The Burkina Faso Social Review provides an overview of the legal and policy framework for Burkina Faso on gender equality and women’s empowerment, social protection and inclusion, and climate change.
This publication focuses on the management of the nexus of energy, food and natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa, with a clear focus on gender roles and implications. It presents case studies that showcase a range of options available to improve biomass use, especially in locations and among populations who currently depend on conventional fuels like firewood or charcoal. Although many of these options are context specific, the provided examples demonstrate that generalizable options exist to improve energy access, reduce waste, protect our soils and empower women.
This Green Economy Assessment Study – Burkina Faso has been prepared under the scope of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative (GEI), which was launched in 2008. The overall goal of this study is to facilitate Burkina Faso to seize the opportunities that transitioning to Green Economy can offer.
La présente étude Burkina Faso Green Economy Assessment exploratoire sur l'économie verte au Burkina Faso a été réalisée dans le cadre de l'Initiative pour une économie verte du PNUE, lancée en 2008. Elle a pour objectif global de permettre au pays de saisir les opportunités offertes par son passage à une économie verte.
This study Climate Change Adaptation in Burkina Faso: Aid Dependency and Obstacles to Political Participation analyses the climate change discourses and political dynamics in south‐western Burkina Faso from three empirical entry points: (a) the production of the National Adaptation Programmes of Action; (b) climate change discourses in the Ioba province; and (c) the role of the public media.