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    Climate Change in Africa: Adaptation, Mitigation and Governance Challenges

    "The hardest hit region has benefited least from the international climate change regime because previous and current global climate change agreements have had little relevance to Africa. The next climate change negotiations will take place in Cope…

    Hany Besada

    Nelson Sewankambo

    Franklyn Lisk

    Irene Sage

    John David Kabasa

    Dennis G. Willms

    Karolina Werner

    Christopher Garimoi Orach

    James Baanabe Isingoma

    Erica Dybenko

    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
    • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
    • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
    • Food Security
    • Climatic changes
    • Agricultural resources
    • Desertification
    • War
    • Public health
    • Forced migration
    52 pages

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    Governing Southern Africa's Forests: The Case of REDD+

    "This case study provides a political-economy analysis of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional support programme for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). REDD+ is an innovative financing scheme …

    Mari-Lise du Preez

    • Carbon Emissions
    • Regional Governance
    • Southern African Development Community (SADC)
    • Forests and forestry
    • Economic development
    • Carbon sequestration
    • Desertification
    9 pages

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    Life at the Crossroads: How Climate Change Threatens the Existence of the Maasai

    "Climate change is exacerbating poverty among the Maasai of Kenya and adversely affecting their livelihoods. Climate change induced droughts and floods have resulted in increased competition for scarce resources, loss of herds and forced migration a…

    Philip Osano

    • Arid and semi-arid land areas (ASALs)
    • Maasai
    • Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES)
    • Climate
    • Climatic changes
    • Poverty
    • Climatic changes--Government policy
    • Desertification
    12 pages

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    A Review of Policies to Combat Deforestation in Madagascar

    "In Madagascar, an island nation off the coast of Africa, deforestation has become an issue of concern to policy makers and civil society. Today, less than 10 percent of Madagascar’s original forest cover exists. Unsustainable agricultural and agrof…

    Ashley Clayton

    • Deforestatation
    • Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs)
    • Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
    • Forests and forestry
    • Forests and forestry--Environmental aspects
    • Desertification
    • Sustainable forestry
    • Sustainable development
    10 pages

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    Gender Dimensions of Drought and Pastoral Mobility Among the Maasai

    "Maasai pastoralists are increasingly faced with annual droughts that cause significant livestock deaths and periods of food insecurity. A new form of rangeland management that emphasizes pastoral migrations and extensive herding to mitigate the imp…

    Julia Bailey

    • Maasai
    • Gender
    • Livestock production
    • Emigration and immigration
    • Climate
    • Women's rights
    • Desertification
    10 pages

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    Improving Policy Responses and Finding Sustainable Solutions to Drought in Kenya

    "This article reviews the Kenyan government’s response to the drought and discusses related grassroots initiatives by the public and private sector, the role of technology, and concludes with policy lessons for better long-term management of drough…

    Philip Osano

    • Kenyans-for-Kenya Initiative (K4K)
    • Drought
    • Environment
    • Sustainable development
    • Desertification
    8 pages

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    The Global Goal for Adaptation Under the Paris Agreement: Putting Ideas into Action

    Sub-Saharan Africa, is recognized by the fifth assessment report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the African region that is most vulnerable to drought and the impacts of climate change. Within the report, it is pred…

    Xolisa Ngwadla

    Samah El-Bakri

    • Climate Variability
    • Extreme Weather Events
    • Global Warming
    • Climate Change Adaptation
    • Climatic changes
    • Greenhouse gases
    • Desertification
    41 pages

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    The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land: What’s in it for Africa?

    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Climate Change and Land: An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrest…

    Mairi Dupar

    • Food security
    • Sustainable Land Management
    • Emissions Reduction
    • Climatic changes
    • Desertification
    • Environmental management--Developing countries
    • Sustainable development--Developing countries
    40 pages

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