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On Exposure, Vulnerability and Violence: Spatial Distribution of Risk Factors for Climate Change and Violent Conflict across Kenya and Uganda
Recent studies discuss linkages between climate change and violent conflict, especially for East Africa, and focusing on whether climate change increases risk of violent conflict. However, little is known about where a climate-conflict link is most likely to be found.…
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Beyond Scarcity: Rethinking Water, Climate Change and Conflict in the Sudans
Drawing on a qualitative historical analysis of links between water and conflict in Sudan and South Sudan, this article critiques the emphasis on ‘scarcity’, ‘state failure’ and ‘under-development’ within discussions of environmental security. Instead, the authors propose an alternative model…
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Vulnerability of Indigenous Health to Climate Change: A Case Study of Uganda’s Batwa Pygmies
The potential impacts of climate change on human health in sub-Saharan Africa are wide-ranging, complex, and largely adverse. The region’s Indigenous peoples are considered to be at heightened risk given their relatively poor health outcomes, marginal social status, and resource-based…
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Indigenous climate knowledge in southern Uganda: the multiple components of a dynamic regional system
Farmers in southern Uganda seek information to anticipate the interannual variability in the timing and amount of precipitation, a matter of great importance to them since they rely on rain-fed agriculture for food supplies and income. This system of indigenous…
