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COP28 - skal Afrika redde verdens klima?

Hele verden vil have fat i Afrikas grønne mineraler og redde kontinentets natur. DIIS-forskning har undersøgt konsekvenserne.

I takt med at klimakrisen forværres rettes verdens blik i stigende grad mod Afrika i søgen efter løsninger. Det vil sandsynligvis også være tilfældet, når verdens ledere mødes til COP28 i Dubai. Kontinentet er rigt på mineraler, som skal bruges i den grønne omstilling og på skovområder, der kan sikre biodiversitet eller dræne kulstof fra atmosfæren.

Desværre har det enorme potentiale en række uheldige konsekvenser for de afrikanske befolkninger: ødelæggelse af landbrugsområder, tvangsforflyttelse af befolkningsgrupper og en ulige fordeling af de økonomiske fortjenester ved ressourceudvindingen. Samtidig er kontinentet massivt udfordret af klimaforandringerne i sig selv.

DIIS-forskning undersøger konsekvenserne af klimaforandringerne i Afrika, og hvad den fornyede interesse i Afrikas grønne ressourcer betyder for de afrikanske regeringer og befolkninger.

Anbefalinger, resultater og baggrund

DIIS Policy Brief

7. november 2023

Managing Africa's resources equitably demands accountable states

DIIS Policy Brief

11. september 2023

Three frontlines in Africa's resource conflicts

Green transitions, nature conservation and the drylands

Web Article

16. november 2023

Green exploitation is still exploitation

Artikel

24. oktober 2023

Skal Afrika være verdens grønne guldmine, må vi tale om de negative konsekvenser for befolkningen

The paradox of overcapacity in African energy sectors

Several African countries experience an overcapacity of energy supply that cannot be explained by supply volatility alone. At the same time, these countries struggle to provide access to electricity for their populations. A new DIIS paper explores this paradox.

Tidsskriftsartikel

2023

A contested agenda: Energy transitions in lower-income African countries

Concerns over energy security and a focus on developing domestic sources of energy are stronger than combating climate change.

Photo/illustration by Erberto Zani / Alamy Stock Photo

The dirty side of the green transition

DIIS Auditorium

Extractive industries in the Anthropocene

DIIS Policy Brief

2022

Our climate future depends on conflict dynamics in Congo

Climate and conflict

DIIS Working Paper

2023

Will Africa be part of the ‘golden decade’ of sustainable finance? Insights from GSSS bonds

Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo

How can finance for climate change adaptation be spent more effectively?

DIIS Auditorium

The seminar analyses the institutional architecture of how and where finance for climate change adaptation is spent and which route of transfer it follows from national to local levels

DIIS Working Paper

2023

Climate change adaptation relevance of Tanzania’s national budget

Analysis of the level of devolution

Photo/illustration by Rasmus Fly

DIIS Policy Brief

2023

Managing Africa's resources equitably demands accountable states

Photo/illustration by Rasmus Fly

DIIS Policy Brief

2023

Three frontlines in Africa's resource conflicts

Green transitions, nature conservation and the drylands

Photo/illustration by Ryanj93 via Wikimedia Commons copyright license

Digital publikation

2023

Green exploitation is still exploitation

Since the imperialist wars over diamonds and gold in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, global attempts to access Africa’s natural resources have sparked tensions and confrontations. Today, we are deepening these patterns of conflict in the name of nature conservation and the green transition.

Billede/illustration af Martin Mwaura / Alamy Stock Photo

Artikel

2023

Skal Afrika være verdens grønne guldmine, må vi tale om de negative konsekvenser for befolkningen

Før var det olie, guld og diamanter, som kolonimagterne hentede på det afrikanske kontinent. I dag efterspørger verden Afrikas grønne mineraler og landområder, hvor der kan udvindes vedvarende energi - men prisen for de afrikanske befolkninger er på mange måder stadig den samme.

DIIS Podcast

2023

But it's been more than 50 years! How Africa's resource conflicts are still rooted in colonialism

Tidsskriftsartikel

2022

Climate finance coordination from the global to the local

Norm localization and the politics of climate finance coordination in Zambia

Photo/illustration by Mikkel Funder

Governing climate change adaptation: Lessons from the ground

Online via Zoom

How should climate change adaptation be governed? This webinar examines how climate change adaptation policies and projects govern mobility, land rights and finance in the African context, and what the lessons are for adaptation governance.

Activists-calling-for-Loss-Damage-funding

Billede/illustration af Kiara Wort, UNclimatechange copyright-licens

Digital publikation

2023

Jordrettigheder er vigtige for klimahandling!

Jordrettigheder skal stå højt på dagsordenen i fremtidige klimaforandringer. For jordrettigheder er afgørende for, at en del af beslutningerne fra klimamødet, COP27, i Egypten i november sidste år kan gennemføres.

Photo/illustration by Kiara Wort, UNclimatechange copyright license

DIIS Comment

2022

Grounding COP27

Why land rights are important for climate action

Cover brien on climate related migration

DIIS Policy Brief

2023

Why adaptation projects do not stop climate-related migration

Irrigation and other adaptation projects seek to support local livelihoods in rural climate change affected areas in the Global South. Often, they also aim to curb migration, but adaptation projects rarely achieve this – for good reasons.

DIIS Report

2022

Making headway on Loss and Damage

Bridging policy, research and practice

DIIS Policy Brief

2022

Making headway on Loss and Damage

Identifying key gaps and charting ways forward

Photo/illustration by Mikkel Funder

Governing climate change adaptation: Lessons from the ground

Online via Zoom

Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo

How can finance for climate change adaptation be spent more effectively?

DIIS Auditorium

The seminar analyses the institutional architecture of how and where finance for climate change adaptation is spent and which route of transfer it follows from national to local levels

Drought in Somalia Dead animal because of climate change

Photo/illustration by ICRC, Taaxta Ismail

No climate security without human security: Insights from Africa’s climate hotspots

DIIS Auditorium

This seminar brings together scholars and practitioners to discuss pathways for a broadened climate security agenda on fragile states centered on addressing livelihood and security needs of populations

Photo/illustration by ICRC / Yazdi, Pedram

Loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change

DIIS Auditorium

At this seminar, we assess recent developments in loss and damage policy, research and practice to identify possible ways forward towards COP27 and beyond