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  1. Article ; Online: Insights from social-ecological systems thinking for understanding and preventing famine.

    Fortnam, Matt / Hailey, Peter

    Disasters

    2024  , Page(s) e12621

    Abstract: The risk of famine is rising in many countries today. Bold changes to famine information and response systems are urgently needed to improve capacities to prevent famine. To this end, the paper identifies six insights from social-ecological systems (SES) ...

    Abstract The risk of famine is rising in many countries today. Bold changes to famine information and response systems are urgently needed to improve capacities to prevent famine. To this end, the paper identifies six insights from social-ecological systems (SES) thinking for understanding and preventing famine. It argues that a state of famine emerges from human-environment interdependencies, complex causality, and non-linear system dynamics, shaped by history and context. The likelihood of famine can be reduced by strengthening resilience to the diverse stresses and shocks that drive destitution, food insecurity, undernutrition, morbidity, and mortality. SES thinking offers new opportunities to understand the dynamics of famine, diagnose lesser-known drivers, pinpoint new metrics, ascertain leverage points for intervention, and develop conceptual frameworks to inform policy. SES concepts and methods could also support the development of practical analytical tools to guide decisionmakers on how, where, and when to intervene most effectively and efficiently to strengthen resilience to the drivers of famine.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1482668-9
    ISSN 1467-7717 ; 0361-3666
    ISSN (online) 1467-7717
    ISSN 0361-3666
    DOI 10.1111/disa.12621
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  2. Article: Multiple impact pathways of the 2015–2016 El Niño in coastal Kenya

    Fortnam, Matt / Atkins, Molly / Brown, Katrina / Chaigneau, Tomas / Frouws, Ankje / Gwaro, Kemyline / Huxham, Mark / Kairo, James / Kimeli, Amon / Kirui, Bernard / Sheen, Katy

    Ambio. 2021 Jan., v. 50, no. 1

    2021  

    Abstract: The 2015–2016 El Niño had large impacts globally. The effects were not as great as anticipated in Kenya, however, leading some commentators to call it a ‘non-event’. Our study uses a novel combination of participatory Climate Vulnerability and Capacity ... ...

    Abstract The 2015–2016 El Niño had large impacts globally. The effects were not as great as anticipated in Kenya, however, leading some commentators to call it a ‘non-event’. Our study uses a novel combination of participatory Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis tools, and new and existing social and biophysical data, to analyse vulnerability to, and the multidimensional impacts of, the 2015–2016 El Niño episode in southern coastal Kenya. Using a social-ecological systems lens and a unique dataset, our study reveals impacts overlooked by conventional analysis. We show how El Niño stressors interact with and amplify existing vulnerabilities to differentially impact local ecosystems and people. The policy significance of this finding is that the development of specific national capacities to deal with El Niño events is insufficient; it will be necessary to also address local vulnerabilities to everyday and recurrent stressors and shocks to build resilience to the effects of El Niño and other extremes in climate and weather.
    Keywords El Nino ; climate ; data collection ; issues and policy ; people ; Kenya
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-01
    Size p. 174-189.
    Publishing place Springer Netherlands
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean
    ZDB-ID 120759-3
    ISSN 1654-7209 ; 0044-7447
    ISSN (online) 1654-7209
    ISSN 0044-7447
    DOI 10.1007/s13280-020-01321-z
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  3. Article ; Online: Multiple impact pathways of the 2015-2016 El Niño in coastal Kenya.

    Fortnam, Matt / Atkins, Molly / Brown, Katrina / Chaigneau, Tomas / Frouws, Ankje / Gwaro, Kemyline / Huxham, Mark / Kairo, James / Kimeli, Amon / Kirui, Bernard / Sheen, Katy

    Ambio

    2020  Volume 50, Issue 1, Page(s) 174–189

    Abstract: The 2015-2016 El Niño had large impacts globally. The effects were not as great as anticipated in Kenya, however, leading some commentators to call it a 'non-event'. Our study uses a novel combination of participatory Climate Vulnerability and Capacity ... ...

    Abstract The 2015-2016 El Niño had large impacts globally. The effects were not as great as anticipated in Kenya, however, leading some commentators to call it a 'non-event'. Our study uses a novel combination of participatory Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis tools, and new and existing social and biophysical data, to analyse vulnerability to, and the multidimensional impacts of, the 2015-2016 El Niño episode in southern coastal Kenya. Using a social-ecological systems lens and a unique dataset, our study reveals impacts overlooked by conventional analysis. We show how El Niño stressors interact with and amplify existing vulnerabilities to differentially impact local ecosystems and people. The policy significance of this finding is that the development of specific national capacities to deal with El Niño events is insufficient; it will be necessary to also address local vulnerabilities to everyday and recurrent stressors and shocks to build resilience to the effects of El Niño and other extremes in climate and weather.
    MeSH term(s) Ecosystem ; El Nino-Southern Oscillation ; Humans ; Kenya ; Weather
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-09
    Publishing country Sweden
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120759-3
    ISSN 1654-7209 ; 0044-7447
    ISSN (online) 1654-7209
    ISSN 0044-7447
    DOI 10.1007/s13280-020-01321-z
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