Climate change and natural resources conflicts in Africa / [edited by] Donald Anthony Mwiturubani and Jo-Ansie van Wyk.

"May 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

Pt. 1. Climate change and human security in Africa. The African Union's response to climate change and climate security / Jo-Ansie van Wyk -- Climate change, population surge and resource overuse in the Lake Chad area : implications for human security in the north-east zone on Nigeria / Freedom C. Onuoha -- Climate change, hydropolitics and security in Lesotho / Oscar Gakuo Mwangi -- Pt. 2. Climate change and access to natural resources. Climate change and access to water resources in the Lake Victoria Basin / Donald Anthony Mwiturubani -- The hydropolitics of the Nile : climate change and food security in Ethiopia / Debay Tadesse -- Pt. 3. Climate change and natural resource-use conflicts. Silence on climate change and natural resources conflict in Nigeria : the Niger Delta experience / Bonnie Ayodele -- Putting tested wisdom into practice : relevance and applicability of Nyakyusa traditional conflict resolution practices to contemporary environmental challenges in Tanzania / Ipyana Mwamugobole -- Anthropogenic-induced climate change and the resulting tendency to land conflict : the case of the Soutpansberg Regions, South Africa / Tibangayuka Kabanda and Christopher Munyati -- Pt. 4. Vulnerability and adaptation to climate variability. Carbon : an exploration of soil carbon sequestration potential in the Bukoba district, north-west Tanzania / Byjesh Kattarkandi, Mariana Rufino and Pablo Titonell -- Climate variability, pastoralists' vulnerability and options : the case of the Borana of Northern Kenya / Tari Doti -- Dynamics of cultivated and its association with rainfall variability in Botswana : implications for food security under climate change / Nnyaladzi Batisani -- Pt. 5. National environmental legislations, policies and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) : legal and policy challenges for Tanzania / Joy Faida and Eliamani Laltaika -- The link between climate change, law, sustainable development and livelihoods in Uganda / Godard Busingye.

Africa is among the most likely vulnerable regions of the world that are to be negatively impacted by climate change. The continent's vulnerability to climate change arises from a combination of many factors, including extreme poverty, high rate of population increase, frequent natural disasters such as droughts and floods, and agricultural systems that are heavily dependent on rainfall. Under-development in some African states has also been a function of existing protracted natural resource conflicts and climate change worsens the situation. Climate change is a major threat to livelihood security in Africa. This monograph encompasses papers from different disciplines and draws case studies from across Africa. It covers a range of issues relating to vulnerabilities, adaptation and mitigation of climate change and conflict management. Information provided in this monograph is expected to form the basis for decision makers across Africa to formulate and implement appropriate policies to curb the impacts of climate change