Together with drylands researcher Dr Greta Semplici, from the European University Institute (Florence), Dr Tom Campbell is the co-author of a new open access article for the journal Climate and Development. Entitled 'The revival of the drylands: Re-learning resilience to climate change from pastoral livelihoods in East Africa' the paper reviews different waves of rural politics and development in the East African drylands, with a particular focus on Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands, in the context of climate change. The article questions the re-awakening of international and national attention paid to the drylands under the all-embracing framework of ‘resilience building’. Unfortunately, tensions between climate change policies and local knowledge and practices remain.
The full open access article is available at: The revival of the drylands re-learning resilience to climate change from pastoral livelihoods in East Africa (tandfonline.com)