Food and agriculture

historicising current dynamics of climate-related migration in the savannah zone of Ghana

Progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation shows that the rule of law is vital to protect indigenous people and local communities

Since the hike in food prices in 2007-2008, national as well as international policy attention has been strongly focused on promoting foreign agricultural investments, e.g. in sub-Saharan Africa. While in some cases such a focus may be justified, policies which favour foreign investments may work to the detriment of locally-owned family farms which represent a strong – and in many cases stronger – source of rural employment generation than foreign agricultural investments.

Ruling elites, investors and populations in natural resource investments

Understanding adaptation practice as the interplay between bottom-up strategies and formal interventions in North Central Vietnam

Insights from Africa’s climate hotspots

Key characteristics of each case including the factors that motivate them and the processes through which they seek to achieve their intended development outcomes

Unpacking 'new climate wars'

An overview and lessons learnt