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Botswana

Botswana is moderately vulnerable to climate change and its vulnerability is set to increase between 2010 and 2030 (DARA; Climate Vulnerability Monitor, 2012). It is ranked 109th on the Human Development Index (UNDP; Human Development Index, 2014). Botswana’s CO2 emissions are 2.7 tonnes per capita, while the global average is 4.9 tonnes per capita (World Bank; World Development Indicators: Energy dependency, efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions, 2010).

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OPINION: Lessons for climate compatible development from African agriculture

CDKN Africa's Nkulumo Zinyengere shares six lessons from the Regional Climate Smart Agriculture Conference, which he recently attended. He looks at the detailed efforts to advance climate smart agriculture in southern Africa. [more...]

August 19, 2016

FEATURE: SARUA publishes results of its regional climate change mapping study

June 25, 2014

OPINION: Building leadership on local level adaptation

April 10, 2014

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REPORT: Engaging Farmers and Climatologists in Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in the Okavango Delta of Botswana

The in-depth research paper, Engaging Farmers and Climatologists in Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in the Okavango Delta of Botswana, specifically addresses the questions of how local farmers and weather scientists can work together in order to mitigate climate change and variability in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. [more...]

August 7, 2014

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