Executive summary Increases in global mean surface temperature are projected to result in
continued permafrost degradation and coastal degradation (high confidence), increased …

Highlights•The expansion of transnational land acquisitions raises sustainability
concerns.•Land and water grabbing represent a critical challenge to sustainable …

Our analysis situates the current COVID-19 induced food crisis within a longer-term
historical perspective on policy responses to past food crises. We argue that the legacies left …

Rural populations around the world rely on small-scale farming and other uses of land and
natural resources, which are often governed by customary, traditional, and indigenous …

Contemporary large-scale land deals are widely understood as involving the expulsion of
people who, in turn, struggle instinctively to resist dispossession This is certainly true in …

In Ethiopia, since 1993, urban land lease policy has been in place to facilitate land transfer
for residential, commercial and industrial purposes. As a result, many cities, including Addis …

This paper examines the domestic political economy of so-called 'land-grabbing'in Ethiopia,
assessing the motivations of the Ethiopian government, which has strongly promoted foreign …

Land registration and titling in Africa is often advocated as a pro-poor legal empowerment
strategy. Advocates have put forth different visions of the substantive goals this is to achieve …

Ethiopia has an urban land lease policy in place to facilitate the transfer of land for
residential, commercial and industrial purposes. Because of the lease policy, many cities …

Land inequality stalls economic development, entrenches poverty, and is associated with
environmental degradation. Yet, rigorous assessments of land-use interventions attend to …