Martina Jaskolski, Ayat Nashwan, Amel Azab, Amani Alassaf, Yumna Kassim
{"title":"Integrating Climate Change Into Social Protection Approaches: Developing a Policy Framework for Jordan","authors":"Martina Jaskolski, Ayat Nashwan, Amel Azab, Amani Alassaf, Yumna Kassim","doi":"10.1002/cli2.70037","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cli2.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Social protection can protect vulnerable groups from climate change but remains inadequately designed to address climate risks. This article presents a framework for climate-sensitive social protection mechanisms proposed by Jordanian experts. Conceptually, it makes an argument for integrating shock-responsive with transformative social protection approaches that consider compound, slow-onset risks. Operationally, it proposes horizontal and vertical governance integration among public, private, and civil society stakeholders, coordination among agricultural, infrastructural, and development sectors, and bridging state social protection with humanitarian assistance systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":100261,"journal":{"name":"Climate Resilience and Sustainability","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cli2.70037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147653232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perspectives of Disaster Resilience in Africa: Towards a Participatory Framework for Conceptualising and Measuring Resilience in Malawi","authors":"Zondiwe Mabilabo Jere, Desire Liness Ernest Mpanje, Lessah Mandoloma, Whytone Smart Fole, Bryer Mlowoka","doi":"10.1002/cli2.70036","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cli2.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines the concept of resilience as understood and operationalised by various humanitarian and climate resilience actors in Malawi. Findings revealed a fragmented understanding of resilience among stakeholders and highlight the need for participatory approaches, localised resilience assessments and context-specific interventions to enhance community resilience. The participants suggested understanding resilience as the capacity of communities, households, or an individuals to withstand the effects of climate change. The study proposes a Household Disaster Resilience Conceptual Framework (HDRCF) as a tool for analysing resilience pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":100261,"journal":{"name":"Climate Resilience and Sustainability","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cli2.70036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147631847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cyrille Samson Awuonda, John Olwande, Gideon Aiko Obare
{"title":"Building Resilience: Empowering Agro-Pastoralists Against Climate Variability in Laikipia, Kenya","authors":"Cyrille Samson Awuonda, John Olwande, Gideon Aiko Obare","doi":"10.1002/cli2.70039","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cli2.70039","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Climate change poses significant challenges for agricultural systems in Africa, particularly affecting agro-pastoral communities dependent on crops and livestock for their livelihoods. This study investigates the impact of adaptation strategies on climate resilience among agro-pastoral communities in Laikipia County, Kenya. It applies the Food and Agriculture Organization's RIMA-II framework to analyze data collected from 308 households selected through multistage sampling. Factor analysis is used to cluster adaptation strategies, Principal Component Analysis to calculate resilience pillars, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with instrumental variable regression (IVR) to estimate the Climate Resilience Index. Our findings reveal that household resilience is significantly influenced by: Access to basic services (<i>β</i> = 1.643, <i>p</i> < 0.05), assets (<i>β</i> = −3.422, <i>p</i> < 0.01), and adaptive capacity (<i>β</i> = −4.034, <i>p</i> < 0.01). Farm risk reduction, diversification, and access to agro-weather information demonstrated strong positive associations with resilience, while households with higher education levels and larger adult equivalent size showed greater capacity to implement effective adaptation. The negative influence findings imply the use of only the agricultural mitigation mechanism. Policies aimed at emphasizing the use of informal and non-economic approaches as pillars could significantly boost the resilience of agro-pastoral communities in similar arid and semi-arid regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":100261,"journal":{"name":"Climate Resilience and Sustainability","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cli2.70039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147649409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leveraging Carbon Quantum Dots to Achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals in the Face of Climate Change","authors":"Manish Kumar Sah, Roshani Pathak, Jasana Maharjan, Jineetkumar Gawad, Mahesh Palkar, Chandrakant Bonde, Ajaya Bhattarai","doi":"10.1002/cli2.70034","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cli2.70034","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Carbon quantum dots are nanomaterials with exceptional optical and electron transfer properties, used to address global issues like water pollution, food insecurity, energy shortages, and climate change. Their synthesis from biowastes aligns with green chemistry principles, supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and is effective in photocatalytic water treatment and renewable energy, enhancing SDGs 2, 6, and 13. They also promote plant growth and combat diseases related to SDG 2, and their biocompatibility makes them suitable biosensors for SDG 3.</p>","PeriodicalId":100261,"journal":{"name":"Climate Resilience and Sustainability","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cli2.70034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147649410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impactful Weather and Multi-Hazard Events: Lived Experiences From Rural Scotland","authors":"Lou Brett, YoungHwa Cha, Christopher J. White","doi":"10.1002/cli2.70035","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cli2.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Weather and climate events—such as storms, extreme winds, heatwaves and droughts—can have profound impacts on society and the environment, causing significant disruptions to daily life and economic losses across a range of sectors like agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and tourism. Furthermore, multi-hazard events, where hazards such as heavy rainfall and high winds interact, can exacerbate these impacts through simultaneous, cascading and cumulative effects. While global frameworks such as the Sendai Framework emphasise the importance of multi-hazard thinking, evidence on the real-world impacts and lived experiences of such events remains limited—particularly in rural contexts. This study addresses this gap by exploring lived experiences in Scottish rural areas, focusing on: (1) weather and multi-hazard events with significant impacts, (2) management policies and practices currently in place, and (3) stakeholders’ future concerns regarding the anticipated increase in multi-hazard events, as well as strategies to mitigate their impacts. Drawing on lived experiences and insights from 43 survey respondents and 12 follow-up interviews, findings reveal growing concern over the increasing frequency and severity of multi-hazard events, including cascading winter storms and hot and dry summer conditions. The results also highlight persistent challenges such as limited cross-sectoral coordination and a lack of tailored resources for rural areas, even though existing governance frameworks and community-led initiatives offer some support. This study sheds light on the importance of integrating local knowledge into multi-hazard research and risk management and calls for policy adaptation that reflects the specific needs of rural communities. By enabling future research to align with stakeholder-driven insights, this work provides a foundation for strengthening Scotland's resilience to weather and multi-hazard events, and a mixed-methods research framework that is applicable to other regions internationally.</p>","PeriodicalId":100261,"journal":{"name":"Climate Resilience and Sustainability","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cli2.70035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147653386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}