R., Rao, R., Badiger, S., Rao, N., Kibet, S., Wasonga, O. and Spear, D. | _ | Socially-differentiated vulnerability and adaptation practice in Africa and India. | ||
Publication in progress | Solomon, D. and Badiger, S. | _ | The evolution of vulnerability: Rethinking the scope of indicator-based assessments in agrarian socio-ecological systems. | ||
Journal article | Spear, D., Selato, J. C., Mosime, B. and Nyamwanza, A. | 2019 | Harnessing diverse knowledge and belief systems to adapt to climate change in semi-arid rural Africa. | Summary; Presentation | |
Publication in progress | Tebboth, M. G. L., Few, R., Assen, M. and Degefu, M. | _ | Valuing Prosopis juliflora? Analysing ecosystem service narratives to understand environmental management dilemmas. | ||
Publication in progress | Tebboth, M. G. L., Singh, C., Spear, D., Mensah, A. and Ansah, P. | _ | The role of mobility in changing livelihood trajectories: Implications for vulnerability and adaptation in semi-arid regions. | Summary | |
Publication in progress | Togarepi, C. and Nangolo, E. | _ | Gendered responses to climate change impacts on ecosystem services in north-central Namibia. | ||
Publication in progress | Togarepi, C., Nangolo, E. and Gitonga, Z. | _ | Climate change impacts on livelihood strategies and food security in north-central Namibia. | ||
Publication in progress | Totin, E., Sidibe, A. and Thompson-Hall, M. | _ | Governance of resources: Is there space for implementing the land policy under complex customary tenure practices? | Presentation | |
Publication in progress | Totin, E., Sidibe, A., Thompson-Hall, M. and Olabisi, L. | _ | Achieving sustainable future objectives under uncertain conditions: Application of a reflexive framework to adaptation trajectories in rural Mali. | Summary | |
Publication in progress | Wasonga, O., Kibet, S., Tebboth, M. G. L., Few, R. | _ | Do wildlife conservancies enhance the adaptive capacity of local communities? Perspectives from northern Kenya. | ||
Publication in progress | Ziervogel, G., Satyal, P., Basu, R., Mensah, A. and Singh, C. | _ | Vertical integration for climate change adaptation in the water sector: Lessons from decentralisation in Africa and India. | ||
Radio/podcast | ASSAR | 2018 | Using Transformative Scenario Planning to think critically about the future of water for productive use in Omusati, Namibia. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Changing ecosystem services are increasing people’s vulnerability in semi-arid regions. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Collaborative research consortia are complex, but have great potential. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Effective adaptation means different things to different people. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Forward-looking inclusive governance arrangements across different scales are a critical enabler for adaptation | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Enhanced knowledge systems are critical for climate change adaptation. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Gender is one of many social factors influencing responses to climate change. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Global warming of 1.5°C and higher brings profound challenges to semi-arid regions. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Mobility is an inherent dynamic among vulnerable populations. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Participatory processes build adaptive capacity and agency and can help transform systems. | ||
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Putting people at the centre can enable effective adaptation in semi-arid regions: Insights from ASSAR. | Summary | |
Report | ASSAR | 2019 | Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in semi-arid Namibia. | ||
Report | Hegga, S. | 2016 | Mapping out stakeholder influence on the implementation of climate change adaptation in Namibia – Short report. | ||
Report | Hegga, S. | 2016 | Vulnerability and risk assessment in the Onesi Constituency, Omusati Region, Namibia: Towards improving livelihood adaptation to climate change – Short report. | Summary | |
Report | Hegga, S., Siyambango, N., Angula, M., Spear, D., Masundire, H., Molefe, C. and Morchain, D. | 2015 | Stakeholder and influence network mapping exercise with the government, development and research actors in Namibia. | ||
Report | Hegga, S., Ziervogel, G., Angula, M., Spear, D., Nyamwanza, A., Ndeunyema, E., Kunamwene, I., Togarepi, C. and Morchain, D. | 2016 | Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in Omusati Region in Namibia: Fostering people-centred adaptation to climate change. | ||
Report | Nkemelang, T., Bouwer, R., Hoffman, T., and New, M. | 2018 | Determining what global warming of 1.5°C and higher means for the semi-arid regions of Botswana, Namibia, Ghana, Mali, Kenya and Ethiopia: A description of ASSAR’s methods of analysis. | ||
Report | Perez, T., Molefe, C. and Masundire, H. | 2018 | Using Transformative Scenario Planning as a way to think differently about the future of land use in Bobirwa, Botswana. | seTswana report | |
Report | Rokitzki, M. and Morchain, D. | 2015 | Climate change adaptation practice in semi-arid regions: Views and insights by practitioners. | ||
Report | Perez, T. | 2017 | Using Transformative Scenario Planning to think critically about the future of water for productive use in Omusati, Namibia. | Report | |
Report | Shalumbu, B. and Spear, D. | 2016 | Preparing for Transformative Scenario Planning in Namibia. | ||
Spotlight | ASSAR | 2015 | Spotlight on Adaptation Futures. | ||
Spotlight | ASSAR | 2016 | Spotlight on learning. | ||
Spotlight | ASSAR | 2016 | Spotlight on wellbeing. | ||
Spotlight | ASSAR | 2017 | Spotlight on champions. | ||
Spotlight | ASSAR | 2017 | Spotlight on water. | ||
Spotlight | ASSAR | 2018 | Spotlight on capacity building. | ||
Spotlight | ASSAR | 2018 | Spotlight on Transformative Scenario Planning. | ||
Spotlight | ASSAR | 2019 | Spotlight on Research for Impact. | ||
Thesis | Angula, M. | _ | A gendered and intersectional analysis for understanding vulnerability to the changing climate within socially diverse Onesi constituency. | PhD thesis. University of Cape Town. | Poster |
Thesis | Bridges, K. | 2017 | The role of climate information and advisory services in drought resiliency: A comparative case study in Tamil Nadu, India. | Master's thesis. Oxford University. | |
Thesis | Chappel, A. | 2018 | Barriers and enablers to the adoption of practices to improve crop production and reduce vulnerability to climate risks in the semi-arid Omusati Region, Namibia. | Master's thesis. University of Cape Town. | Poster |
Thesis | Davies, J. | 2016 | Exploring the factors and actors that contribute to the co-production of climate adaptation plans: A comparison of three municipalities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. | Master's thesis. University of Cape Town. | |
Thesis | Gitonga, Z. | _ | Leveraging climate information, improved adaptive technology and migration to build resilience and reduce vulnerability of rural communities to climate risks in arid and semi-arid lands. | PhD thesis. University of Cape Town. | |
Thesis | Haukongo, C. | 2017 | An assessment of determinants of adaptive capacity of livestock farmers to climate change in Omusati Region. | Honours thesis. University of Namibia. | Poster |
Thesis | Joshi, N. | _ | Barriers and enablers to the sale of livestock in Omusati, Namibia. | Master's thesis. University of Cape Town. | |
Thesis | Kunamwene, I. | _ | Wellbeing as a way of looking at vulnerability and response to drought in Onesi, Namibia. | PhD thesis. University of Cape Town. | |
Thesis | Mulwa, C. | _ | Managing vulnerability to risks in smallholder farming: Essays on sustainable agricultural intensification and climate change adaptation in developing countries. | PhD thesis. University of Cape Town. | |
Thesis | Musingarabwi, S. | 2016 | Time-use and wellbeing in Onesi, Namibia. | Master’s thesis. University of Cape Town. | |
Thesis | Nkemelang, T. | 2018 | Temperature and precipitation extremes under current, 1.5 and 2.0 degree global warming above pre-industrial levels and implications for climate change vulnerability: Botswana case study. | Master's thesis. University of Cape Town. | |
Thesis | Poniso, A. L. | 2017 | An assessment of impacts of climate variability on key forest ecosystem services and livelihoods of communities in Onesi constituency, Omusati region. | Honours thesis. University of Namibia. | |
Thesis | Sajith, S. | 2017 | Changing cropping patterns and its implications on household food security and nutrition. | Master's thesis. TERI School of Advanced Studies. | |
Thesis | Selato, J. C. | 2017 | Credibility and scale as barriers to uptake and use of seasonal climate forecasts in Bobirwa Sub-District, Botswana. | Master's thesis. University of Cape Town. | Presentation |
Thesis | Shooya, O. | 2017 | Barriers and enablers to water access and community wellbeing in the Onesi constituency of Namibia: The case of Okalonga B and Onandjandja villages. | Master's thesis. University of Cape Town. | |
Thesis | Yidana, A. A. | 2016 | Social differentiation in the vulnerability and adaptation patterns among smallholder farmers: Evidence from north western Ghana. | Master's thesis. University of Ghana. | |
Toolkit/guide | ASSAR | 2016 | Climate adaptation resource guide for dryland & semi-arid areas. [Resource Guide] | ||
Toolkit/guide | ASSAR | 2018 | Heat stress: How does one recognise heat stress? What should you do when a person suffers from heat stress? [Pamphlet] | Poster | |
Toolkit/guide | ASSAR | 2018 | Planning for a harsher future. [Brochure] | English poster; Oshiwambo brochure; Oshiwambo poster | |
Toolkit/guide | ASSAR | 2018 | Understanding climate change: An information manual for communities in Omusati. [Manual] | Oshiwambo manual | |
Toolkit/guide | ASSAR, Oxfam, University of Cape Town | 2019 | Massive Open Online Course on Research for Impact. [MOOC] | ||
Toolkit/guide | Davies, J., Singh, C., Tebboth, M. G. L., Spear, D., Mensah, A. and Ansah, P. | 2018 | Conducting life history interviews: A how-to guide. [Manual] | ||
Toolkit/guide | Hegde, G., Singh, C. and Kaur, H. | 2018 | Adaptation as innovation: Lessons from smallholder farmers in rainfed Karnataka. [Information Booklet] | Kannada booklet | |
Toolkit/guide | Morchain, D. and Kelsey, F. | 2016 | Finding ways together to build resilience: The Vulnerability and Risk Assessment methodology. [Toolkit] | Oxfam. | Poster |
Video | ASSAR | 2015 | ASSAR Theory of Change. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2015 | ASSAR’s animated climate messages for Africa and Asia. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2015 | ASSAR’s animated climate messages for southern Africa. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2015 | Introducing ASSAR. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2015 | Understanding gender in the context of climate and development. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2016 | A documentary on drought in Namibia by ASSAR. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2016 | Research-into-Use in ASSAR. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2016 | Transformative Scenario Planning in ASSAR. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2016 | Vulnerability and Risk Assessment workshop in northern Namibia. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2017 | Does climate information help people address current and future climate risks? | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2017 | Experiential learning to understand climate change. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2017 | Experiential learning: Farming Juggle. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2017 | Experiential learning: Paying for Predictions. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2017 | Experiential learning: Seasonal Forecast. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2017 | Experiential learning: Vulnerability Walk. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2017 | Small Opportunities Grant: Migration. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2017 | Using Transformative Scenario Planning to think critically about the future of water for productive use in Omusati, Namibia. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2018 | From cows to camels: How pastoralists are adapting to climate change in Kenya’s drylands. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2018 | How thinking about the future improved farming practices in Ghana’s Upper West region. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2018 | Theatre of the oppressed: Adaptation futures 2018. | ||
Video | ASSAR | 2019 | Challenging predominant views on climate change with Theatre of the Oppressed. Delft, Cape Town. January 2019. | ||
Video | ATREE | 2019 | Is an increase in green cover good? | ||
Video | ATREE | 2019 | Wells and a lack of wellbeing. | ||
Web article | Cundill, G. | 2017 | ASSAR–R2A Climate Month: Time’s Up. | Research to Action. 4 December 2017. | |
Web article | DeMaria-Kinney, J. | 2017 | Introduction to Research-into-Use at ASSAR. | Research to Action. 9 November 2017. | |
Web article | Joubert, L. | 2018 | A climate of change for cash cows. | Mail and Guardian. 18 March 2018. | |
Web article | Joubert, L. | 2018 | African small-scale farmers need more than just land to survive climate change. | The Namibian. 31 May 2018. | Use and communication of climate information to support uptake of adaptation action in the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. |
Working paper | Bazaz, A., DeMaria-Kinney, J., Scodanibbio, L. and Koduganti Venkata, M. | 2019 | Enabling research-practice collaboration: Models and approaches | ||
Working paper | Few, R., Bendapudi, R., Mensah, A. and Spear, D. | 2016 | Transformation in adaptation: Learning from ASSAR’s regional diagnostic studies. | ||
Working paper | Koelle, B., Scodanibbio, L., Vincent, K., Harvey, B., van Aalst, M., Rigg, S., Ward, N. and Steenbergen, M. | _ | A guide to effective collaboration and learning in consortia: Building resilience to rising climate risks. | Original publication by Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED). | |
Working paper | Misquitta, K. and Thatte, K. | 2018 | Whose appropriate technology? Understanding the adoption of micro-irrigation in the face of climate and policy uncertainty. | ||
Working paper | Phadtare, A., Banerjee, S. and Bendapudi, R. | 2019 | Are changes in land use land cover influencing gender dynamics in semi-arid areas. | ||
Working paper | Prakash, A., Cundill, G., Scodanibbio, L., Vincent, K., Nathe, N., DeMaria-Kinney, J., Mishra, A., Morchain, D., Piryani, A., Soumelong Ehode, L., and Sukla, D. | 2019 | Climate change adaptation research for impact. | CARIAA Working Paper no. 22. Collaborative Adaptation Research in Africa and Asia (CARIAA). | |
Working paper | Scodanibbio, L. | 2017 | What have we learned from working collaboratively on the ASSAR project? | Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR). | |
Working paper | Singh, C., Urquhart, P. and Kituyi, E. | 2016 | From pilots to systems: Barriers and enablers to scaling up the use of climate information services in smallholder farming communities. | ||
Working paper | Spear, D., Haimbili, E., Angula, M., Baudoin, M., Hegga, S., Zaroug, M. and Okeyo, A. | 2015 | Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the semi-arid regions of southern Africa. | ||
Working paper | Spear, D., Zaroug, M. A. H., Daron, J. D., Ziervogel, G., Angula, M. N., Haimbili, E. N., Hegga, S. S., Baudoin, M., New, M., Kunamwene, I., Togarepi, C. and Davies, J. | 2018 | Vulnerability and responses to climate change in drylands: The case of Namibia. | ||
Working paper | Zaroug, M., New, M. and Lennard, C. | 2019 | Climate change in African countries at 1.5 and 2.0 degrees: Variation by geography, aridity and continentality. | ||
Journal article | Ofoegbu, C. and New, M. | Making climate information useful to adaptation decision making in the agriculture sector in Namibia. | |||
Video | ASSAR | 2019 | Does knowledge enhance adaptive capacities in semi-arid regions? Perspectives from ASSAR's work. |