Climate Perspectives From The Congo Basin

Author : Bila-Isia Inogwabini
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781040096468

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Climate Perspectives from the Congo Basin by Bila-Isia Inogwabini Pdf

This book considers the global question of climate change from local perspectives in the context of Central Africa. Bila-Isia Inogwabini examines attempts made by the international community to respond to the global challenges posed by climate change in the Congo Basin and highlights that these attempts have so far produced limited results. Abject poverty and the lack of academic, technical, institutional and governance capacities have made it difficult for these solutions to take root in local conditions. Taking a novel perspective, Inogwabini argues that what is needed is not austerity in the use of natural resources but rather increased material affluence for these communities, which will enable individuals to create their own ways to survive through the tides of climate change. He considers factors including social inertia, climate skepticism and lack of political structure and presents a climate change action plan that is targeted at the local level in the Congo Basin. Overall, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, global development and African studies more broadly.

Author : Bérenger Tchatchou,Denis J. Sonwa,Suspense Ifo,Anne Marie Tiani
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-02
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786023870219

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Deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin: State of knowledge, current causes and perspectives by Bérenger Tchatchou,Denis J. Sonwa,Suspense Ifo,Anne Marie Tiani Pdf

The Congo Basin comprises Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It covers close to 70% of the forestlands of Africa. Of the 530 million hectares in the Congo Basin, 300 million are composed of forests: 99% of these are primary or naturally regenerated forests, as opposed to plantations.

Author : Félicien Kengoum
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-12
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786023870172

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Adaptation policies and synergies with REDD+ in Democratic Republic of Congo: Context, challenges and perspectives by Félicien Kengoum Pdf

The countries in the Congo Basin are poor and vulnerable and, as such, suffer from the negative effects of climate change. Fighting this phenomenon has become an item on countries’ policy agendas. Processes, based on mitigation and adaptation measures, have been launched at various levels and places in these countries to cope with the dynamics of a changing climate. But to study and implement mitigation and adaptation measures simultaneously is not enough. In a situation characterized by poverty and resource shortages – especially financial resources – and to support a process that is already exceptionally slow, it is important to go further and consider the synergy between mitigation and adaptation. The principle described in this analysis is combined with thoughts on the best way to proceed, a way to encourage more thorough analyses and ensure ex situ integration and coherence between climate and development policies, and in situ integration and coherence within the climate policies, the objective being to deliver both ecological and policy synergy outcomes.

Author : Raphael M. Tshimanga,Guy D. Moukandi N'kaya,Douglas Alsdorf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119656999

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Congo Basin Hydrology, Climate, and Biogeochemistry by Raphael M. Tshimanga,Guy D. Moukandi N'kaya,Douglas Alsdorf Pdf

New scientific discoveries in the Congo Basin as a result of international collaborations The Congo is the world's second largest river basin and home to 120 million people. Understanding the cycling of water, sediments, and nutrients is important as the region faces climatic and anthropogenic change. Congo Basin Hydrology, Climate, and Biogeochemistry: A Foundation for the Future explores variations in and influences on rainfall, hydrology and hydraulics, and sediment and carbon dynamics. It features contributions from experts in the region and their international collaborators. Volume highlights include: New in-situ and remotely sensed measurements and model results Use of historic data to assess precipitation and hydrologic changes Exploration of water exchange between wetlands and rivers Biogeochemical processes in the Congo's forests and wetlands A scientific foundation for hydrologic resource management in the region Studies from different parts of the Congo river and its adjoining basins This book is available in English and French. The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals. Find out more about this book in this short video and this article.

Author : Salif Diop,Peter Scheren,Awa Niang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030612252

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Climate Change and Water Resources in Africa by Salif Diop,Peter Scheren,Awa Niang Pdf

The focus of this book is on the key water-related vulnerabilities to climate change in Africa, particularly in its most vulnerable areas, exploring potential management responses to such vulnerabilities. The African countries are particularly exposed and vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, with important impacts on water resources and hydrological systems, water availability, water resource management and sea level variations. Already, under various anthropogenic pressures, the status of water resources in Africa has been changing over the past decades, with decreasing water quality, falling groundwater levels, and variability in rainfall, both in terms of timing and intensity. Climate change will further accelerate the rate of change, affecting the ability of people and societies to respond in a timely manner. It is clear that there is no quick fix to the pressures imposed on water resources by climate change. Increasing the resilience of ecosystems and communities to extreme events such as flooding and drought, and integrating climate change risks and opportunities into development decision-making is indeed a key challenge, as much a technical climate-change one, as a political and developmental challenge. The book, in this regard, intends to contribute to the debate around climate change in relation to water resources management in Africa, and in particular inform policy decisions and actions that will improve governments’ and communities’ ability to manage the challenges of climate change and variability in relation to the aquatic ecosystems that they depend on. The knowledge collected in this book will benefit policy makers, researchers, as well as other stakeholders.

Author : Alison L. Hoare,Rainforest Foundation UK.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 190613104X

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Clouds on the Horizon by Alison L. Hoare,Rainforest Foundation UK. Pdf

Author : Raphael M. Tshimanga,Guy D. Moukandi N'kaya,Douglas Alsdorf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119656975

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Congo Basin Hydrology, Climate, and Biogeochemistry by Raphael M. Tshimanga,Guy D. Moukandi N'kaya,Douglas Alsdorf Pdf

New scientific discoveries in the Congo Basin as a result of international collaborations The Congo is the world's second largest river basin and home to 120 million people. Understanding the cycling of water, sediments, and nutrients is important as the region faces climatic and anthropogenic change. Congo Basin Hydrology, Climate, and Biogeochemistry: A Foundation for the Future explores variations in and influences on rainfall, hydrology and hydraulics, and sediment and carbon dynamics. It features contributions from experts in the region and their international collaborators. Volume highlights include: New in-situ and remotely sensed measurements and model results Use of historic data to assess precipitation and hydrologic changes Exploration of water exchange between wetlands and rivers Biogeochemical processes in the Congo's forests and wetlands A scientific foundation for hydrologic resource management in the region Studies from different parts of the Congo river and its adjoining basins This book is available in English and French. The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals. Find out more about this book in this short video and this article.

Author : Merline Touko Tchoko,Alba Saray Pérez-Terán,Anne-Marie Tiani
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Communicating climate change through radio programs in the Congo Basin: A guide to the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of science-policy dialogue radio programs by Merline Touko Tchoko,Alba Saray Pérez-Terán,Anne-Marie Tiani Pdf

Updated information on climate change are lacking in the Congo basin. Moreover, available data are worded in a coded language that impairs their use in decision-making and thus contributes to increase the gap between the information available at the global level and those circulating in the region. This work aimed at assessing the mechanisms of dissemination of scientific information in Central Africa in order to adopt the information channels and languages adapted to various stakeholders, according to their abilities and needs. It is in this context that radio platforms bringing together scientists, policy makers and the public have emerged in 2013 and 2014 in Cameroon and Congo.

Author : Charles J. R. Williams,Dominic R. Kniveton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048138425

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African Climate and Climate Change by Charles J. R. Williams,Dominic R. Kniveton Pdf

Compared to many other regions of the world, Africa is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and variability. Widespread poverty, an extensive disease burden and pockets of political instability across the continent has resulted in a low resilience and limited adaptative capacity of African society to climate related shocks and stresses. To compound this vulnerability, there remains large knowledge gaps on African climate, manifestations of future climate change and variability for the region and the associated problems of climate change impacts. Research on the subject of African climate change requires an interdisciplinary approach linking studies of environmental, political and socio-economic spheres. In this book we use different case studies on climate change and variability in Africa to illustrate different approaches to the study of climate change in Africa from across the spectrum of physical, social and political sciences. In doing so we attempt to highlight a toolbox of methodologies (along with their limitations and advantages) that may be used to further the understanding of the impacts of climate change in Africa and thus help form the basis for strategies to negate the negative implications of climate change on society.

Author : Charlotte Pavageau,Anne Marie Tiani
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786021504581

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Implementing REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in the Congo Basin by Charlotte Pavageau,Anne Marie Tiani Pdf

This report presents the state of progress of projects and initiatives to promote adaptation and REDD+ in the Congo Basin region and it analyses opportunities for synergies or trade-off between the two strategies. 94 national programs and activities on the ground related to REDD+ and 11 on adaptation have been identified in six countries of the Congo Basin.

Author : Global Environment Facility
Publisher : Global Environment Facility
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781884122729

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Land, Water, and Forests by Global Environment Facility Pdf

Author : Mutanga, Shingirirai Savious,Simelane, Thokozani,Pophiwa, Nedson
Publisher : Africa Institute of South Africa
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780798303750

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Africa in a Changing Global Environment by Mutanga, Shingirirai Savious,Simelane, Thokozani,Pophiwa, Nedson Pdf

Africa is one continent severely affected by the ravaging effects of global environment change yet it is least responsible for this. The continent's rural and urban poor are particularly vulnerable to reduced agricultural production, worsening food security, increased incidence of both flooding and drought, spreading of disease and heightening risk of conflict over scarce land and water resources. As such this timely book consisting of chapters authored by scholars from multidisciplinary backgrounds provides the reader a variety of contexts from which to understand the impacts of global environmental change and how affected African communities are adapting an mitigating the scourge. In addition it discusses different models for mitigation and adaptation applicable to local contexts.

Author : Ademola Oluborode Jegede,Oluwatoyin Adejonwo
Publisher : Pretoria University Law Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Climate change justice and human rights: An African perspective by Ademola Oluborode Jegede,Oluwatoyin Adejonwo Pdf

Populations in Africa are vulnerable to both the direct and indirect adverse effects of climate change that are of human rights significance. The urgency for states in Africa to implement climate interventions while they face developmental challenges, however, raises questions of ‘justice’ or ‘fairness’ between the developed and the developing states. Consequently, interrogating how the human rights paradigm may respond to negative implications of climate change and its ‘fairness’ is important as states continue to engage with the climate change standard setting. This edited volume critically interrogates human rights paradigm as an intervention to secure climate change justice for vulnerable populations; analyses regional protection against human rights consequences of climate change; and assesses emerging interventions based on domestic regulatory frameworks on climate change in selected states in Africa.

Author : Kengoum Djiegni, F.,Pham, T.T.,Sonwa, D.J.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A decade of REDD+ in a changing political environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Kengoum Djiegni, F.,Pham, T.T.,Sonwa, D.J. Pdf

Key messages The REDD+ policy process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the past decade has diverged from the initial government planning due to political changes at the international and national levels. While participation is perceived by government and international actors as one of the biggest achievements of REDD+ in the DRC, non-state actors – particularly civil society organizations and Indigenous groups – are skeptical about inclusiveness within the decision-making process. Social inequalities and local power relations may hinder the implementation of participation instruments and the involvement of local and Indigenous communities, impeding their ability to achieve reduced deforestation and poverty alleviation. The political economy and the lack of data on deforestation and forest degradation – and on the recently discovered large swamp in the DRC – make it challenging to monitor, report and verify a reduction in forest emissions within a multilevel setting. The experience of REDD+ tested at scale in the DRC through the Mai-Ndombe jurisdictional project highlights the cost challenges of generating timely and accurate data. Supporting REDD+ finance in the DRC is difficult since the country relies entirely on international funding to fight climate change. A benefits-sharing mechanism remains unclear. Consequently, there is a lack of flexibility in addressing unanticipated costs that may result from the implementation of the process. This jeopardizes the success of the process and raises uncertainty about the expected results. Emerging issues, such as community forestry and the discovery of large swamp areas, make the DRC more attractive for the REDD+ program. The first issue offers a workaround to the problem of securing communal rights, while the second issue provides additional opportunities for REDD+ activities.

Author : Elias T. Ayuk,Ngozi F. Unuigbe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030118570

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New Frontiers in Natural Resources Management in Africa by Elias T. Ayuk,Ngozi F. Unuigbe Pdf

This book discusses policy strategies for the effective management of natural resources in Africa within the context of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). While natural resource wealth has the potential to lift many out of poverty, sustain economic growth, and foster political stability, it does not guarantee these benefits. The absolute levels of human development in many resource-rich countries remain low, despite their apparent wealth. The challenge is to adopt policies that better harness the potential of natural resources, not only as an opportunity for development, but also to foster policies and institutional innovations that manage resource wealth equitably and boost human capital. To this end, this volume highlights key opportunities and solutions for harnessing natural resources for sustained economic development and explain how such approaches should be incorporated into the SDG agenda. These opportunities are communicated in the form of policy recommendations that in some cases, are country specific but can (and should) be adapted by individual African countries where applicable. With a broad perspective supplied by a diverse group of authors, this book will be useful for graduate students and academicians studying Africa, development economics, economic policy, and resource management, as well as policy makers, NGOs, and IGOs.