The IPCC’s Land Report: What’s in it for Africa
The IPCC’s Land Report: What’s in it for Africa
What’s in it for Africa presents key findings from the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL) for Africa. The report extracts Africa-specific data, trends and analysis directly from SRCCL, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all audiences, and highlights key opportunities to achieve adaptation, mitigation and development.
The report’s full name is Climate Change and Land, an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. It is one of three special reports that the IPCC is preparing during the current Sixth Assessment Report cycle.
The report was prepared by 107 experts from 52 countries (with a majority of authors from developing countries) and spans more than 1,500 pages. Now, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network has released a succinct guide to the Special Report for decision-makers in Africa.
Africa Land Toolkit
Alongside the What’s in it for Africa report, CDKN presents a ‘Communications toolkit’, a bundle of resources freely available for training, educational and reporting purposes, to encourage understanding of the report worldwide.
Logging trucks in Gabon
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Masai herdsman minding their cattle near Nairobi National Park in Kenya
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Banana market in the Mount Kenya region
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Reforestation project along the Tizi n Tichka Pass over the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
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Young Masai man dressed in a traditional red shuka, herding goats in Amboseli, Kenya
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Silhouette of a farmer in his fields in East Africa
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Portrait of a farmer tending her field of cassava in the village of Tiniu, near Mwanza, northern Tanzania
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Irrigating sugar cane on a large plantation in Kenya
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Image of a farmer harvesting the cassava crop in Kenya
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