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Climate Change and Land Use in Africa
Land Use Law for Sustainable Development (2006)
  • David R. Hodas
Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a major development crisis due to the global climate crisis and rising prices for fossil fuels. By 2030, the world’s energy needs will be 30 percent greater than they are now. This will frustrate Africa’s plans for rapid economic and technological expansion, which are based on the dominant low-cost fossil fuel model. Climate change is also become pressing policy issues. Although Sub-saharan nations emit very little carbon dioxide, their reliance on livestock and agriculture as commercial resources, results in relatively high level of methane and nitrous oxide emission rate. The IPCC has predicted that climate change will drastically affect food security, infrastructure, and the availability of natural resources across sub-Saharan Africa. Revised land usage laws, renewable energy projects, and sustainable living environments, could invigorate sub-Saharan Africa development.
Keywords
  • environmental law,
  • land use law,
  • sustainable development
Disciplines
Publication Date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Citation Information
David R. Hodas. "Climate Change and Land Use in Africa" Land Use Law for Sustainable Development (2006)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_hodas/8/