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1 Musiyiwa, K.; Harris, D.; Filho, W. L.; Gwenzi, W.; Nyamangara, J. 2017. An assessment of smallholder soil and water conservation practices and perceptions in contrasting agro-ecological regions in Zimbabwe. Water Resources and Rural Development, 9:1-11. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wrr.2016.09.001]
Water conservation ; Soil conservation ; Smallholders ; Farmers attitudes ; Water management ; Technology assessment ; Information services ; Constraints ; Climate change ; Agroecological zones ; Subhumid zones ; Semiarid zones ; Households ; Gender ; Socioeconomic environment / Africa South of Sahara / Zimbabwe / Mazowe / Goromonzi / Kadoma / Matobo / Chiredzi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048197)
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Improved soil and water management practices can reduce moisture stress and crop failures associated with rain-fed cropping systems. Little information exists on soil and water management technologies requirements for male and female farmers in different agro-ecological regions. The objective of current study was to investigate farmers’ sources of information and perceptions on soil and water management technologies. Four sites selected from different agro-ecological regions (AERs), sub-humid (Mazowe/Goromonzi, and Kadoma) and semi-arid (Matobo and Chiredzi). Data on sources of information on soil and water management, types of technologies preferred by farmers and constraints to adoption of technologies were collected through household interviews and focus group discussions. Results showed that government extension agents, farmer-to farmer extension and non-governmental organizations were the main sources of information on soil and water management technologies at all the sites. NGOs mainly provide information on reduced tillage methods. Main technologies were mulching (61%), reduced tillage methods (53%), and contour ridges (33%) in Mazowe/Goromonzi district, reduced tillage method (83) and mulching (64%) in Kadoma, and reduced tillage methods (54%) and contour ridges (47%) in Matobo. More farmers used soil and water management technologies at the sub-humid sites than at the semi-arid sites. Soil and water conservation technologies used were similar between male-headed (MHH) and female-headed households (FHH). Soil and water conservation technologies used by farmers matched their preferences in two of the four study sites. The findings are important for targeting soil and water management practices in the various agro-ecological zones.
2 Filho, W. L.; Azeiteiro, U. M.; Alves, F. (Eds.) 2016. Climate change and health: improving resilience and reducing risks. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 532p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24660-4]
Climate change mitigation ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Disaster risk reduction ; Resilience ; Extreme weather events ; Flooding ; Landslides ; Food security ; Food wastes ; Water Supply ; Water quality ; Malnutrition ; Vector-borne diseases ; Infectious diseases ; Malaria ; Dengue ; Ebolavirus ; Cardiovascular system ; Mental health ; Air quality ; Poverty ; Sustainable development ; Political aspects ; Social aspects ; Environmental sustainability ; Highlands ; Ecosystems ; Rain ; Training ; Communities ; Geographical information systems ; Case studies ; European Union countries / Sahel / Cameroon / Nigeria / Mozambique / Brazil / Bolivia / Uruguay / Paraguay / Portugal / Austria / Rio de Janeiro / Gaza Province / Vienna / Sao Paulo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H049478)
3 Filho, W. L.; Totin, E.; Franke, J. A.; Andrew, S. M.; Abubakar, I. R.; Azadi, H.; Nunn, P. D.; Ouweneel, B.; Williams, P. A.; Simpson, N. P.; Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team. 2021. Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa. Science of the Total Environment, 806(Part 1):150420. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150420]
Water scarcity ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Risk reduction ; Resilience ; Food systems ; Livelihoods ; Cities ; Water stress ; Vulnerability ; Rainwater harvesting ; Indigenous knowledge ; Population growth ; Infrastructure ; Sustainability ; Ecosystems ; Economic aspects ; Semiarid zones / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050678)
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Water scarcity is a global challenge, yet existing responses are failing to cope with current shocks and stressors, including those attributable to climate change. In sub-Saharan Africa, the impacts of water scarcity threaten livelihoods and wellbeing across the continent and are driving a broad range of adaptive responses. This paper describes trends of water scarcity for Africa and outlines climate impacts on key water-related sectors on food systems, cities, livelihoods and wellbeing, conflict and security, economies, and ecosystems. It then uses systematic review methods, including the Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative, to analyse 240 articles and identify adaptation characteristics of planned and autonomous responses to water scarcity across Africa. The most common impact drivers responded to are drought and participation variability. The most frequently identified actors responding to water scarcity include individuals or households (32%), local government (15%) and national government (15%), while the most common types of response are behavioural and cultural (30%), technological and infrastructural (27%), ecosystem-based (25%) and institutional (18%). Most planned responses target low-income communities (31%), women (20%), and indigenous communities (13%), but very few studies target migrants, ethnic minorities or those living with disabilities. There is a lack of coordination of planned adaptation at scale across all relevant sectors and regions, and lack of legal and institutional frameworks for their operation. Most responses to water scarcity are coping and autonomous responses that showed only minor adjustments to business-as-usual water practices, suggesting limited adaptation depth. Maladaptation is associated with one or more dimension of responses in almost 20% of articles. Coordinating institutional responses, carefully planned technologies, planning for projected climate risks including extension of climate services and increased climate change literacy, and integrating indigenous knowledge will help to address identified challenges of water scarcity towards more adaptive responses across Africa.
4 Birkmann, J.; Jamshed, A.; McMillan, J. M.; Feldmeyer, D.; Totin, E.; Solecki, W.; Ibrahim, Z. Z.; Roberts, D.; Kerr, R. B.; Poertner, H.-O.; Pelling, M.; Djalante, R.; Garschagen, M.; Filho, W. L.; Guha-Sapir, D.; Alegria, A. 2022. Understanding human vulnerability to climate change: a global perspective on index validation for adaptation planning. Science of the Total Environment, 803:150065. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150065]
Climate change adaptation ; Planning ; Vulnerability ; Weather hazards ; Drought ; Storms ; Sea level ; Disaster risk reduction ; Resilience ; Sensitivity analysis ; Infrastructure ; Social impact ; Indicators
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050824)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721051408/pdfft?md5=88f5450f705109d467665d0946c601d5&pid=1-s2.0-S0048969721051408-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050824.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050824.pdf
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Climate change is a severe global threat. Research on climate change and vulnerability to natural hazards has made significant progress over the last decades. Most of the research has been devoted to improving the quality of climate information and hazard data, including exposure to specific phenomena, such as flooding or sea-level rise. Less attention has been given to the assessment of vulnerability and embedded social, economic and historical conditions that foster vulnerability of societies. A number of global vulnerability assessments based on indicators have been developed over the past years. Yet an essential question remains how to validate those assessments at the global scale. This paper examines different options to validate global vulnerability assessments in terms of their internal and external validity, focusing on two global vulnerability indicator systems used in the WorldRiskIndex and the INFORM index. The paper reviews these global index systems as best practices and at the same time presents new analysis and global results that show linkages between the level of vulnerability and disaster outcomes. Both the review and new analysis support each other and help to communicate the validity and the uncertainty of vulnerability assessments. Next to statistical validation methods, we discuss the importance of the appropriate link between indicators, data and the indicandum. We found that mortality per hazard event from floods, drought and storms is 15 times higher for countries ranked as highly vulnerable compared to those classified as low vulnerable. These findings highlight the different starting points of countries in their move towards climate resilient development. Priority should be given not just to those regions that are likely to face more severe climate hazards in the future but also to those confronted with high vulnerability already.
5 Filho, W. L.; Wolf, F.; Abubakar, I. R.; Al-Amin, A. Q.; Roy, S.; Malakar, K.; Alam, G. M. M.; Sarker, M. N. I. 2022. Understanding the socio-economic impacts of climate change on riparian communities in Bangladesh. River Research and Applications, 9p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4056]
Climate change adaptation ; Socioeconomic impact ; Riparian zones ; Communities ; Vulnerability ; Resilience ; Riverbanks ; Livelihoods ; Households ; Farmland / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051416)
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Riparian communities in developing countries such as Bangladesh, whose livelihoods depend especially on fisheries and other subsistence activities, are under considerable pressure due to climate change. Therefore, there is a need to better understand how the dynamics of riparian communities are influenced by climate change and how its impacts can be assessed. Using Bangladesh as an example, this paper describes the various climate stressors affecting riparian communities and their socio-economic impacts, and it outlines some measures needed to increase their resilience to a changing climate. The results show that riparian communities are not only quite vulnerable to the impacts of climate change but also have a rather low level of resilience. This challenge can, at least in part, be attributed to their fragile living conditions, which intensify the socio-economic impacts of extreme events. One lesson from the paper is that handling climate-induced risks in riparian communities requires implementing strategic measures to improve local climate and livelihood resilience, such as effective public health infrastructure and a resilient built environment. Win-win scenarios comprise strategies that offer multiple benefits including better water storage, flood control, and improved riparian habitats.
6 Filho, W. L.; Kovaleva, M.; Tsani, S.; Tirca, D. - M.; Shiel, C.; Dinis, M. A. P.; Nicolau, M.; Sima, M.; Fritzen, B.; Salvia, A. L.; Minhas, A.; Kozlova, V.; Doni, F.; Spiteri, J.; Gupta, T.; Wakunuma, K.; Sharma, M.; Barbir, J.; Shulla, K.; Bhandari, M. P.; Tripathi, S. 2023. Promoting gender equality across the sustainable development goals. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25(12):14177-14198. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02656-1]
Gender equality ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 5 Gender equality ; Women ; Climate change ; Indicators ; Policies ; Governmental organizations ; Non-governmental organizations ; Natural resources management ; Decision making ; Developing countries ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052348)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10668-022-02656-1.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052348.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052348.pdf
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Gender issues, and gender equality in particular, can be regarded as cross-cutting issues in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), even though it is unclear how they are taken into account. This study addresses this information gap by performing an assessment of the emphasis on gender issues across all the other 16 SDGs, in addition to SDG5, through a literature review and case study analysis, the basis for the newly developed framework, highlighting specific actions associated to each SDG. The 13 countries addressed in the 16 case studies include China, India, or Australia and illustrate the inclusion of SDG5 into the SDGs. Using an SDG matrix, the SDG targets are analysed. Those where an emphasis on gender equality is important in allowing them to be achieved are listed. The novelty of our approach resides in offering an in-depth analysis of how gender issues interact with the other SDGs, proposing a new analysis framework clearly identifying SDGs 1, 4, 11, 12, 14 and 16 demanding further attention for successful SD gender implementation and illustrating specific areas where further actions may be necessary, which may be used by policy-makers, raising further awareness on gender equality contribution to achieve the SDGs. A set of recommendations aimed at placing gender matters more centrally in the SDGs delivery are presented as a final contribution. These focus on the need for greater awareness and attention to good practices, to achieve successful implementation initiatives.
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