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ARIN Presents JUCAN Communication Strategy at Inception Workshop
Some of the JUCAN Inception Workshop Participants The Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) showcased its critical role in the JUCAN (Justice, Carbon, Nature) project during the recent Inception Workshop […]
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Enabling private sector adaptation to climate change among small businesses in developing countries: What role for multi-stakeholder partnerships? Experiences from Kenya
Abstract This paper investigates the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) in supporting the development of enabling conditions for adaptation to climate change among micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in […]
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Climate-resilient horticulture for sustainable county development in Kenya
Summary Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges to the productivity and sustainable growth of the agricultural sector in Kenya due to extreme events such as droughts and floods […]
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Large Scale Land Acquisitions and Pastoralists’ Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya
Abstract This working paper explores literature to establish the interrelationship between Large Scale Land Acquisition (LSLA) and pastoralists’ climate change adaptation. The paper builds on a wealth of academic and […]
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Contextualizing Pathways to Resilience in Kenya’s ASAL’s under the Big Four Agenda
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to Kenya’s Vision 2030 Development Strategy for Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands, approximately 89% of the country’s land area is arid and semi-arid (Republic of Kenya, […]
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Climate change adaptation among female-led micro, small and medium enterprises in semi-arid areas: a case study from Kenya
Abstract This paper contributes to the literature on private sector adaptation by empirically exploring how female-led micro, small and medium enterprise (MSMEs) in Kenya’s semi-arid lands (SALs) experience and respond […]
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AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIALISATION PATHWAYS
Climate change is likely to alter the environmental parameters which affect where agricultural commercialisation activity can happen in sub Saharan Africa, what can be grown and how well it will […]
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Exploring the Agency of Africa in Climate Change Negotiations: The Case of REDD+
Emerging climate change regimes such as the mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) are increasingly aiming to engage developing countries such as those in Africa in […]
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Exploring the agency of Africa in designing REDD+ and the associated implications for national level implementation
Abstract Rules on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) are globally designed by multiple actors but the outcomes are implemented in developing countries. The coherence of resulting rules […]
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The Politics of Agricultural Carbon Finance: The Case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
Background In the negotiations for a post Kyoto climate agreement, Sub-Saharan African countries are engaging in policy processes and demonstration projects around land-use based carbon finance (Bond et al, 2009). […]
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