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The IPCC (2014a) states that for hundreds of years the weather has generally been unpredictable in the developing world. Rainfall has been erratic and different lengths of drought periods have been “normal” in many places. This also applies to rural West Africa. Furthermore, there is a spatial differentiation in weather variability, with some areas more prone than others to this variability and its negative effects on people’s livelihoods. Also in West Africa the degree of negative impact of weather variability on society is different across space, with drier areas typically more exposed than wetter ones. Climate change has already aggravated this situation according to IPCC (2014b). This is thoroughly described in Chaps. 2 and 3 of the present book.
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Hesselberg, J., Yaro, J.A. (2016). Conclusions: Emerging Issues and Recommendations. In: Yaro, J., Hesselberg, J. (eds) Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability in Rural West Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31499-0_13
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