Marisa Goulden

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review insights from history, sociology and psychology of risk, economics and political science to develop four propositions concerning limits to adaptation and conclude that these issues of values and ethics, risk, knowledge, attitudes to risk and culture construct societal limits, but that these limits are mutable.

TL;DR: The authors examines whether some response strategies to climate variability and change have the potential to undermine long-term resilience of social-ecological systems and suggests that there are multiple sources of resilience in most systems and hence policy should identify such sources and strengthen capacities to adapt and learn.

TL;DR: The discussion reflects the complexity of linkages between climate, environment and society in the region and highlights implications for natural–resources management, which range from benefits due to improved seasonal rainfall forecasting to reduce the damage of extremes, to improved understanding of existing climate–society interactions.

TL;DR: The authors reviewed current knowledge of the potential impacts of climate change on water resources in Africa and the possible limits, barriers or opportunities for adaptation to climate change in internationally-shared river basins.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined social capital and livelihood diversification strategies in dynamic lakeshore social-ecological systems in Uganda adapting to climate variability and change, and found that households adapt to climate change by diversifying their livelihood sources.