International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management: Volume 9 Issue 4 , Open Access

Analysis of the extreme heat events in Iran

Hojjatollah Yazdanpanah, Josef Eitzinger, Marina Baldi

The purpose of this paper is to assess the spatial and temporal variations of extreme hot days (H*) and heat wave frequencies across Iran.

Farm households’ perception on climate change and adaptation practices: A case from mountain district of Nepal

Binaya Joshi, Weihong Ji, Narayan Babu Joshi

This paper aims to assess the farming community’s perception on important parameters of climate change and identify major practices and technologies adopted to mitigate the…

Multi-dimensional coping and adaptation strategies of small-scale fishing communities of Bangladesh to climate change induced stressors

Apurba Krishna Deb, C. Emdad Haque

Coastal and floodplain areas are on the frontline of climate change in Bangladesh. Small-scale coastal and floodplain fishing communities of the country face a host of cross-scale…

Addressing climate adaptation in education, research and practice: the CLiVIA-network

Gustavo J. Nagy, Carolina Cabrera, Genaro Coronel, Marilyn Aparicio-Effen, Ivar Arana, Rafael Lairet, Alicia Villamizar

Climate change and variability are both a developmental and an environmental issue. Adaptation to climate change and variability has gained a prominent place on global and local…

Contextualizing gender in climate change adaptation in semi-arid Zimbabwe

C.P. Mubaya, Paramu L. Mafongoya, Jiri Obert

Climate change impacts tend to coalesce with everyday vulnerability and affect different socio-economic groups in different ways. In this regard, this study aims to contribute to…

Perception of climate change and adaptation strategies in Vietnam: Are there intra-household gender differences?

Ashok K. Mishra, Valerian O. Pede

The purpose of this study is to first examine the factors affecting the intra-household perception of climate change. Second, the study investigates the impact of the perception…

An assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation in South Asian agriculture

Sonam Wangyel Wang, Woo-Kyun Lee, Yowhan Son

The purpose of this study is to synthesize the impacts of climate change on agriculture and assess the status of policies, programs and strategies to adapt small farm holders to…

Climate change policy-making process in Kenya: deliberative inclusionary processes in play

Joseph M. Njoroge, Beate M.W. Ratter, Lucy Atieno

There is a growing recognition in Kenya that citizens should play a role in contributing to policy formation. This is a shift from a conventional approach where the elite in…

Farmers’ perception, awareness and adaptation to climate change: evidence from northwest Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, Yao Shun Bo, Shah Fahad

This study aims to examine the extent to which farmers are aware of climate change and how they have modified their growing practices in response to perceived climate changes.