Africa has been at the centre of a “land grab” in recent years, with investors lured by projections of rising food prices, growing demand for “green” energy, and cheap land…
Africa’s Land Rush
Adapting to Climate Uncertainty in African Agriculture: Narratives and knowledge politics
By Stephen Whitfield Routledge, 2016 Buy this book Future climatic and agro-ecological changes in Africa are uncertain and associated with high degrees of spatial and temporal variability and this change is…
Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa
You can download the Accepted Manuscript of Chapter 1 of this book, open access. Download Chapter 1 Buy this book Amidst the pressing challenges of global climate change, the last…
ISSC concept note: Africa – Low carbon energy transitions
Download PDF (250 KB) Although millions of dollars have been pumped into assisting those living at the base/bottom of the pyramid to transit from inefficient energy use to more efficient…
Rift Valley fever in Kenya: policies to prepare and respond (briefing)
Download this briefing (PDF) The costs of responding to outbreaks of transmissible and infectious diseases, especially zoonotic infections that can infect both animals and people, can be far greater than…
The politics of zoonoses understanding and response
What drives differing responses to zoonotic diseases? Seven new working papers from the STEPS-led Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium consider understandings around ecosystems and health as they relate…
Rift Valley fever in Kenya: Policies to prepare and respond
STEPS Working Paper 82 Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic infection incompletely understood by scientists, pastoralists and policy makers. The irregular intervals at which outbreaks occur make it difficult…
Carbon forestry in agricultural landscapes: ready for the competition?
by Ishmael Hashmiu Researcher, Political Ecologies of Carbon project Download this briefing (PDF) Carbon offset projects are an increasingly important approach to carbon mitigation under the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions by…
Responding to uncertainty: Bats and the construction of disease risk in Ghana
STEPS Working Paper 80 Zoonotic disease has gained international attention since the identification of avian and swine influenza, with academic focus on the modelling of disease emergence, and policy centring…
CRIBs (Climate Relevant Innovation-system Builders) A powerful new focus for international climate technology policy
STEPS Briefing (to accompany Working Paper 76) by David Ockwell and Rob Byrne Download this briefing One of the most powerful boosts to addressing climate technology transfer and development under…