Revealing southern and eastern Africa’s climate histories
The scale, scope and pace of climate change presents genuinely novel challenges, yet many Africans have been living with climate extremes such as droughts and floods for centuries. This four-year UKRI-funded project investigates what these histories of extreme events, climate knowledges and climate adaptation practices can tell us about adapting to climate change today.
Critical climate histories for decolonising adaptation futures
Inspired by research around the notion of climate coloniality, the project charts entangled histories of climate extremes, marginalisation and local agency amidst colonial intensification in four African contexts. These “critical climate histories” will seek to inform equitable and sustainable adaptation planning and policymaking.
