Publications
You can find here a list of publication on global and regional climate change, agriculture, natural resources policies. A summary and links to each publication are provided.
This publication was launched at COP-17 in Durban. It examines the links between gender equality, climate change and achievement of the Millennium…
24-01-2014
1,650
For decades the Sahel has been presented as suffering from irreversible degradation, leading to desert advancement and the impoverishment of the…
16-01-2014
2,072
This paper reviews issues around groundwater and climate change in an African context with reference to the “Groundwater and Climate in Africa”…
16-01-2014
2,408
The authors explore the various causes of flooding, excluding coastal flooding caused by storm surges. They further explore the exposure of countries…
16-01-2014
1,693
Fire is an important feature in both cultural and ecological contexts in Africa and also contributes CO2 to the atmosphere and reduces terrestrial…
16-01-2014
3,112
This policy brief outlines a range of endogenous good practices for climate change adaptation and emphasizes on the need for integrating these local…
20-12-2013
2,207
This draft report provides guidance to protect health from climate change through health adaptation planning to support the integration of health…
19-12-2013
1,704
This paper reflects on the progress made in climate change adaptation in the city of Durban since the launch of the Municipal Climate Protection…
19-12-2013
1,602
This meta-synthesis of national climate change adaptation plans, policies and processes spans 12 countries at various stages of adaptation planning…
19-12-2013
1,537
Climate change and its impact on water resources have become a reality in many parts of the world. Uncertainties in water supply as well as the…
19-12-2013
1,473
How effective are multi-stakeholder scenarios building processes to bring diverse actors together and create a policy-making tool to support…
16-12-2013
1,565
The potato is an important crop in Kenya, with a production in 2010 of around 1 million tonnes. The tuber is attracting great interest as one…
13-12-2013
3,053
Nearly half of the world’s population cook with low quality biomass and using simple technologies, most of them use three stone cook stoves, this is…
11-12-2013
2,329
Successful climate negotiations for all of Africa (NECTAR).
04-12-2013
1,643
This communiqué of the West Africa Learning event on the Community-Based Adaptation is a collective product and shared vision from a diverse range of…
19-11-2013
1,476
The report draws heavily on information provided by Parties to the UNFCCC, particularly that provided at three regional workshops held in Africa,…
16-11-2013
3,097
While there is an increasing amount of financing available for projects that focus on adaptation to climate change in Africa, there are many…
15-11-2013
2,133
This meta-synthesis of national climate change adaptation plans, policies and processes spans twelve countries at various stages of adaptation…
15-11-2013
1,488
Climate change exacerbates the challenges that water management nowadays has to deal with. This highlights the need for a legal framework that…
12-11-2013
1,647
This paper presents an update on Africa’s climate change and development agenda from June 2009 to date and addresses disaster risk reduction within…
31-10-2013
1,502
Publication by the TPCA (Town and Country Planning Association). A guide on how to design sustainable communities, the main message of this…
28-06-2013
1,575
Our project explaining seasonal forecasting to farmers in central Senegal built common ground between scientific forecasting and traditional…
28-06-2013
1,869
The purpose of this document is to describe the elements in National Forest Monitoring Systems (NFMSs) as they relate to REDD+ under the UNFCCC, and…
13-06-2013
2,032
This publication is intended to enable national policy makers and other stakeholders, such as the private sector and technical experts, to acquaint…
13-06-2013
1,474
This review of national greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation planning in the agriculture sector aims to provide national policy makers and others in the…
13-06-2013
1,526
This paper aims to identify the internal and external factors that act as barriers to, or promote, climate change mitigation policy development and…
03-06-2013
1,698
Approximately 10% of the global hydropower potential is located on the African continent, with the majority of that in Sub-Saharan Africa. However,…
31-05-2013
1,754
This brief outlines a range of principles and criteria to ensure equitable access to sustainable development in the face of global climate change….
24-04-2013
1,662
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has proven successful in generating emission reduction projects in many developing countries. However, Africa‘s…
06-04-2013
1,826
This paper examines three interlinked drivers of adaptation: CC, desertification and drought and the extent to which international/national policy…
06-04-2013
2,090
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