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Decentralized Governance of Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa

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Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword

1: Introduction

Towards Implementation of Adaptation to Climate Change in Rural Africa

Meso-level Actors and Climate Change

Methodology

Outline of the Book

References

2: Implementing African National Climate Change Policies

From Climate Change Policy to Action

The International Climate Change Narrative and African National Climate Change Policies

Governance Mechanisms for National Climate Change Policies

Subsidiarity Analysis of Support for Rural Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

The Disconnect between National and Local Levels of Governance with Regard to Fiscal Resources, Decision Making and Action

Note

References

3: Contemplating Climate Change at Local Government: On-the-ground Politics of Adaptation Delivery in Tanzania

Introduction

The Politics of Adaptation Implementation

Setting the Scene

Tanzania’s climate change policies and governance

The Great Ruaha river catchment

Data and Methods

Results

Local actors in the Great Ruaha River Basin

Sites of struggle: local bureaucrats contemplating dealing with climate impacts

Whose discourse counts?

Discussion and Conclusion

Acknowledgement

References

4: Climate Change Adaptation and Decentralisation Politics: the Case of Local Governments in Rural Zambia

Introduction

Zambia’s National Adaptation Goals

The Politics of Decentralization

Institutional Responses to Climate Change in Kazungula and Sesheke

Local institutional actors and interests

Who carries out adaptation?

The Persistence of Centralized Control in Adaptation

Local Government Responses

Engaging and ‘piggy-backing’

Seeking alternative alliances

Challenging central government

Conclusion and Policy Implications

References

5: A White Elephant in a Changing Climate: a Territorial Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda

Introduction

Study focus

Subnational Government and Implementation of Support for Climate Change Adaptation

The Climate Change Context in Uganda

Overview of the TACC Project

Findings

Institutional mechanisms for the integration of TACC into local government

Political and technical inclusiveness of the planning and implementation of TACC

Perception and sense of ownership of TACC among district officials

The institutional sustainability of TACC-initiated activities

Conclusions

References

6: Creating Political Space for Climate Change Adaptation in Northern Ghana

NGOs as Facilitators of Climate Change Adaptation

Integrating Participation into Cross-scaleand Multi-level Governance

Context Setting

Decentralization in Ghana

CARE and its Rights-based Approach

Enabling Political Space

Women as Lead Actors in Climate Change Adaptation

Building Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change

Institutionalizing Participation

Participation as a Tool for Climate Change Adaptation

The Limits to Participation

Conclusion

Notes

References

7: Local Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda

Climate Change on the Political Agenda of Local Government

Empirical Context

Analytical Framework

Political ecology

Mainstreaming support for climate change adaptation

Key concepts of mainstream climate change adaptation in relation to political ecology

The separation of society and climate underpinning the mainstream climate change approach

Political ecology views climate change as intrinsically political

Institutional bricolage

Findings

Climate change adaptation as a political platform for election to district council

Understanding the 2007 floods in Teso region: external extreme climate change event or co-produced ‘lived environment’

Formulation and implementation of Amuria Wetland Management Plans

Institutional dynamics of land demarcation

Discussion

Notes

References

8: Political Ecology of Climate Change Management in Rural Uganda

The Meaning of the Political Ecology Concept in the Context of Rural Uganda

Cultural and Political Issues in Relation to Natural Resource Management in a Climate Change

Context of Climate Change Governance within Awoja Watershed in Eastern Uganda

Vulnerability and Marginalization in the Awoja Watershed

Challenges of Climate Change Management in a Rural Context

Conclusion

References

9: Local Political Processes and the Management of the Awoja Watershed in Eastern Africa

Introduction

The Contextual Framework of the Awoja Watershed

Findings

Influence of different political interests on watershed management

The different political interests and conflicts over shared resources

The lack of funding and dissatisfaction of aggrieved communities

Challenges of institutional multiplicity on management decisions

Changes in organizational practice

Innovations, negotiations and compromises in watershed management

Discussion

Conclusions

Notes

References

10: Competing Interests over Natural Resources and Adaptation to Climate Change: the Case of Rice Cultivation in the Gweri Wetlands, Uganda

Introduction

Study focus

Methodology

Empirical context

Theoretical and Conceptual Framework

Findings

The emerging market for rice as a key driver of competition in the Awoja wetlands

Elite capture of local public wetland management institutions as an accelerator of competition leading to degradation

Fuzzy land property rights as a contributor to the degradation of the Awoja wetlands system

Competition among various local public and quasi-public institutions have contributed to degradation of the Awoja wetland system

Discussion

Conclusion

References

11: Social and Institutional Dynamics of Mobility as an Adaptation to Climate Change

Introduction

Study Focus

Historical Context

Findings

The contribution of climate change hazards to enhanced mobility

Changing mobility patterns as adaptation to climate change hazards

Resource conflict and reconciliation

Socio-economic synergy from ethnic co-habitation

Institutional change and climate-induced mobility

Political implications of mobility

Discussion

Conclusion

References

12: Hoarders as Saviours: The Performance of Regional Grain Traders During and After Extreme Drought

Introduction

Study Focus and Methodology

Neoliberalism, climate change and producer price volatility in East Africa

Findings

The 2013 rainfall shortage in Soroti: implications for rural food security

Private sector response: crop failure as a business opportunity

Early warning used by grain traders to refine hoarding behaviour

Local government perceptions of hoarding during drought

Discussion

Climate change hazards associated with extreme drought are amplified by meso-level grain traders

Adapting to climate change by regulating trade

Conclusion

References

13: Conclusion: Towards Subnational Climate Change Action Amidst Ambiguity and Contestation Over Power and Resources

Governance of Climate Change Action

Climate Change Action as an Arena for Political Contestation

When Local Government is Disempowered, the Institutional Sustainability of Support for Climate Change Adaptation Suffers

NGO Facilitation of Interaction Between Local Government and Communities

Climate Change on the Political Agenda of Local Government: a Lose–Lose Issue?

The Political Ecology of Climate Change: Processes of Institutional Bricolage Where Government is Weak

Politics of Climate Change: Commercial Enterprise Development and Elite Capture of Local Government Environmental Institutions

Emerging Themes for Climate Change Governance: Mobility and Migration

Emerging Themes for Climate Change Governance: Regulating Agricultural Trade

Towards a Model of Engaging Subnational Government in Creating an Enabling Environment for Rural Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

References

Index

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