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Precarious prospects? Exploring climate resilience of agricultural commercialization pathways in Tanzania and Zimbabwe (2023)
Journal Article
Newsham, A., Naess, L. O., Mutabazi, K., Shonhe, T., Boniface, G., & Bvute, T. (2024). Precarious prospects? Exploring climate resilience of agricultural commercialization pathways in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Climate and Development, 16(5), 395-409. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2023.2229775

Smallholder agricultural commercialization is a central objective across Africa, one linked to poverty reduction, sectoral transformation and increasingly, climate resilience and adaptation. There is much attention given to the extent to which agricu... Read More about Precarious prospects? Exploring climate resilience of agricultural commercialization pathways in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Understanding how Laikipian households in Kenya move, stay connected and adapt through a political ecology of rural-urban livelihoods (2023)
Thesis
Sturridge, C. Understanding how Laikipian households in Kenya move, stay connected and adapt through a political ecology of rural-urban livelihoods. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis asks to what extent do rural-urban livelihoods build the adaptive capacity of households experiencing a mix of natural and societal pressures and opportunities in Laikipia County, Kenya. It addresses the question of how people move, stay... Read More about Understanding how Laikipian households in Kenya move, stay connected and adapt through a political ecology of rural-urban livelihoods.

A sustainable livelihoods framework for the 21st century (2022)
Journal Article
Natarajan, N., Newsham, A., Rigg, J., & Suhardiman, D. (2022). A sustainable livelihoods framework for the 21st century. World Development, 155, Article 105898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105898

This paper proposes a reformulation of the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) fit for the 21st century. The article explores the rise and usage of the original SLF, highlighting how its popularity among development practitioners emerged both fro... Read More about A sustainable livelihoods framework for the 21st century.

Taking stock of 'relational ontologies' in human-environmental scholarship (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Newsham, A., Belcher, O., Schmidt, J., Bauer, A., Gebara, M. F., Ernstson, H., Petersen, A., Hepach, M., Ohdedar, B., Ribot, J., Sundberg, J., Swyngedouw, E., Taylor, M., & Tozzi, A. (2021, July). Taking stock of 'relational ontologies' in human-environmental scholarship. Paper presented at Taking stock of 'relational ontologies' in human-environmental scholarship

Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement (2019)
Journal Article
Nightingale, A. J., Eriksen, S., Taylor, M., Forsyth, T., Pelling, M., Newsham, A., Boyd, E., Brown, K., Harvey, B., Jones, L., Bezner Kerr, R., Mehta, L., Naess, L. O., Ockwell, D., Scoones, I., Tanner, T., & Whitfield, S. (2019). Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement. Climate and Development, 12(4), 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2019.1624495

Climate change research is at an impasse. The transformation of economies and everyday practices is more urgent, and yet appears ever more daunting as attempts at behaviour change, regulations, and global agreements confront material and social-polit... Read More about Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement.

The political economy of low carbon, climate resilient development in Bangladesh (2019)
Thesis
Muzammil, M. The political economy of low carbon, climate resilient development in Bangladesh. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This study presents a political economy analysis of Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Development (LCCRD) through the Solar Home System (SHS) and Solar Irrigation Pumps (SIP) programs in the energy and agriculture sectors and in doing so assesses their c... Read More about The political economy of low carbon, climate resilient development in Bangladesh.

Ecosystems-based adaptation: Are we being conned? Evidence from Mexico (2018)
Journal Article
Newsham, A., Pulido, M. T., Ulrichs, M., Cruz, R. M., Ocón, X. C., Shankland, A., & Cannon, T. (2018). Ecosystems-based adaptation: Are we being conned? Evidence from Mexico. Global Environmental Change, 49, 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.01.001

This paper scrutinises claims made about the promise and efficacy of ecosystems-based adaptation (EBA), through an exploration of EBA-relevant interventions in two fieldsites in Mexico. Our data starts to fill important gaps in current global debates... Read More about Ecosystems-based adaptation: Are we being conned? Evidence from Mexico.