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This book presents conceptual and empirical discussions of
adaptation to climate change/variability in West Africa.
Highlighting different countries' experiences in adaptation by
different socio-economic groups and efforts at building their
adaptive capacity, it offers readers a holistic understanding of
adaptation on the basis of contextual and generic sources of
adaptive capacity. Focusing on adaptation to climate
change/variability is critical because the developmental challenges
West Africa faces are increasingly intertwined with its climate
history. Today, climate change is a major developmental issue for
agrarian rural communities with high percentages of the population
earning a living directly or indirectly from the natural
environment. This makes them highly vulnerable to climate-driven
ecological change, in addition to threats in the broader political
economic context. It is imperative that rural people adapt to
climate change, but their ability to successfully do so may be
limited by competing risks and vulnerabilities. As such,
elucidating those vulnerabilities and sources of strength with
regard to the adaptive capacities needed to support successful
adaptation and avoid maladaptation is critical for future policy
formulation. Though the empirical discussion is geographically
based on West Africa, its applicability in terms of the processes,
structures, needs, strategies, and recommendations for policy
transcends the region and provides useful lessons for understanding
adaptation broadly in the developing world.
This book presents conceptual and empirical discussions of
adaptation to climate change/variability in West Africa.
Highlighting different countries' experiences in adaptation by
different socio-economic groups and efforts at building their
adaptive capacity, it offers readers a holistic understanding of
adaptation on the basis of contextual and generic sources of
adaptive capacity. Focusing on adaptation to climate
change/variability is critical because the developmental challenges
West Africa faces are increasingly intertwined with its climate
history. Today, climate change is a major developmental issue for
agrarian rural communities with high percentages of the population
earning a living directly or indirectly from the natural
environment. This makes them highly vulnerable to climate-driven
ecological change, in addition to threats in the broader political
economic context. It is imperative that rural people adapt to
climate change, but their ability to successfully do so may be
limited by competing risks and vulnerabilities. As such,
elucidating those vulnerabilities and sources of strength with
regard to the adaptive capacities needed to support successful
adaptation and avoid maladaptation is critical for future policy
formulation. Though the empirical discussion is geographically
based on West Africa, its applicability in terms of the processes,
structures, needs, strategies, and recommendations for policy
transcends the region and provides useful lessons for understanding
adaptation broadly in the developing world.
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