Climate change poses a significant threat to the African continent, one of the most vulnerable to climate extremes, also suffering from a limited capacity to adapt to a changing climate. The continent’s main growth engines rely on natural resources, including agriculture and forestry, that are heavily impacted by climate variability...
This project aims to conduct an integrated global assessment of the costs of action and inaction against land degradation. Land degradation is a global problem, affecting about a quarter of global land area. Moreover, about half of the global very poor live on degraded land. Given that the poor heavily...
The project will contribute to stimulate investment and policy initiatives that promote Green Economy in Senegal. By doing this, it will enhance and support the existing and future national programs on sustainable development, climate change and sustainable energy production
The project comprises of the following components:
A Green Economy Assessment...
Amongst others, the main achievements of the project: Policy, Macro-economic Assessments and Instruments to Empower Governments and Business to Advance Resource Efficiency and Move Towards a Green Economy include:
1) Global analysis using system dynamic modelling and sectorial analysis providing the economic case for investing in the sectors of agriculture...
PAGE aims to contribute to the transformation of national economic structures in developing countries with the ultimate intention to achieve environmental sustainability, decent job creation, reduced poverty, and improved human well-being. PAGE is designed as a multi-year initiative that initially will deploy the expertise of its key partners to progressively...
The overall aim of WASCAL is to identify resilient and adaptive land use systems and develop measures to conserve or restore functional ecosystems that support sustainable human development, while preserving the natural resource base for future generations. It will make available to the West African research community the expertise existing...