The IPCC’s Land Report: What’s in it for Africa

The IPCC’s Land Report: What’s in it for Africa

What’s in it for Africa presents key findings from the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL) for Africa. The report extracts Africa-specific data, trends and analysis directly from SRCCL, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all audiences, and highlights key opportunities to achieve adaptation, mitigation and development.

The report’s full name is Climate Change and Land, an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. It is one of three special reports that the IPCC is preparing during the current Sixth Assessment Report cycle.

The report was prepared by 107 experts from 52 countries (with a majority of authors from developing countries) and spans more than 1,500 pages. Now, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network has released a succinct guide to the Special Report for decision-makers in Africa.

Africa Land Toolkit

Alongside the What’s in it for Africa report, CDKN presents a ‘Communications toolkit’, a bundle of resources freely available for training, educational and reporting purposes, to encourage understanding of the report worldwide.

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Agriculture: Tending the cassava, Tanzania

A farmer tends her field of cassava in the village of Tiniu, near Mwanza, northern Tanzania

Courtesy of Neil Palmer

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Agriculture: Irrigating farmland, East Africa

A farmer stands over an irrigation channel in East Africa

Courtesy of Neil Palmer/CIAT

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Agriculture: Green Ugandan fields

Man walking across green fields in Uganda

Courtesy of Neil Palmer/CIAT

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Agriculture: Farmer in fields

Image of a dry Kenyan farm

Courtesy of Neil Palmer/CIAT

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Agriculture: Sunflower farmer

Image of sunflower farmer, East Africa

Courtesy of Neil Palmer/CIAT

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Agriculture: Silhouettes of farmers

Image of three farmers in East Africa framed against the sun

Courtesy of Neil Palmer/CIAT

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Agriculture: Farmer in Sudan

This image shows a farmer working in his fields in Sudan

Courtesy of Iconotec/Fotosearch

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Kitchen garden in Mali

This image shows a farmer working in his kitchen garden near Timbuktu, Mali

Courtesy of Alamer/Fotosearch

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Agriculture: Kitchen garden in Mali

Image of farmer working in his kitchen garden near Timbuktu, Mali

Courtesy of Alamer/Fotosearch