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.
This image shows an irrigation system in Mopti, Mali
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Image of farming in Ghana
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A goatherd with his goats in Saqqara, Egypt
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Women in Mali pounding cereals
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A woman farming in Ethiopia. Courtesy of Synergos Institute/Flickr.
Presentation on the key findings of the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land: What's in it for Africa?
An infographic showing climate actions that increase competition for land, including bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, reforestation and forest restoration, afforestation and biochar addition to soil, and 'best practices' that can reduce the pressure.
An infographic showing the positive and potential negative impacts of actions that minimise pressure on land.
An infographic showing the population growth in drylands, based on a middle-of-the-road climate change and socioeconomic development scenario (SSP2).