TMG Think Tank for Sustainability

Join us for a series of side events exploring gender-just, rights-based solutions to land degradation and climate change. Together, we will advance collaborative action for secure land rights, make the voices of women and marginalised communities heard, and mobilise pathways to environmental resilience and justice.

Pathways to climate justice at COP16

Events
5
Speakers
15+
06
December
2024
High-level event: Women’s land rights for effective restoration efforts: understanding synergies, taking action
06
December
2024
Side event: Four years of learning from monitoring the implementation of the UNCCD land tenure decision in six countries – Global Soil Week
06
December
2024
Side event: Implementing women’s land tenure rights to achieve land degradation neutrality: promising initiatives
06
December
2024
Side event: Land rights as a foundation: strengthening climate action and justice through the Rio Conventions’ land agenda
07
December
2024
Side event: Addressing human rights impacts of desertification and land degradation through rights based action
12
December
2024
Side event: Exploring new avenues of CSO participation in UNCCD processes

We sincerely thank the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Robert Bosch Stiftung (RBSG) for their financial support in making the above side events possible.

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Secure land tenure: the key to climate resilience? Strengthening land rights in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies.

Policy Brief

Secure land tenure: the key to climate resilience? Strengthening land rights in climate change adaptation and mitigation policies.

This policy paper argues for the integration of land rights into global and national climate policies.

Written by Land Governance Team

Published on Oct 31, 2024

Land Rights: A Powerful Foundation for Climate Action and Justice

Report

Land Rights: A Powerful Foundation for Climate Action and Justice

This discussion paper analyses the various linkages between land rights and climate action.

Written by Land Governance Team

Published on Oct 30, 2024

The significance of  community-level land and  forest governance institutions  for land restoration and  land degradation  neutrality programmes: A case study of  Bua catchment area  in Malawi

Report

The significance of community-level land and forest governance institutions for land restoration and land degradation neutrality programmes: A case study of Bua catchment area in Malawi

TMG and Total LandCare Malawi implemented the GSW project activities to Malawi. The study , examined tenure rights in Bua catchment area within the context of national efforts to achieve LDN by protecting Mchinji Forest Reserve and Kasungu National Park.

Written by Washe Kazungu, Kader Baba, Frederike Klümper, Jephthah Maliro

Published on Jul 16, 2024

Opportunities for enhancing recognition of tenure rights for community forests: The case of Loita Community Forest in Narok County, Kenya

Working Paper

Opportunities for enhancing recognition of tenure rights for community forests: The case of Loita Community Forest in Narok County, Kenya

Examining the contribution of community forests to national Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) and land restoration targets: a follow-up to the implementation of the UNCCD Decision 26/COP.14 on land tenure.

Written by Washe Kazungu, Check Abdel Kader Baba, William Onura, Frederike Klümper

Published on Jan 31, 2024

The role of community forests in national LDN and land restoration programmes: A case study of community forest parcels in Taita Taveta County, Kenya

Working Paper

The role of community forests in national LDN and land restoration programmes: A case study of community forest parcels in Taita Taveta County, Kenya

Examining the contribution of community forests to national Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) and land restoration targets: a follow-up to the implementation of the UNCCD Decision 26/COP.14 on land tenure.

Written by Washe Kazungu, Frederike Klümper, Check Abdel Kader Baba

Published on Sep 19, 2023

Responsible land governance in LDN programmes: The risks of decoupling forest conservation from legitimate tenure rights in Madagascar

Working Paper

Responsible land governance in LDN programmes: The risks of decoupling forest conservation from legitimate tenure rights in Madagascar

Examining the challenges to safeguard and integrate legitimate tenure rights in management and policy decisions: a follow-up to the implementation of the UNCCD Decision 26/COP.14 on land tenure.

Written by Check Abdel Kader, Baba, Frederike Klümper, Harifidy Rakoko Ratsimba, Washe Kazungu, Jes Weigelt

Published on Sep 19, 2023

Responsible land governance  in LDN programmes - Malawi Case Study

Working Paper

Responsible land governance in LDN programmes - Malawi Case Study

Monitoring the impact of Land Degradation Neutrality measures on legitimate tenure rights of forest-adjacent communities: a follow-up to the implementation of the UNCCD Decision 26/COP.14 on land tenure.

Written by Washe Kazungu, Check Abdel Kader Baba, Frederike Klümper, Jes Weigelt

Published on Aug 03, 2023

Responsible Land Governance in Land Degradation Neutrality Programmes: Insights from Benin and Kenya

Report

Responsible Land Governance in Land Degradation Neutrality Programmes: Insights from Benin and Kenya

Global Soil Week 2021 Synthesis Report

Written by Check Abdel Kader Baba, Brian Washe Kazungu, Jes Weigelt & Anna Kramer

Published on May 06, 2022

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