Urban Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies against Recurrent Climate Risks in Central Africa: Evidence from N’Djaména City (Chad)

Authors: Ndonaye Allarané1,2,*, Vidjinnagni Vinasse Ametooyona Azagoun 1, Assouhan Jonas Atchadé1, Follygan Hetcheli 2 and…
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Urban Ecosystem Services and Determinants of Stakeholders’ Perception for Sustainable Cities Planning in Cotonou (Benin)

Authors: Assouhan Jonas Atchadé1,2,* , Madjouma Kanda 2, Fousseni Folega 2, Joanes Atela 3, Marra…
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Transformations to sustainability: combining structural, systemic and enabling approaches

Authors: Ian Scoones1, Andrew Stirling2, Dinesh Abrol3, Joanes Atela4, Lakshmi Charli-Joseph5, Hallie Eakin6, Adrian Ely2,…
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The future of small farms and small food businesses as actors in regional food security: A participatory scenario analysis from Europe and Africa

Authors: Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda a,*, Olga Moreno-P´erez a, Laura Arnalte-Mur a, Pedro Cerrada-Serra a,  Victor Martinez-Gomez…
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Structured Collaboration Across a Transformative Knowledge Network—Learning Across Disciplines, Cultures and Contexts?

Authors:Adrian Ely 1,* , Anabel Marin 2, Lakshmi Charli-Joseph 3, Dinesh Abrol 4, Marina Apgar…
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Scaling Innovation Hubs: Impact on Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Tanzania

Authors: Kelefa Mwantimwa1, Nora Ndege2, Joanes Atela3, and Andrew Hall4 This study has explored the…
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Post-2025 climate finance target: how much more and how much better?

Authors: W. P. Pauw, U. Moslener, L. H. Zamarioli, N. Amerasinghe, J. Atela, J. P.…
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Deforestation and Forest Degradation as an Environmental Behavior: Unpacking Realities Shaping Community Actions

Authors: Lalisa A. Duguma 1,*, Joanes Atela 2, Peter A. Minang 1, Alemayehu N. Ayana…
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Intimate Exclusion and Pastoralists’ Role in Large-scale Land Acquisitions in Kenya

Authors: Wachira, Jackson ; Stacey, Paul Austin; Atela, Joanes ; Outa, George Many large-scale land…
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Enabling modernisation, marginalising alternatives? Kenya’s agricultural policy and smallholders

Authors: Fredrick Ajwang1 | Saurabh Arora2 | Joanes Atela3 | Joel Onyango3 | Mohammad Kyari4…
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Community forestry frameworks in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact on sustainable development

Authors: Lalisa A. Duguma 1, Joanes Atela 2, Alemayehu N. Ayana 3, Dieudonne Alemagi 4,…
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Assessing the effectiveness of orchestrated climate action from five years of summits

Authors:Sander Chan  1,2 , Thomas Hale  3 , Andrew Deneault  1 , Manish Shrivastava4 ,  Kennedy Mbeva3 , Victoria Chengo5  and…
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Stakeholder analysis towards unpacking communities of practice for transdisciplinary research and action in climate change and health in Africa

Authors: Joanes Atela1*, Emily Bolo1, Humphrey Agevi1, Kanyiva Muindi2,  Sokhna Thiam2, Ezekiel Gordon1, Ann Wanjiru…
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Locally led adaptation metrics for Africa: a framework for building resilience in smallholder farming sectors

Authors: Nwamaka Okeke-Ogbuafor 1*, Joanes Atela 2,Mary Gorret Nantongo 3, Leah Aoko 2, Charles Tonui…
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Searching for synergies for low emission development, the case for dairy subsector in Kenya

Abstract  This research paper assesses the coherence of policy measures and documents related to low…
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Enabling modernisation, marginalising alternatives? Kenya’s agricultural policy and smallholders

Authors: Fredrick Ajwang1 | Saurabh Arora2 | Joanes Atela3 | Joel Onyango3 | Mohammad Kyari…
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What role for multi-stakeholder partnerships in adaptation to climate change? Experiences from private sector adaptation in Kenya

Authors: Kate Elizabeth Gannon a,*, Florence Crick b, Joanes Atela c, Declan Conway Abstract Amidst…
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Transforming Access to Clean Energy Technologies in the Global South: Learning from Lighting Africa in Kenya 

Authors : David Ockwell 1,*, Robert Byrne 2, Joanes Atela 3, Victoria Chengo 3, Elsie…
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Private-Adaptation-in-Semi-Arid-Lands-a-Tailored-Approach-to-leave-no-one-behind

Astract Authors: Bedelian6, Elizabeth Carabine6, Declan Conway1, Mamadou Diop7, Sam Fankhauser1 , Guy Jobbins6, Eva…
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NGO-Led Community-Based Conservation: A New Frontier of Territorialization with Implications for Pastoralists’ Land Tenure and Climate Change Adaptation

Abstract Authors; Jackson Wachira,  Joanes Atela, Paul Stacey and George Outa In recent years, many…
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What role for multi-stakeholder partnerships in adaptation to climate change? Experiences from private sector adaptation in Kenya

Authors;Kate Elizabeth Gannon a,*, Florence Crick b, Joanes Atela c, Declan Conway a a Grantham…
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The overlay between demographic characteristics, spirituality and retirement planning, Kenya expose

Abstract  Authorss;  Asenath Maobe | Alessandro Crociata (Reviewing editor) The subject of spirituality comes at a time…
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Agricultural market access and dietary diversity in Kenya: Gender considerations towards improved household nutritional outcomes

Abstract Author; Evelyne NyathiraKihiua, FranklinAmuakwa-Mensahb Achieving food and nutritional security by all people at all…
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Vulnerability and air pollution. ASAP-East Africa Rapid Literature Review. Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham

Authors:  Avis, W. & Khaemba, W. (2018). Air pollution is a global environmental health threat contributing…
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Farmers’ Agency and Experiences of Agricultural Change in Rural Kenya: Insights from Exploratory Fieldwork

Farmers’ Agency and Experiences of Agricultural Change in Rural Kenya: Insights from Exploratory Fieldwork, STEPS…
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Agricultural Commercialisation Pathways: Climate Change and Agriculture

Authors: Andrew Newsham, Sarah Kohnstamm, Lars Otto Naess and Joanes Atela Climate change is likely…
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Community forestry frameworks in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact on sustainable development. Ecology and Society

Authors: Duguma, LA, Atela JA. , A. N. Ayana, D. Alemagi, M. Mpanda, M. Nyago,…
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Transformations to Sustainability

Authors: Joanes Atela and the Global Consortium team (STEPS Centre). A new working paper on…
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Climate Change Adaptation among Female- Led Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Semiarid Areas: A Case Study from Kenya

Authors: Joanes Atela, Kate Elizabeth Gannon, and Florence Crick This paper looks into ways in…
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Governing Food and Agriculture in a Warming World

Authors: Peter Newell ;Charles Tonui and Olivia Taylor Understanding how, why, and whether the trade-offs…
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Farmers’ agency and experiences of agricultural change in rural Kenya: Insights from exploratory fieldwork

Authors: Joanes Atela ;Charles Tonui and Dominic Glover ISBN: 978-1-78118-417-2 Using novel agricultural technologies to…
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Making ‘Mangroves Together’: Carbon, conservation and co-management in Gazi Bay, Kenya

Authors: Amber Huff and  Charles Tonui Market-based strategies are increasingly being framed by highlevel stakeholders…
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The political economy of state-led transformations in pro-poor low carbon energy: A case study of solar PV in Kenya

Authors: Rob Byrne and Kennedy Liti Mbeva International efforts to achieve goals such as universal…
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The Political Economy of State-led Energy Transformations: Lessons from Solar PV in Kenya and China

Authors: David Ockwell Peter Newell Sam Geall Kennedy Liti Mbeva Wei ShenAdrian Ely Amid talk…
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Building Innovation Systems for Climate Change Technology Transfer: Perspectives from East Africa

Authors: Joanes Atela and Kennedy Liti Mbeva Innovation systems are critical to technology transfer and…
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Governing REDD+: global framings versus practical evidence from the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, Kenya

This paper explores the governance and feasibility of globally-linked REDD+ projects in local African settings,…
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The Politics of Agricultural Carbon Finance: The Case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project

In the context of major scientific and policy concern with the causes and implications of…
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Climate Finance in Kenya: Review and Future Outlook

Climate Finance is critical to Kenya’s full realisation of the policy goals as set out…
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