Land corruption seriously threatens efforts to fight climate change and achieve a fair energy transition. By undermining climate programmes, projects and practices, it fuels increased carbon emissions and negative climate outcomes. It weakens tenure security and contributes to human rights violations. By channelling funds and resources towards elites, and supporting harmful or poorly managed projects, land corruption also erodes the legitimacy and credibility of the climate agenda, reducing popular support for vital action.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2023Sub-Saharan Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 2023Burundi
En effet, la taxe de transaction sur la proprieté foncière soulève au Burundi une problématique à la fois économique et juridique. L’importance de la question est économique comme l’économie burundaise repose sur l’agriculture et l’élevage et plus de 90% de la population burundaise dépend directement des ressources tirées de la culture de la terre.
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Library ResourceManuals & GuidelinesApril, 2023Sub-Saharan Africa
Urban planners are entrusted with the power to make critically important, long-term decisions that determine the future development of cities and towns around the world. The decisions they take shape the urban environment and directly affect the lives and livelihoods of entire communities.
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An Open Data Assessment
Reports & ResearchMarch, 2023Africa, MalawiThis State of Land Information (SOLI) report is an analysis of the current state of land data in Malawi, assessing the availability of land information and the compliance of this information with open data standards.
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationFebruary, 2016Congo
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Library ResourcePeer-reviewed publicationJanuary, 2022South Africa
The Eastern Cape Province, and in particular, it's interior western Karoo region, has long been subject to periodic droughts, with significant implications for it's agricultural sector. From 2015, with some recovery in 2020, the area experienced a severe multi year drought, with negative impacts for a range of sectors, including extensive livestock farming. At the time of the drought, a common narrative in the media stated that the drought was unprecedented. In this paper, we analyze how the drought evolved climatically, as well as its impacts on vegetation and farming conditions.
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Responsible investments: are new initiatives hinting towards a shift in practice?
Policy Papers & BriefsApril, 2019Eastern Africa, Tanzania, Western Africa, GlobalThis bulletin highlights initiatives to support socially responsible investment.
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Findings from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Zambia
Reports & ResearchMarch, 2019Africa, Zambia, Liberia, Sierra LeoneFrom forced eviction to loss of livelihood, social status, savings and even life, land corruption in Africa has serious and far-reaching consequences. Such corruption comes in many forms, and it must be understood – along with the factors that enable it – before it can be tackled.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsOctober, 2018Africa
Land disputes associated with Africa sugar often lead to long and costly delays. Our research finds 46% of disputes last over 10 years – and half of these are still unresolved today. In serious cases, disputes close projects down and severely reduce market access. Companies are failing to mitigate these serious risks because they lack the tools and data to make the business case for action.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsOctober, 2018Western Africa
Oil palm investments are returning from Southeast Asia to West Africa, where the crop originated. As this interest intensifies, land conflicts are likely to become more prevalent. Our research shows that such disputes can treble the cost of cultivation and cause year-long delays. Despite this, many companies do not mitigate tenure risk because they lack the data and tools necessary to understand their risk exposure and take action.
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