CNH-L: Energy Transition and Environmental Change in East and Southern Africa’s Coupled Human, Terrestrial, and Atmospheric Systems

Flooded river in Africa

Pamela Jagger We leverage dynamism in East and Southern Africa’s coupled human, terrestrial and atmospheric systems and its implications for environmental change to predict past, present and future impacts on regional climate, land use, and air quality. We highlight energy transitions as we hypothesize that biomass use and associated dynamics of coupled human, terrestrial, and… Continue reading CNH-L: Energy Transition and Environmental Change in East and Southern Africa’s Coupled Human, Terrestrial, and Atmospheric Systems

Poverty and Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster

Pemba, Mozambique - 29 April 2019 : Damaged and flooded houses after Cyclone Kenneth.

Dean Yang, Tanya Rosenblat, James Riddell IV How do disasters affect poverty and food security? Do disaster impacts operate, at least in part, through changes in economic preferences and psychological factors? Can community health and development programs improve resilience in the aftermath of disasters? If so, via what mechanisms? We study a major disaster that… Continue reading Poverty and Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster