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Perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses in ten African mountain regions
Nature Climate Change, Vol.15(2), pp.153-161
2025
Abstract
Mountain regions are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, little is known about local adaptation responses in African mountain regions, especially if these are incremental or transformational. First, using household questionnaires, we interviewed 1,500 farmers across ten African mountain regions to investigate perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses. Second, through a reflective process involving all co-authors, we identified: (1) main constraints and opportunities for adaptation, and (2) if adaptation was incremental or transformational. Questionnaire data show that farmers in all sites perceive multiple impacts, and that they mostly respond by intensifying farming practices and using off-farm labour. We established that, while several constraints were shared across sites, others were context specific; and that adaptation was mostly incremental, but that certain attributes (for example, social capital) made three sites in East Africa slightly more transformational.
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- Perceived climate change impacts and adaptation responses in ten African mountain regions
- Authors
- Aida Cuni-Sanchez (Corresponding Author) - Norwegian University of Life SciencesAbreham B. Aneseyee - Wolkite UniversityGhislain K. R. Baderha - Université Officielle de BukavuRodrigue Batumike - Norwegian University of Life SciencesRobert Bitariho - Mbarara University of Science and TechnologyGerard Imani - Université Officielle de BukavuNisha Jha - Norwegian University of Life SciencesKaiza R. Kaganzi - World Learning (Tanzania)Beth A. Kaplin - University of RwandaJulia A. Klein - Colorado State UniversityAna Leite - Norwegian University of Life SciencesRobert A. Marchant - University of YorkEmanuel H. Martin - College of African Wildlife ManagementFatuma Mcharazo - Tanzania National ParksBen Mwangi - University of NairobiAlain S. K. Ngute - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests and People Research CentreJacques Nkengurutse - Université du BurundiAline Nkurunziza - Université du BurundiLydia Olaka - Technical University of KenyaTeshome Soromessa - Addis Ababa UniversityRomeo O. K. Tchoffo - Panthera CorporationJessica P. R. Thorn - University of NamibiaIsaac Twinomuhangi - Mbarara University of Science and TechnologyMartin J. P. Sullivan - Manchester Metropolitan UniversityNoelia Zafra-Calvo - University of the Basque Country
- Publication details
- Nature Climate Change, Vol.15(2), pp.153-161
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41558-024-02221-w
- ISSN
- 1758-6798; 1758-678X
- Copyright note
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Data Availability
- Source data are provided with this paper. These data are also available via Figshare at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27320790.v1
- Grant note
- We acknowledge funding from the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) through the Synthesis Workshops funding programme for MRI Community-led Activities (to A.C.-S., N.Z.-C. and B.A.K.), the Mountain Sentinels Fellowship 2021 (to B.M.) and the UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI GCRF) through the Development Corridors Partnership project (project no. ES/P011500/1, to R.A.M.).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991103245002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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