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Since the 2000s, African cities have witnessed a series of interventions to improve water and sanitation. This brief outlines key lessons learned from the intervention experie[...]

Global challenges have made the world more diffi cult to govern today, compared to 20 years ago. In this context, states can no longer govern alone; they need assistance. The [...]

While globalization brings opportunities for economic growth, international trade creates opportunities for the globaliza- tion of unsafe food. As trade liberaliza- tion opens[...]

Countries under transition from war to peace or from an authoritarian to a democratic regime face fundamental political and social transformations and difficulties in emerging[...]

Africa faces a big challenge of wastewater management. Annual deaths associated with wastewater and unimproved sanitation in the continent are among the highest in the world, [...]

Agricultural production is associated with the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that cause global warming and induce climatic changes. It is estimated that about 15% of glo[...]

Food security has been understood by many as when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary ne[...]

The fishery sector plays a pivotal role in global food security, both in terms of consumption and production, as well as trade and employment. Attaining green growth in the fi[...]

In recent years, the discovery of oil and gas together with Ghana's quest for sustainable development has led to the positioning of renewable energy as one of the core technol[...]

As Nigeria celebrates her centenary of existence, its forest resources has little to be proud of. The current condition of the rainforest ecosystem and the spate of decline of[...]

In Nigeria, crops and livestock are produced mainly by small-scale farmers. The crop farmers cultivate small portions of land without fencing while livestock farmers rear anim[...]

This brief explores factors that influence crop yield volatility among rural and urban smallholder farmers in Ghana. The data was sourced from the sixth round of the Ghana Liv[...]

This policy brief reports on a study carried out in Ejura in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It assesses the impact of climate change on two maize cultivars (Obatanpa and Dorke) [...]

For centuries, plants have been used as a source of food, medicine and material culture. The focus of modern research and technology developments on crop plants, however, has [...]

Fish farming is currently considered a complement to fish production in Côte d'Ivoire. However, the level of production remains low, although its full potential can be achieve[...]

Twelve years after the declaration of the Millennium Development Goals, where world leaders committed their nations to a bold global partnership to eradicate extreme poverty a[...]

Despite efforts to discourage the use of charcoal in favour of more environmentally friendly fuel options, it remains one of the most important fuel sources in Ghana, and a key[...]

The importance of renewable energy in creating employment, boosting economic growth, addressing poverty, environmental degradation, pollution, soil erosion and biodiversity lo[...]

Declining soil fertility is a major challenge to crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries though the degree of depletion varies from country to country and within[...]

This research investigated the impact of climate change on agricultural trade flows within and outside the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). To achieve its o[...]

Maize production remains an important option for achieving food security and income generation among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the incidence of clima[...]

Tanzania is set to revolutionize its cooking fuel sector with massive deployment and high penetration of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG). Following the discovery of large volume[...]

A Biosand filter basically applies a system of sand, gravels and biologically active micro-organisms to remove unwanted substances from drinking water. Field trials of the bio[...]

Environmental degradation continues to pose a threat to the sustainability of African natural resource endowments. Increasing demand for sand for construction purposes has mad[...]

The term Green innovation (or eco innovation) encompasses constructs coined to mean innovations which improve environmental performance, such as sustainable-driven innovation,[...]

Persistent land degradation in the form of soil erosion, nutrient depletion, soil organic matter depletion and soil productivity decline as well as variability in rainfall and[...]

Education on disasters has tended to focus on disaster response and recovery, as opposed to proactive actions to reduce disaster risk and increase preparedness. Furthermore, d[...]

Water has been a cause of conflict in many Asian countries since ancient times, primarily due to the tensions between increasing demand and decreasing availability and, lately[...]

Transformative change in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) builds on local innovations fostered through adaptive co-management to enable social-ecol[...]

Policymakers face a variety of challenges in implementing the 2030 Agenda. These include translating the SDGs and targets into national priorities, building on synergies and a[...]

A co-benefits approach is a way to achieve several positive outcomes along multiple dimensions through a single policy. It is used in the climate change literature to refer to[...]

This policy brief synthesises strategies for policy coherence, drawing from experiences and lessons in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) wh[...]

Every year the World Risk Report (WRR) features an update of the World Risk Index (WRI), which calculates the vulnerability and exposure to natural hazards of over 170 countri[...]

The 2014 World Risk Report (WRR 2014) systematically considers a country's vulnerability, and its exposure to natural hazards to determine a ranking of countries around the wo[...]

From March 2020 to September 2021, a herd of approximately 15 Asian elephants left their home in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve. Along their journey, the herd broke int[...]

Increasing numbers of children and adults are displaced or migrating due to the impacts of climate change, affecting their right to education. Gaps in data at the intersection[...]

This policy brief identifies ICT solutions to prevent and mitigate environmental challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion while addressing the SDGs and supporting the missio[...]

Sustainable and affordable housing is critical for achieving SDG 11 (sustainable cities & communities). Housing policy should support environmentally sound housing that consid[...]