World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192010-05-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2874Livelihoods, food security, and development processes in Sub-Saharan Africa are highly dependent on land management practices to generate natural ecosystem goods and services. Out of a total population of about 717 million people, almost 60 percent depend for their livelihood on agriculture, hunting, fishing, or forestry. However, unsustainable land management already is leading to large-scale land degradation trends, which pose a threat to food security and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Climate change threatens to exacerbate and add to the existing vulnerabilities. Evidence has shown that the number of people affected by climate variability, through floods and droughts, is already increasing. Much-needed increases in agricultural production have, as a result, been unrealized. These outcomes place smallholder farmers, who depend largely on rainfed agriculture, in highly vulnerable circumstances under climate-change predictions. The objective of this work is to improve practical knowledge resources for Sub-Saharan African countries, regional institutions, and development practitioners at the World Bank and other partner institutions to help them make informed decisions about: (i) the risks posed by climate variability and change to land-resource-dependent livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa; and (ii) Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) approaches and practices that are best suited for meeting development objectives while also addressing the challenge posed by climate-change adaptation and mitigation.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO INFORMATIONADVERSE CLIMATEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESOURCEAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMSARID ZONESATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITIONAWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGEBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONCARBONCARBON CONTENTCARBON DENSITYCARBON DIOXIDECARBON FINANCECARBON PRICECARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON STOCKCARBON STOCK CHANGESCARBON STOCKSCARBON STORAGECLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGESCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE POLICIESCLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCECLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGYCLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE CONDITIONSCLIMATE DATACLIMATE EVENTSCLIMATE HAZARDCLIMATE IMPACTCLIMATE INFORMATIONCLIMATE MITIGATIONCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE NEXUSCLIMATE PROJECTIONSCLIMATE RESEARCHCLIMATE RESEARCH UNITCLIMATE RESILIENCECLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENTCLIMATE RISKSCLIMATE SIMULATIONSCLIMATE STATISTICSCLIMATE TRENDSCLIMATE VARIATIONCLIMATE VARIATIONSCLIMATE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE- CHANGECLIMATE-CHANGECLIMATE-CHANGE CONTEXTCLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDSCLIMATE-RELATED RISKSCLIMATESCLIMATIC CHANGESCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCLIMATIC DATACOCO2COLLECTIVE ACTIONCONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGECONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGECONVERGENCECOPE WITH CLIMATE VARIABILITYCOST-BENEFITCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISCROP RESIDUESCRUDAMAGESDECISION MAKINGDESERTIFICATIONDOUBLE DIVIDENDDRINKING WATERDRYLANDSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC RESOURCESECOSYSTEMEFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGEELECTRICITYEMISSIONEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTUREENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTEVAPOTRANSPIRATIONEXTREME CLIMATE EVENTSEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFERTILIZERSFISHERIESFISHINGFLOODSFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFORESTRYFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFUELSFUTURE CLIMATE CHANGEFUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOSFUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITYGCMGHGGHGSGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GASSESGROUND CARBONIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITYIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITYINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONEIPCCIRRIGATIONITCZLAND DEGRADATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND RESOURCESLAND TENURELAND USELAND-USE CHANGELANDSMEAN RAINFALLMITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGENATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITYNATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNEGATIVE IMPACTSNEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGENITROGENOPPORTUNITY COSTSORGANIC MATTERPARTNERSHIPPASTUREPASTURESPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOPULATION GROWTHPRECIPITATIONRAINFALLRAINFALL CONDITIONSRAINFALL DATARAINFALL TRENDRAINFALL VARIATIONRANGELANDRANGELANDSRATE OF CLIMATE VARIATIONRATE OF DEFORESTATIONREGIONAL CLIMATEREGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGERESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGERESOURCE MANAGEMENTRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGERIVERSRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL LIVELIHOODSSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGESEASONSOILSOIL CARBONSOIL DEGRADATIONSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE USETEMPERATURETEMPERATURE CHANGESTERRESTRIAL CARBONTERRESTRIAL CARBON SEQUESTRATIONTROPICSUNCERTAINTIESVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE VARIABILITYWATER RESOURCESWEATHER PATTERNSWINDWIND EROSIONWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/2874