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Book SynopsisTwo perspectives have dominated the social science discourse on climate change adaptation. Firstly, an international narrative among UN and donor agencies of technical and financial support for planned climate change adaptation. Secondly, a significant volume of studies discuss how local communities can undertake their own autonomous adaptation. Effective and sustainable climate adaptation requires a third focus: understanding of the political processes within sub-national institutions that mediate between national and local practices. This book address the knowledge gap that currently exists about the role of district-level institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa in providing an enabling institutional environment for rural climate change adaptation. Key Features: · Analyses the disconnect between national and local policy and practice, and how to overcome it · Analysis of the political ecology of climate change adaptation in 10 diverse rural districts across Sub-Saharan Africa based on evidence from thorough field work · Explains how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of climate change adaptation programmes by engaging with decentralized local governments and principles of subsidiarity with regards to decision-making and control over financial resources
Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Implementing African National Climate Change Policies 3: Contemplating Climate Change at Local Government: On-the-ground Politics of Adaptation Delivery in Tanzania 4: Climate Change Adaptation and Decentralisation Politics: the Case of Local Governments in Rural Zambia 5: A White Elephant in a Changing Climate: a Territorial Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda 6: Creating Political Space for Climate Change Adaptation in Northern Ghana 7: Local Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda 8: Political Ecology of Climate Change Management in Rural Uganda 9: Local Political Processes and the Management of the Awoja Watershed in Eastern Africa 10: Competing Interests over Natural Resources and Adaptation to Climate Change: the Case of Rice Cultivation in the Gweri Wetlands, Uganda 11: Social and Institutional Dynamics of Mobility as an Adaptation to Climate Change 12: Hoarders as Saviours: The Performance of Regional Grain Traders During and After Extreme Drought 13: Conclusion: Towards Subnational Climate Change Action Amidst Ambiguity and Contestation Over Power and Resources
