Title Indigenous knowledge and climate governance : a sub-Saharan African perspective / Eromose E. Ebhuoma, Llewellyn Leonard, editors

Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps Series Sustainable development goals series, 2523-3092 Sustainable development goals series. 2523-3092 Contents Climate change and Indigenous knowledge systems in Africa : an overview --Part I. The role of IKS in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Indigenous adaptation of pastoralists to climate variability and range land management in the Ndop plain, Northwest region, Cameroon -- Adopting Indigenous knowledge systems to enhance peace education programs for climate change and adaptation in Zimbabwe -- Influence of Indigenous spiritual beliefs in natural resources management and climate change mitigation and among the Yorùbás in Nigeria -- Indigenous women's vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies in Central Africa : a systematic review -- Climate change experts' perspective on the role of Indigenous knowledge systems in climate change adaptation in southern Africa -- Approaching positionality in research on indigenous knowledge systems -- Part II. Integration of Indigenous and scientific knowledge systems to scale up resilience to climate change. Making climate services actionable for farmers in Ghana : the value of co-production and knowledge integration -- Highlighting avenues to reconcile Indigenous and scientific knowledge to address climate change and land degradation in Lesotho : a case study of the Maseru district -- How corporate scientific expertise and privatised seeds are destroying Indigenous knowledge systems for food security and climate change mitigation : the case of sub-Sahara Africa -- Part III. Integration of Indigenous knowledge systems in climate change governance and planning. Prospects for strengthening adaptation governance through Indigenous knowledge systems -- Integration of Indigenous knowledge systems in Zimbabwe's climate change policy -- Enhancing climate change adaptation through Indigenous knowledge systems and local governance in sub-Saharan Africa : a systematic review -- Harnessing Indigenous knowledge systems for enhanced climate change adaptation and governance : perspectives from sub-Sahara Africa -- Factors fuelling the underrepresentation of Indigenous knowledge in climate change governance in Kenya and Ethiopia : a systematic review -- The role of Indigenous knowledge systems in climate change governance and action : conclusions, recommendations and future research directions Summary This book investigates Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in sub-Saharan Africa, thereby highlighting its role in facilitating adaptation to climate variability and change, and also demystifying the challenges that prevent it from being integrated with scientific knowledge in climate governance schemes. Indigenous people and their priceless knowledge rarely feature when decision-makers prepare for future climate change. This book showcases how Indigenous knowledge facilitates adaptation to climate change, including how collaborations with scientific knowledge have cascaded into building people's resilience to climatic risks. This book also pays delicate attention to the factors fueling epistemic injustice towards Indigenous knowledge, which hampers it from featuring in climate governance schemes across sub-Saharan Africa. The key insights shared in this book illuminate the issues that contribute meaningfully towards the actualisation of the UN SDG 13 and promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in sub-Saharan Africa Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2022) Subject Climatic changes -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Ethnoscience -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Climatic changes Climatic changes -- Government policy Ethnoscience Sub-Saharan Africa Form Electronic book Author Ebhuoma, Eromose E., editor. Leonard, Llewellyn, editor. ISBN 9783030994112 3030994112

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