Some Recent Climate-Related Publications for Downloading
I’ve now had a few years to publish and collect some pieces on the broad themes covered by ClimateChangeWater.org. A few of these are available here for downloading.

Matthews J.H., A.J. Wickel, S. Freeman. 2011. Converging Currents in Climate-Relevant Conservation: Water, Infrastructure, and Institutions. PLoS Biol 9(9): e1001159. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001159.

Matthews, J.H., A.J. Wickel, S. Freeman, and M.L. Thieme. 2011. “The Future of African Freshwaters.” Section 8.6 in The Diversity of Life in African Freshwater: Underwater, Under Threat: An Analysis of the Status and Distribution of Freshwater Species Throughout Mainland Africa, edited by W. Darwall, K. Smith, D. Allen, R. Holland, I. Harrison, and E. Brooks. Cambridge, UK, and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 364 pp.

Matthews, J.H. 2010. Anthropogenic Climate Change Impacts on Ponds: A Thermal Mass Perspective. Biorisk 5, 1–17.

Le Quesne, T., J.H. Matthews, C. von der Heyden, A.J. Wickel, R. Wilby, J. Hartmann, G. Pegram, E. Kistin, G. Blate, G. Kimura de Freitas, E. Levine, C. Guthrie, C. McSweeney, and N. Sindorf. 2010. Flowing Forward: Freshwater Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change in Water Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation. Water Working Note 28. Washington, DC: World Bank. 62 pp.


Thieme, M.L., B. Lehner, R. Abell, and J.H. Matthews. 2010. Exposure of Africa’s Freshwater Biodiversity to a Changing Climate. Conservation Letters 3(5), 324–331.

Matthews, J.H., and A.J. Wickel. 2009. Embracing Uncertainty in Freshwater Climate Adaptation: A Natural History Approach. Climate & Development 1(3), 269–279.


Matthews, J.H., A. Aldous, and A.J. Wickel. 2009. Managing Water in a Shifting Climate. Journal of the American Water Works Association August, 28–30.

Matthews, J.H., and T. Le Quesne. 2008. Adapting Water Management: A Primer on Coping with Climate Change. Godalming, UK: WWF-UK. 36 pp.