Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Land Management and Sustainability: Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

As climate change creates consequences, ravaging parts of Africa in somewhat irreversible ways, countries across the world continue to initiate and adopt strategies to combat the menace. Today, ecosystems and socioeconomic conditions are being impacted in ways that heighten the pressure and challenges on land use. These challenges have both short- and long-term impacts requiring a holistic approach for mitigating them. Using the purposive sampling technique, data was collected from 29 respondents drawn from Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates to compare perceptions on land use in underdeveloped, developing and developed communities. Secondary data published online from different countries was randomly selected from different regions of Africa south of the Sahara. The qualitative data was taken from randomly selected African countries, including South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Niger. This study explores the strategies, challenges and opportunities faced in integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into land management sustainability in parts of Africa, as well as the opportunities that can be leveraged locally through indigenous cultural knowledge. The study offers valuable insights for policymakers, practitioners and stakeholders on the integration of climate change adaptation and mitigation into land management.