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Article History

Received: 20 August 2024

Accepted: 5 December 2024

First Online: 24 December 2024

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Higher Degrees Research Committee of the School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Studies of Makerere University during the doctoral study of the first author. The ethical considerations of participant consent, confidentiality, academic integrity and avoidance of harm. We strictly adhered to these ethical concerns issued by the committee through the following ways;—(i) To maintain peace and harmony with respondents, the first author carried out field visits through the local administrative structures such as the Local Council leaders and technical persons. The meetings with the leaders acted as amicable grounds to discuss the goal and objectives of the study. With their consent and permission, we were then guided to the targeted study areas which were the hotspots of the climate change extremes. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Participants that voluntarily consented to participate in the study were considered all through the process of data collection. In the consent forms, we disclosed the risks associated with the interview process to respondents including sitting for several minutes close to an hour, cognitive strain, psychological distress during the interview to ensure harmony and safety of our participants. All respondents were at the liberty to skip questions or withdraw from the interview without any consequence. During reporting, we didn’t mention direct names, position and any information about the respondent that would result into exposure of the respondents.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.