From Resilience to Collapse: Traditional Water Systems Under Transformational Stress in Meymand

Climate Change, Drought, and the Role of Local Governments in Building Community Resilience in Somalia

This article examined the critical nexus between climate-induced drought and the role of local governments in building community resilience in Somalia, a nation that faced a "climate whiplash" ofextreme droughts and flash floods in early 2026. Data indicated that over 64% of the population in affected regions had faced...

The Resilience Deficit: Community-led Drought Disaster Mitigation Pathways in Masvingo Rural District, Zimbabwe

Rural communities in Zimbabwe's Masvingo Rural District face a pervasive 'resilience deficit' characterised by increasing vulnerability to recurrent droughts. Exogenous disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies have fallen short of sustaining local absorptive and adaptive capacities. This study addresses this gap by ide...

Managing climate-induced resource conflicts in developing countries: Lessons from Borno State

Climate change is increasingly recognised as a major driver of insecurity, particularly in developing countries where institutional capacity is weak. In Borno State, Nigeria, prolonged droughts, desertification, and erratic rainfall patterns have intensified competition over scarce natural resources, fueling violent co...

Navigating climate extremes: systemic vulnerability and dual adaptation strategies in Vietnam’s Central Coast

CLIMATE CHANGE AND LIVELIHOOD VULNERABILITY: ANALYZING RISKS AMONG ODISHA’S PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS (PVTGS)

Background Climate change has become a major challenge for marginalized communities, particularly the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of Odisha, whose livelihoods depend heavily on forests and natural resources. Traditional activities such as shifting cultivation, collection of minor forest produce, hu...

Assessing Water-Governance Fragility in a Water-Scarce Agricultural Area of Northern Mexico

Freshwater scarcity can weaken water governance when hydrological pressure interacts with intensive agricultural demand, regulatory weakness, and political conflict. This research evaluates whether Irrigation District 005 (IR 005) in Chihuahua, northern Mexico, demonstrates local water-governance fragility across three...