Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Governance

Eromose Ebhuoma is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA). His research interests lie in local and indigenous knowledge systems; climate change vulnerability and adaptation; climate services; political ecology; community development; rural livelihoods and environmental sustainability. He has written a number of articles and conference proceedings on topics revolving around his research interests. He is a steering committee member of the South African Adaptation Network.Llewellyn Leonard is Professor at the School of Ecological and Human Sustainability, University of South Africa. His research interests include environmental justice; sustainability; risk communication; environmental leadership; civil society-state-industry relations; climate change adaptation and mitigation, mining and tourism impacts and political ecology/economy. He has published numerousarticles in international journals.

• Indigenous knowledge systems in climate change adaptation and governance: An overview.- Pastoralists’ indigenous adaptation to climate variability and rangeland management in the Ndop plain, Northwest region, Cameroon.- Adopting Indigenous knowledge systems to enhance peace education programs for climate change and adaptation in Zimbabwe.- Influence of Indigenous spiritual beliefs in natural resources management and climate change mitigation among the Yorùbás in Nigeria.- Indigenous women’s vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies in Central Africa: A systematic review.