Chasca Twyman

TL;DR: Using daily rainfall data and self-organising mapping (SOM) as mentioned in this paper identified 12 internally homogeneous rainfall regions displaying differing parameters of precipitation change and found that the trends and variabilities in precipitation parameters differentiated by the SOM analysis were clearly recognized by people living in the areas in which they occurred.

TL;DR: In this article, the implications of climate change for equity and justice among vulnerable groups at local and sub-national levels are examined through an evaluation of key criteria relating to climate change scenarios and vulnerability in the developing world, and second through two southern African case studies that explore the ways in which livelihoods are differentially impacted by inequitable natural resource use policies, and community-based natural-resource management programs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore cross-scale dynamics in coping and adaptation response, drawing on qualitative data from a case study in Mozambique, and characterises the engagements across multiple institutional scales and the types of agents involved, providing insight into emergent conditions for adaptation to climate change in rural economies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine three interlinked drivers of adaptation: climate change, desertification and drought, assessing the extent to which international and national policy supports local adaptive strategies in three countries in southern Africa.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the resilience and vulnerability of livelihoods within two different social-ecological dryland contexts of Botswana over the last 30 years and used this information as a starting point to assess the ways in which livelihoods have changed over time, and evaluated whether they have become more resilient or more vulnerable, and considered the factors that have contributed to these outcomes.