Publications

  • Acquaah, E.K., Mearns, K., Agyepong, A. 2025 Using Mann-Kendall trend analysis to investigate rainfall trends along the Volta Lake African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 19(10), 322–338
  • Alemayehu, S., Olago, D., Alfred, O., Dejene, S.W. 2025 Climate change perceptions and adaptation in Ethiopian mixed farming systems Sustainability, 17(22), 10428
  • Alemayehu, S., Olago, D., Alfred, O., Zeleke, T.T., Dejene, S.W. 2025 Rainfall and temperature variability in mixed crop–livestock systems International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 17(1), 270–292
  • Bezerra, J.C. et al. 2025 Addressing Food Insecurity Through Community Kitchens During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Urban Science 9(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9020037.
  • Boulle, M., Rennkamp, B., Tyler, E., New, M. 2025 Policy knowledge systems in NDCs Environmental Science & Policy, 164, 104016
  • Chinoko, V., Olago, D., Outa, G.O., Oguge, N.O., Ouma, G. 2025 Paris Agreement differentiation and LDC diplomacy American Journal of Climate Change, 14, 93–118
  • Holden, P., Anderson, M., Eckardt, F., Ziervogel, G., Jack, S.L., New, M.G., Smit, J., Visser, M., Hoffman, M.T. 2025 Methodological pluralism in conservation counterfactuals
  • Ikumu, L., Kathambi, B., Kiemo, K. 2025 Sendai Framework and resilience in Kenya Present Environment and Sustainable Development, 19(1)
  • Lawson, E. T., Asabil, B., Salifu, A. Z., Alare, R. S., Ayivor, J. S., & Mensah, A. 2025 Climate-related information sources and the adaptation decisions of women crop farmers in the Guinea Savannah Zone of Ghana. African Geographical Review, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2025.2574343
  • Maina, A.G., Oriaso, S.O., Outa, G.O., Opere, A.O. 2025 Climate policy communication in Kenya Public Administration and Governance Research Journal
  • Mwaila, M.M., Murkomen, L., Odingo, A., Omoke, K.J., Ouma, G., Mutemi, J., Dyer, E. 2025 Heat stress and gender inequality in Turkana Journal not specified
  • Njenga, S., Olago, D.O., Kituyi, E. 2025 Climate justice and mangrove livelihoods Scientific African, 28
  • Ogega, M.B., Kathambi, B., Kiemo, K. 2025 Environmental behaviour in Nairobi River communities Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues
  • Ogutu, F., Kathambi, B. 2025 Recycling in East African cities In Smart Cities (IntechOpen)
  • Omay, P.O., Muthama, N.J., Oludhe, C., Kinama, J.M., Artan, G., Atheru, Z. 2025 Climate extremes in IGAD region Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
  • Shackleton, S., Methner, N., Sibanda, D., Odoom, E., Mutegi, R. 2025 Equity in climate adaptation projects PLOS Climate, 4(9), e0000697
Closed
  • Acquaah, E.K., Mearns, K., Agyepong, A. 2024 Assessing the resilience of adaptation measures: conceptual frameworks for Ghana’s Keta Sea Defence System African Journal of Climate Change and Resource Sustainability, 3(1), 259–271
  • Adarkwah, F., Awuni, S., Hajek, M., Kübler, D., Mattah, M., Gordon, C., Owusu, E.H. 2024 Drivers of land use and land cover change in Amanzule wetland ecosystem Journal not specified
  • Agyeman Boafo, Y., Ohemeng, F.N.A., Ayivor, J., Ayitiah, J.A., Yirenya-Tawiah, D., Mensah, A., Datsa, C., Annang, T., & Adom, L. 2024 Unraveling diarrheal disease knowledge, understanding, and management practices among climate change vulnerable coastal communities in Ghana. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1352275, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1352275
  • Alemayehu, S., Olago, D., Opere, A., Zeleke, T.T., Dejene, S.W. 2024 Wheat cultivation potential in Ethiopia under climate change scenarios Land, 13(11), 1915
  • Arko, T., Mensah, A.M., Adomako, J., Denton, F., Obani, P. 2024 Socio-ecological impacts of charcoal production in Ghana Trees, Forests and People, 100586
  • Chicmana-Zapata, V., et al. 2024 Justice implications of health and food security policies for Indigenous peoples facing COVID-19: a qualitative study and policy analysis in Peru (Vol 38, pg ii36, 2023). Health Policy and Planning, 39 (4), 445 – 445. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad051
  • Downing, T.A., Olago, D.O. 2024 Nature-based solutions to land degradation in Kenya
  • Downing, T.A., Olago, D.O., Nyumba, T.O., Peacock, M.M. 2024 Mount Kenya alpine climate variability Earth and Space Science, 11(2), e2023EA003410
  • Downing, T.A., Olago, D.O., Nyumba, T.O., Peacock, M.M., Young, T.P. 2024 Plant species responses to climate change African Journal of Ecology, 62(1), e13207
  • Fischer, K., Johnson, E., Visser, V., Shackleton, S. 2024 Deagrarianisation in South Africa
  • Rennkamp, B., Muluh, L. 2024 Renewable energy transitions in South Africa IEA Report
  • Wachira, J., Atela, J., Stacey, P., Outa, G. 2024 Community-based conservation 
Closed
  • Baxter, A.J., Verschuren, D., Peterse, F., Miralles, D.G., Martin-Jones, C.M., et al. 2023 Holocene temperature–moisture relationships in Horn of Africa Nature, 620, 336–343
  • Biggs, R., Reyers, B., Blanchard, R., Clements, H.S., Cockburn, J., Cumming, G.S., Cundill, G., de Vos, A., Dziba, L., Esler, K.J., Fabricius, C., Hamann, M., Henriksson, R., Kotschy, K., Lindborg, R., Luvuno, L., Masterson, V.A., Nel, J.L., O’Farrell, P.T., Palmer, C.G., Pereira, L., Pollard, S., Preiser, R., Roux, D.J., Scholes, R.J., Selomane, O., Shackleton, C., Shackleton, S., Sitas, N., Slingsby, J.A., Spierenburg, M., Tengö, M. 2023 SAPECS community of practice Ecosystems and People, 19(1)
  • Downing, T.A., Olago, D.O., Nyumba, T.O. 2023 Climate change perceptions in Kenya Journal of Eastern African Studies, 17(1–2)
  • Karimi, K.J., Ngumba, E., Ahmad, A., Duse, A.G., Olago, D., Ndwigah, S.N. 2023 Groundwater contamination in Kisumu PLOS Water, 2(4), e0000076
  • Kiplagat, W.K., Ouma, G.O., Ali, A.A., Omondi, P.A., Lolemtum, J.T. 2023 Agro-pastoral adaptation in Kenya International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 7(4), 657–673
  • Lawal, A., Yerima, S.Y., Olago, D.O., Amingo, P.O., Kariuki, C.W., Wang’ombe, W., Olaka, L., Obiero, L., Wandiga, S.O. 2023 Machine learning rainfall prediction IEEE Conference Proceedings
  • Lente, I., Heve, W.K., Owusu-Twum, M.Y., Gordon, C., Opoku, P., Nukpezah, D., Klutse, N.A. 2023 Climate risks in Ghana Information Development
  • Munday, C., Engelstaedter, S., Washington, R., Ogutu, G., Olago, D.O., Ouma, G. 2023 Turkana Jet diurnal cycle Journal of Climate
  • Obiero, K., Okello, W., Vodacek, A., Plisnier, P.D., Kayanda, R., MacIntyre, S. 2023 African Great Lakes monitoring Journal of Great Lakes Research, 49(6), 101988
  • Okola, I., Omulo, E.O., Ochieng, D.O., Ouma, G. 2023 Food–energy–water nexus optimisation Earth’s Future, 13(4), e2024EF004718
  • Othoo, C., Olago, D.O., Ayah, R. 2023 Water and sanitation risk in Kisumu East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Ouma, G.O. et al. 2023 Multiple hydrology and climate studies (Kenya) Various journals
  • Plisnier, P.D., Kayanda, R., MacIntyre, S., Obiero, K., Okello, W., Vodacek, A., Cocquyt, C., Abegaz, H., Achieng, A., Akonkwa, B., Albrecht, C. 2023 African Great Lakes monitoring Journal of Great Lakes Research, 49(6), 101988
  • Sang, C.C., Olago, D.O., Ongeri, Z.J. 2023 Land use change in Isiolo watershed Discover Sustainability, 4, 9
  • Thorn, J.P.R., Nangolo, P., Biancardi, R.A., Shackleton, S., et al. 2023 Climate migration adaptation strategies Regional Environmental Change, 23, 10
  • Washington, R., Ogutu, G., Olago, D., Ouma, G., Munday, C., Engelstaedter, S. 2023 Turkana Jet studies Journal of Climate
  • Wood, R.A., Crucifix, M., Lenton, T.M., Mach, K.J., Moore, C., New, M., Sharpe, S., Stocker, T.F., Sutton, R.T. 2023 Climate science toolkit for high-impact risks Journal not specified
Closed
  • Bezerra, J.C., Chicmana-Zapata, V., Ford, J.D., Zavaleta-Cortijo, C., Ainembabazi, T., Anza-Ramirez, C., Arotoma-Rojas, I., Hangula, M., Kazaana, C., Lwasa, S., Namanya, D., Nkwinti, N., Nuwagira, R., Okware, S., Osipova, M., Pickering, K., Singh, C., Berrang-Ford, L., Hyams, K., Miranda, J., Naylor, A., New, M., Bavel, B. 2022 Climate and COVID-19 interactions The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Biggs, R., Clements, H.S., Cumming, G.S., Cundill, G., de Vos, A., Hamann, M., Luvuno, L., Roux, D.J., Selomane, O., Blanchard, R., Cockburn, J., Dziba, L., Esler, K.J., Fabricius, C., Henriksson, R., Kotschy, K., Lindborg, R., Masterson, V.A., Nel, J.L., O’Farrell, P.T., Palmer, C.G., Pereira, L., Pollard, S., Preiser, R., Scholes, R.J., Shackleton, C., Shackleton, S., Sitas, N., Slingsby, J.A., Spierenburg, M., Tengö, M., Reyers, B. 2022 Social-ecological change: insights from SAPECS Ecosystems and People, 18(1), 447–468
    Campos, L.C., Olago, D., Osborn, D. 2022 Water and SDGs UCL Open Environment
  • Ford, J.D., Zavaleta-Cortijo, C., Ainembabazi, T., Anza-Ramirez, C., Arotoma-Rojas, I., Bezerra, J., Chicmana-Zapata, V., Galappaththi, E.K., Hangula, M., Kazaana, C., Lwasa, S., Namanya, D., Nkwinti, N., Nuwagira, R., Okware, S., Osipova, M., Pickering, K., Singh, C., Berrang-Ford, L., Hyams, K., Miranda, J., Naylor, A., New, M., Bavel, B. 2022 Climate and COVID-19 interactions The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Githiora-Murimi, Y.W., Owuor, M.A., Abila, R., Olago, D.O., Oriaso, S. 2022 Ecosystem services mapping in Yala wetland Ecosystems and People, 18(1), 146–163
  • Holden, P.B., Rebelo, A.J., Wolski, P., Odoulami, R.C., Lawal, K.A., Kimutai, J., Nkemelang, T., New, M.G. 2022 Nature-based solutions and drought impacts Communications Earth & Environment
  • Maingey, Y., Opondo, M., Olago, D.O., Ouma, G. 2022 Water scarcity in Lamu Water Supply, 22(2), 1983–1994
  • Munday, C., Engelstaedter, S., Washington, R., Ogutu, G., Olago, D.O., Ouma, G. 2022 RIFTJet field campaign Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Syvitski, J., Ángel, J.R., Saito, Y., Overeem, I., Vörösmarty, C.J., Wang, H., Olago, D. 2022 Anthropocene sediment cycle Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3, 179–196
Closed
  • Alford, M., Pasquali, G.P., Barrientos, S., Opondo, M. 2021 Governance of intersecting value chains in Kenyan horticulture Journal of Economic Geography
  • Baye, R.S., Ahenkan, A., Darkwah, S. 2021 Renewable energy output in Sub-Saharan Africa Renewable Energy
  • Haque, A.N., Lemanski, C., de Groot, J. 2021 Solar adoption in Cape Town and Mumbai Energy Research & Social Science
  • Kaoga, J.O., Olago, D.O., Ouma, G., Onono, J. 2021 Maasai cultural systems and land use change African Journal of Agricultural Research
  • Nyumba, T.O., Sang, C.C., Olago, D.O., Marchant, R., Waruingi, L., Githiora, Y.W. 2021 Standard Gauge Railway impacts PLOS ONE, 16(1), e0246248
  • Rasmussen, L.V., Fold, N., Olesen, R.S., Shackleton, S. 2021 Ecological infrastructure outcomes Ecosystem Services
  • Steger, C. et al. 2021 Social-ecological systems modelling Global Environmental Change
  • Triboan, D., Obonyo, E.A., Ayesh, A., Yerima, S.Y., Basak, B., Wang’Ombe, W. 2021 AI-driven disaster risk reduction IEEE SMC Conference
  • Ziervogel, G., Enqvist, J., Metelerkamp, L., van Breda, J. 2021 Transformative climate adaptation capacity Climate Policy
Closed

Reports and Working Papers

Working Papers

  • Improving Adaptive Capacity and Equity in Climate Change Adaptation Projects   

    The TSITICA project used a series of interviews to identify the factors and processes that enabled projects to reduce vulnerability, improve livelihoods and adaptive capacity, and address recognitional, procedural and distributional equity, while simultaneously reducing climate risk. Based on the analyses, they devised a list of lessons that can be applied when climate change adaptation projects are being designed, and when they are being implemented. 

  • Framing the potential of climate change interventions to support poverty reduction and promote equity whilst reducing climate risk  

    A working paper developed for the ARUA CD UKRI funded TSITICA project, drawing on Singh et al.’s (2021) typology of effective adaptation, looking at effective adaptation to be just and equitable as well as transformative

  • The politics of climate finance in South Africa (2022)
  • Rennkamp, Britta, Leibbrandt, Murray (2023) Multi-dimensional inequalities, climate governance and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa, TSITICA and AFD Working Paper Series. 

Frameworks

  • Framework for Identifying and Fostering Livelihood Resilience and Equity in Adaptation Projects  

    A description of the framework developed to interview practitioners from 32 place-based climate change adaptation projects in three African countries to find out if and how their projects worked with equity, and if and how they built both specific and generic adaptive capacity to strengthen livelihoods and reduce vulnerability. 

Reports and Conference Papers

  • Comments on South Africa's draft Nationally Determined Contribution Update under the Paris Agreement 
  • Comments on South Africa’s Nationally Determined Contribution Update
  • Comments on National Climate Bill South Africa  Comments to the Department of Environment and Presentation to the Parliament of the People of South Africa  
  • Climate change curricular for lecturers in Africa  Full report for the ARUA-CD curriculum-focused workshop series held with lecturers from around Africa.
  • Climate change curricula for lecturers in Africa  Workshop report for the ARUA-CD curriculum-focused workshop series held with lecturers from around Africa 
  • Conference paper accepted and presented at African Studies Conference, San Francisco  Dr George Outa, ARUA CD U Nairobi submitted and presented the paper

Information Brief

  • How can you improve adaptive capacity and equity in your climate change adaptation project? 

    The TSITICA project used a series of interviews to identify the factors and processes that enabled projects to reduce vulnerability, improve livelihoods and adaptive capacity, and address recognitional, procedural and distributional equity, while simultaneously reducing climate risk. Based on the analyses, they devised a list of lessons that can be applied when climate change adaptation projects are being designed, and when they are being implemented.