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The slow variation of climatic characteristics over time at a given place. This may be indicated by the geological record in the long term, by changes in the landforms in the intermediate term, and by vegetation changes in the short term. (Source: WHIT)

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Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) 2011. On the Road to Adaptation: Understanding Climate Change in Karas Region.

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On the Road to Adaptation_Understanding Climate Change in Karas Region_Poster English.pdf	11.63 MB

Wilhelm M 2012. Impact of Climate Change in Namibia - A Case Study of Omusati Region.

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Wilhelm_Masters_Impact of climate change in Namibia.pdf	879.84 KB

Scholes B Climate change and Namibia.

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Climate_Change_and_Namibia_by_Bob_Scholes.pdf	183.33 KB

2013. Long-Term Adaptation Scenarios: Together developing adaptation responses for future climates. Climate Trends and Scenarios for South Africa, LTAS Phase 1.

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ltasclimate-trends-and-scenarios-tech-report2013low-res.pdf	7.41 MB

Flint LS 2008. Socio-Ecological Vulnerability and Resilience in an Arena of Rapid Environmental Change: Community Adaptation to Climate Variability in the Upper Zambezi Floodplain.

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Vulnerability and resilience in the Barotse Floodplain Flint.pdf	2.5 MB

New M, Hewitson B, Stephenson DB, Tsiga A, Kruger A, Manhique A, Gomez B, Coelho CAS, Masisi DN, Kululanga E, Mbambalala E, Adesina F, Saleh H, Kanyanga J, Adosi J, Bulane L, Fortunata L, Mdoka ML, Lajoie R 2006. Evidence of trends in daily climate extremes over southern and west Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (1984-2012) 111 (D14) 27

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2005JD006289/abstract

Bullard JE, Thomas DSG, Livingstone I, Wiggs GFS 1997. Dunefield Activity and Interactions with Climatic Variability in the Southwest Kalahari Desert. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 22 (2) 165-174

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199702)22:2%3C165::AID-ESP687%3E3.0.CO;2-9/abstract

Musil CF, Schmiedel U, Midgley GF 2005. Lethal effects of experimental warming approximating a future climate scenario on southern African quartz-field succulents: a pilot study. New Phytologist 165 (2) 539-547

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Lethal effects of experimental warming approximating a future climate scenario on southern African quartz_field succulents.pdf	835.22 KB

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01243.x/abstract

Foden W, Midgley GF, Hughes G, Bond WJ, Thuiller W, Hoffman MT, Kaleme P, Underhill LG, Rebelo A, Hannah L 2007. A changing climate is eroding the geographical range of the Namib Desert tree Aloe through population declines and dispersal lags. Diversity and Distributions 13 (5) 645-653

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A changing climate is eroding the geographical range of the Namib Desert tree Aloe through population declines and dispersal lags.pdf	523.32 KB

Livingstone I 2003. A twenty-one-year record of surface change on a Namib linear dune. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28 (9) 1025-1031

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.1000/abstract

Hulley GC, Hook SJ, Manning E, Lee S-Y, Fetzer E 2009. Validation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) version 5 land surface emissivity product over the Namib and Kalahari deserts. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (1984-2012) 114 (D19) 16

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2009JD012351/abstract

Stuut J-BW, Lamy F 2004. Climate variability at the southern boundaries of the Namib (southwestern Africa) and Atacama (northern Chile) coastal deserts during the last 120,000 yr. Quaternary Research 62 (3) 301-309

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033589404000948

Gaughan AE, Waylen PR 2012. Spatial and temporal precipitation variability in the Okavango-Kwando-Zambezi catchment, southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 82 19-30

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196312000717

2008. International Conference on water scarcity, global changes, and groundwater management responses.

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International Conference on water scarcity_global changes_and groundwater management responses.pdf	19.64 MB

Seely M, Dirkx E, Hager C, Klintenberg P, Roberts C, von Oertzen D 2008. Advances in desertification and climate change research: are they accessible for application to enhance adaptive capacity?. Global and Planetary Change 64 (3-4) 236-243

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818108001331

Kreft S, Eckstein D 2013. Global Climate Risk Index 2014 - Who Suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-Related Loss Events in 2012 and 1993 to 2012.

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Global Climate Risk Index 2014.pdf	692.19 KB

Website link:https://germanwatch.org/7659

Trinkel M 2013. Climate variability, human wildlife conflict and population dynamics of lions Panthera leo. Naturwissenschaften 100 (4) 345-353

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Climate variability_human wildlife conflict and population dynamics of lions Panthera leo.pdf	479.85 KB

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-013-1034-5

Viles H, Goudie A 2000. Weathering, Geomorphology and Climatic Variability in the Central Namib Desert. Advances in Global Change Research 6 65-82

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-306-48086-7_4

Heine K Little Ice Age climatic fluctuations in the Namib Desert, Namibia, and adjacent areas: Evidence of exceptionally large floods from slack water deposits and desert soil sequences. Paleoecology of Quaternary Drylands Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 102 (137-165) 2004

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-44930-0_9

Alley RB, Marotzke J, Nordhaus WD, Overpeck JT, Peteet DM, Pielke RA, Pierrehumber RT, Rhines PB, Stocker TF, Talley LD, Wallace JM 2003. Abrupt Climate Change. Science 299 (5615) 2005-2010

Website link:http://www.sciencemag.org/content/299/5615/2005.abstract

World Resource Institute - WRI Insights.

Website link:http://insights.wri.org/search?s=Namibia

Adger WN, Arnell NW, Tompkins EL 2005. Adapting to climate change: perspectives across scales. Global Environmental Change Part A 15 (2) 75-76

Website link:http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15799

Jack SL, Hoffman MT, Rohde RF, Durbach I 2016. Climate change sentinel or false prophet? The case of Aloe dichotoma. Diversity and Distributions 1-13

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/ddi.12438/full

Jackson SP 1941. A Note on the Climate of Walvis Bay. South African Geographical Journal 23 (1) 46-53

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1941.10559213#.VG24DlItBHg

Mabbutt JA 1951. The evolution of the middle Ugab Valley, Damaraland, South West Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 33 (3) 333-363

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359195109519890#.VGs9WVItBHg

Smith RMH, Swart R 2002. Changing Fluvial Environments and Vertebrate Taphonomy in Response to Climatic Drying in a Mid-Triassic Rift Valley Fill: The Omingonde Formation (Karoo Supergroup) of Central Namibia. Palaois 17 (3) 249-267

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Changing Fluvial Environments and Vertebrate Taphonomy in Response to Climatic Drying in a Mid_Triassic Rift Valley Fill.pdf	2.36 MB

Hughes DA, Kingston DG, Todd MC 2011. Uncertainty in water resources availability in the Okavango River Basin as a result of climate change. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 15 931-941

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Uncertainty in water resources availability in the Okavango River Basin as a result of climate change.pdf	1.26 MB

King JM, Brown CA, Barnes J 2009. Final IFA Project Report. 44

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Okavango Basin Environmental Flows Assessment Project_2009.pdf	1.63 MB

Nyambe JM, Belete A 2013. Assessing climate risk to improve incomes of rural farming households in the Caprivi Region, Namibia. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences 13 (1-1)

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Assessing climate risk to improve incomes of rural farming households in the Caprivi Region.pdf	571.48 KB

Kgathi DL, Mmopelwa G, Vanderpost C, Wolski P, Motsholapheko MR 2013. Impacts of desiccation on ecosystem services and household adaptation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Environmental Assessments in the Okavango Region 263–277

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Impacts of desiccation on ecosystem services and household adaptation in the Okavango Delta_Botswana.pdf	3.02 MB

Jarre A, Hutchings L, Kirkman S, Kreiner A, Tchipalanga PCM, Kainge P, Uanivi U, Van der Plas A, Blamey L, Coetzee J, Lamont T, Samaai T, Verheye H, Yemane D, Axelsen BE, Ostrowski M, Stenevik EK, Loeng H 2015. Synthesis: Climate effects on biodiversity, abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the Benguela. Fisheries Oceanography (24) 122-149

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Synthesis_Climate effects on biodiversity_abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the Benguela.pdf	3.83 MB

Josephs R 2014. Lack of polymorphism suggests a recent bottleneck of Aloidendron pillansii: Exploration into the population of Aloidendron pillansii from phylogeographical analysis of molecular data.

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Lack of polymorphism suggests a recent bottleneck of Aloidendron pillansii.pdf	1.28 MB

2011. Climate Change Adaptation in SADC - A Strategy for the Water Sector.

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Climate Change Adaptation in SADC SADC 2011.pdf	3.09 MB

2011. National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia, October 2011.

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National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011.pdf	3.96 MB

Climate Change: Impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation in developing countries.

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Climate Change_ Impacts_ vulnerabilities and adaptation in developing countries.pdf	3.12 MB

1997. The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability, Summary for Policymakers.

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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change_Summery Policy Makers.pdf	504.94 KB

1997. The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability. Section 2: Africa

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The Regional Impacts on Climate Change.pdf	4.19 MB

Desanker PV 2002. Impact of climate change on Africa.

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Impact of climate change on Africa.pdf	40.57 KB

Hulme M, Doherty R, Ngara T, New M, Lister D 2001. African Climate Change: 1900-2100.

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African Climate Change 1900-2100.pdf	3.34 MB

Kandji ST, Verchot L, Mackensen J 2006. Climate Change Climate and Variability in Southern Africa: Impacts and Adaptation in the Agricultural Sector.

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Climate_change_and_variability_in_the_southern_africa.pdf	693.17 KB

1996. Climate change and southern Africa: An exploration of some potential impacts and implications in the SADC Region.

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Climate_Change_and_Southern_Africa_an_exploration_of_some_potential_impacts_and_implications_in_the_SADC_region.pdf	6.46 MB

Matambo ST, Seely M 2013. World Resources Report Case Study. Namibia: Combating Desertification with Tools for Local-Level Decision Making.

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wrr_case_study_local_level_decision_making_namibia_.pdf	1.04 MB

de Young C, Hjort A, Sheridan S, Davies S 2012. Climate change implications for fisheries of the Benguela Current region – Making the best of change. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings, No. 27 125

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Climate change implications for fisheries in the Benguela system.pdf	1.02 MB

Okereke C, Mann P, Osbahr H, Müller B, Ebeling J 2007. Assessment of key negotiating issues at Nairobi climate COP/MOP and what it means for the future of the climate regime.

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Assessment of key negotiating issues at Nairobi Climate COP_MOP_2007.pdf	283.82 KB

2009. Building the foundation for a national approach to CCA in Namibia.

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Building the foundation for a national approach to CCA in Namibia.pdf	995.14 KB

Hessler I, Dupont L, Handiani D, Paul A, Merkel U, Wefer G 2011. Masked millennial-scale climate variations in South West Africa during the last glaciation. Climate of the Past Discussions 7 3511 - 3540

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Masked millennial_scale climate variations in South West Africa during the last glaciation.pdf	1.85 MB

du Pisani AL 2003. El Nino and its effect on Namibia.

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Spotlight_063.pdf	1.98 MB

2011. Namibia Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, July 2011.

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Namibia Second National Communication to UNFCCC 2011.pdf	2.51 MB

2010. Namibia Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, November 2010.

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Namibia Second National Communication to UNFCCC 2010.pdf	5.99 MB