West Africa exhibits decadal patterns in the behaviour of droughts and floods, creating challenges for effective water resources management. Proposed... Read more
Background The forestLAB is a newly launched joint programme between the African Conservation Development Group (ACDG), the Grantham Research Institute and the University of... Read more
Although research on climate change adaptation has been conducted on households and communities, particularly in Senegal’s semi-arid lands (SALs), very... Read more
This paper looks at the economic aspects of migration in six semi-arid countries that are the focus of the PRISE (Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies) project: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan and Tajikistan. Read more
The Grantham Research Institute was one of the partners in the project Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) that ran... Read more
Successful adaptation in climate-sensitive hotspots in Africa and Asia The need for bottom-up assessments of climate risks and adaptation in... Read more
This paper investigates the extent to which, and how, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in poor countries are adapting to climate risks, finding that the ability of firms to respond depends on factors that can be shaped through policy intervention. Read more
Produced as part of the Pathways to resilience in semi-arid economies (PRISE) project, this report contains a synthesis of the lessons learnt from two approaches to territorial governance of climate change in Senegal. Read more
Climate change poses increasing risks to economic growth and development efforts across the world. Semi-arid regions (SARs) are one of... Read more
Governance of climate change at the territorial level is critical if decision makers are to gain awareness of the realities... Read more