LEADER 04536nam 22006975 450 001 9910482868503321 005 20230822200657.0 010 $a3-030-45106-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6 035 $a(CKB)5590000000474412 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6628587 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6628587 035 $a(OCoLC)1163872391 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70769 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-45106-6 035 $a(PPN)255885881 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000474412 100 $a20210520d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfrican Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation /$fedited by Nicholas Oguge, Desalegn Ayal, Lydia Adeleke, Izael da Silva 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (2820 pages) 311 $a3-030-45105-4 327 $aClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security -- Climate Change, Technologies and Resources Management -- Interdisciplinary Aspects of Climate Change. 330 $aThis open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is that this book will be a lead publication on the topic, which may be regularly updated and hence capture further works. Climate change is a major global challenge. However, some geographical regions are more severly affected than others. One of these regions is the African continent. Due to a combination of unfavourable socio-economic and meteorological conditions, African countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. The recently released IPCC special report "Global Warming of 1.5º C" outlines the fact that keeping global warming by the level of 1.5º C is possible, but also suggested that an increase by 2º C could lead to crises with crops (agriculture fed by rain could drop by 50% in some African countries by 2020) and livestock production, could damage water supplies and pose an additonal threat to coastal areas. The 5th Assessment Report produced by IPCC predicts that wheat may disappear from Africa by 2080, and that maize? a staple?will fall significantly in southern Africa. Also, arid and semi-arid lands are likely to increase by up to 8%, with severe ramifications for livelihoods, poverty eradication and meeting the SDGs. Pursuing appropriate adaptation strategies is thus vital, in order to address the current and future challenges posed by a changing climate. It is against this background that the "African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation" is being published. It contains papers prepared by scholars, representatives from social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects in Africa, and working with communities across the African continent. Encompassing over 100 contribtions from across Africa, it is the most comprehensive publication on climate change adaptation in Africa ever produced. . 606 $aEnvironment 606 $aManagement 606 $aEnvironmental education 606 $aSustainability 606 $aEnvironmental Sciences 606 $aManagement 606 $aEnvironmental and Sustainability Education 606 $aSustainability 615 0$aEnvironment. 615 0$aManagement. 615 0$aEnvironmental education. 615 0$aSustainability. 615 14$aEnvironmental Sciences. 615 24$aManagement. 615 24$aEnvironmental and Sustainability Education. 615 24$aSustainability. 676 $a363.73874096 676 $a363.73874096 700 $aLeal Filho$b Walter$0326246 701 $aOguge$b Nicholas$0899614 701 $aAyal$b Desalegn$0899615 701 $aAdeleke$b Lydia$0899616 701 $ada Silva$b Izael$0899617 701 $aLeal Filho$b Walter$0326246 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910482868503321 996 $aAfrican Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation$92010028 997 $aUNINA