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Niger - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development : a study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Adamou, Rabani; Ibrahim, Boubacar; Bonkaney, Abdou Latif; … - 2021
losses. The situation is exacerbated by the impacts of land degradation, the advancement of desertification and also by …
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Nigeria - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development : a study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Olayide, Olawale Emmanuel - 2021
in food security and productivity. Climate change has further exacerbated the problem through desertification, drought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421128
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Senegal - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development : a study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Faye, Amy; Dièye, Mohamadou; Diakhaté, Pape Bilal; … - 2021
Located in West Africa, Senegal is classified as a least-developed country that has historically had political stability and slow economic growth compared to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, from 2012 onward, a new government has adopted new policies (infrastructure investments,...
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Sudan - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development : a study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Osman, Abdelrahman; Ali, Adil M. - 2021
Sudan is situated in Sub-Saharan Africa, covering an area of about 1.9 million km2 and has a population of 43 million. It is regarded as one of the countries in the world where human development is least advanced with a poverty rate of about 46%. Sudan's economy is based on agriculture, which...
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Burkina Faso - land, climate, energy, agriculture and development : a study in the Sudano-Sahel Initiative for regional development, jobs, and food security
Sylla, Mouhamadou Bamba; Dimobe, Kangbéni; Sanfo, Safietou - 2021
In this working paper, the biophysical factors and socio-economic conditions that led to Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULC) and land degradation in Burkina Faso are reviewed. It is found that the country is densely populated and population continues to rise at a rate of more than 3% a year....
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Trade and SDG 13 : action on climate change
Prag, Andrew - 2017
This paper assesses the interaction of international trade with climate policies, and the influence of trade on the implementation of SDG 13 (climate change). Although international trade contributes directly to GHG emissions, increased trade can help to achieve development goals in a...
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Aid activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions
OECD / Development Assistance Committee - Paris - 1998/2000(2002); damit Ersch. eingest.
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A Modelling Framework for Addressing the Synergies Between Global Conventions Through Land Use Changes : Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity Conservation, Prevention of Land Degrada...
Ponce-Hernandez, Raul - 2015
increases biodiversity, the prevention of land degradation and food security through the increases in crop yields. The framework … indirectly the cross-cutting ecological concerns foci of major global conventions: climate change, biodiversity, the combat of … desertification and food security. Their synergies are targeted by providing procedures for assessing and identifying simultaneously …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707873
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Long-term low emissions development strategies : cross-country experience
Aguilar Jaber, Aimée; Anderson, Brilé; Nachtigall, Daniel - 2020
The Paris Agreement invites signatory countries to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS). This report compares the experience of three developed countries that have communicated LT-LEDS within the framework of the United Nations...
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