Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 3)
Comparing GHG emissions from pastoral livestock and wildlife in northern Tanzania
Grazing animals in savannas emit a significant share of global livestock-sourced greenhouse gases (GHGs). Policy guidelines often recommend the abandonment of livestock grazing in vast rangeland areas, which are to be “rewilded” to reduce the assumed potential for GHG emissions and to increase potential sequestration of carbon if grazing is drastically reduced. In the study […]
Conflict, climate change, food security & mobility in Karamoja
The report “Conflict, climate change, food security and mobility in the Karamoja Cluster: a study to analyse interactions among conflict, food security, climate change, migration and displacement factors” (2023, 40pp) presents the findings of a study made between November 2021 and April 2022. The study analysed resource-based conflicts in the Karamoja Cluster to find out […]
CELEP input to German Parliament discussion on green energy
On 25 May 2023, the German Parliament’s Office of Technology Assessment (TA) and Committee for Education, Research and TA held a workshop on “Chancen und Risiken von Wasserstoffpartnerschaften und –technologien in Entwicklungsländern” (Opportunities and risks of hydrogen partnerships and technologies in developing countries). Interim results from the TA project to assess the impact of “green” […]
Carbon offsetting replaces Kenyan pastoralists’ land use
The report “Blood carbon: how a carbon offset scheme makes millions from indigenous land in northern Kenya” (2023, 70pp) by Simon Counsell and Survival International focuses on the 2 million ha Northern Kenya Grassland Carbon Project of the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT). The NRT calls it the world’s largest soil carbon removal project and the […]
CELEP contributes to MOOC on pastoralism in development
Pastoral development would benefit greatly from a better understanding of pastoralism by project planners. CELEP member organisation IIED (International Institute for Environment & Development) and Saverio Krätli (editor of Nomadic Peoples) have created a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), funded by Misereor, Germany, as an entry point for navigating the available knowledge on pastoralism, including […]