Publications
In this section you will find a diverse range of sources, including scientific publications, country reports, books, slide presentations, among others.
This article explores how maize famers in northern Benin manage their cropping calendar in the face of limited extension services and climate related…
13-10-2014
1,694
This research was based on the premise that although empirical data shows that climate data can help to reduce the vulnerability of African farmers to climate…
13-10-2014
1,626
This study looked into the influence of droughts on the home range of lions in the Amboseli national park in Kenya. The authors found that during dry spells…
13-10-2014
1,631
Agroforestry is the integrated land use management technique which incorporates woody perennials (trees or shrubs) with non-woody agricultural crops and/or…
13-10-2014
3,026
The authors of this paper note that although agroforestry is accepted as an efficient means of carbon sequestration, the lack of rigorous scientific procedures…
13-10-2014
2,038
SNV Zambia’s conducted some pilot projects to train cookstove producers with a different approach, and assess the acceptability of an improved stove before…
20-09-2014
1,972
This report provides an overview of the current state of play in the debate over a carbon tax in South Africa. It builds on technical work that has been done…
20-09-2014
1,303
This report presents a series of tables that analyse the potential impact of a changed climate on the most common pests and diseases afflicting 16 important…
20-09-2014
1,617
This report presents the current situation of Mali where relatively abundant water resources are concentrated along the Niger and Senegal Rivers, and in the…
20-09-2014
4,658
The transport sector is an important contributor of GHG emissions worldwide, at the same time it is vital for economic development. In South Africa it…
17-09-2014
1,596
The authors of this paper note that although agroforestry is accepted as an efficient means of carbon sequestration, the lack of rigorous scientific procedures…
13-10-2014
2,038
This report presents a series of tables that analyse the potential impact of a changed climate on the most common pests and diseases afflicting 16 important…
20-09-2014
1,617
This report presents the current situation of Mali where relatively abundant water resources are concentrated along the Niger and Senegal Rivers, and in the…
20-09-2014
4,658
The transport sector is an important contributor of GHG emissions worldwide, at the same time it is vital for economic development. In South Africa it…
17-09-2014
1,596
The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for Africa? distils the richest material on climate impacts and trends in Africa, and African experiences in…
15-09-2014
1,513
Rural communities in Africa typically rely on rain-fed agriculture and employ a suite of natural indictors to forecast rainfall. In this study Kijazi and co-…
15-09-2014
2,333
An understanding of the drivers of implementation of climate-adaptive action by smallholder farmers is important for increasing adaptive capacity. Using…
15-09-2014
1,360
This paper synthesises indigenous knowledge case studies from sub-Saharan Africa. The authors examine whether the traditional practices contribute to the…
15-09-2014
1,828
What’s in it for Africa presents key findings from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) for Africa. The report extracts Africa-specific data, trends and…
15-08-2014
1,398
The industrial sectors is responsible for a large share of GHG worldwide, and more so in the industrialised countries and economies in transition, the…
14-08-2014
1,522
Tunisia is one of the few developing countries to have developed a proactive policy for the promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency already in the…
13-06-2014
2,801
Tunisia is one of the few developing countries to have developed a proactive policy for the promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency already in the…
13-06-2014
1,161
This paper presents recent findings on how agroforestry as a sustainable practice helps to achieve both mitigation and adaptation objectives while remaining…
13-06-2014
1,705
With an estimated population of 1.1 million, Maputo is the most densely populated city in Mozambique. The city is sharply divided into two areas: ’the cement…
04-06-2014
1,884
What opportunities and challenges does climate compatible development present in the context of rapidly growing cities across the African continent, where two…
28-05-2014
1,709
Africa needs to increase energy supplies across the continent to allow growth and well for its increasing population. As a first step to improving access, most…
27-05-2014
1,981
Anju Sharma introduces three new briefing notes produced by ecbi and CDKN on issues of concern to Least Developed Countries in the international climate change…
20-05-2014
1,393
Ensuring that policy-makers are able to respond to the medium- and long-term implications of climate change is important in promoting climate-resilient…
20-05-2014
1,313
This report analyses the current status of the agriculture, land-use and land-use change sectors under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
17-05-2014
1,935
The report presents an approach on how agriculture and forests are intrinsically linked because the expansion of the former is traditionally at the expense of…
17-05-2014
1,512
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