Abbreviations
| ad | Anno Domini (in the year of the Lord) |
| aer | Agro-Ecological Region |
| aids | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| bc | Before Christ |
| bmbf | German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| cdk | Climate and Development Knowledge Network |
| ceb | Central Electricity Board |
| cfa | Community Forest Associations |
| cfu | Commercial Farmers’ Union |
| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
| cop | Conference of Parties |
| copd | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| csc | Climate Service Centre |
| dalys | Disability-Adjusted Life Years |
| drc | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| ecowas | Economic Community of West African States |
| eia | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ema | Environment Management Act |
| enso | El Niño Southern Oscillation |
| esap | Economic Structural Adjustment Programme |
| EU | European Union |
| fpe | Feminist Political Ecology |
| ftlrp | Fast Track Land Resettlement Programme |
| gaia | Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
| ghgs | Greenhouse Gases |
| gis | Geographic Information Systems |
| gps | Global Positioning System |
| iap | Indoor Air Pollution |
| icdps | Integrated Conservation and Development Projects |
| ict | Information and Communication Technology |
| ieea | Indigenous Economic Empowerment Act |
| ifad | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| imf | International Monetary Fund |
| indc | Intended Nationally Determined Contributions |
| ipcc | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ipps | Independent Power Producers |
| itcz | Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone |
| kfd | Kenya Forest Department |
| klfa | Kenya Land and Freedom Army |
| kna | Kenya National Archives |
| laa | Land Acquisition Act |
| led | Light-Emitting Diode |
| lpg | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| lra | Labour Relations Act |
| mctp | Mauritius CT Power |
| mid | Maurice Ile Durable/Sustainable Mauritius |
| mimes | Multi-Scale Integrated Model of Ecosystem Services |
| MoESD | Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development |
| MW | Megawatts |
| ngo | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| npk | Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium |
| pelis | Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme |
| pmo | Prime Minister’s Office |
| redd | Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries |
| ror | Run-Of-The-River |
| sadc | Southern African Development Community |
| sids | Small Island Developing States |
| sis | Small Island State |
| sms | Short Message Service |
| ssa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| sst | Sea Surface Temperatures |
| tna | The National Archives of the United Kingdom |
| ugs | Urban Green Spaces |
| uhi | Urban Heat Island |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| undp | United Nations Development Programme |
| unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| unfccc | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| unu-ehs | United Nations University Institute of Environment and Human Security |
| usa | United States of America |
| utg | University of The Gambia |
| voc | Dutch East India Company |
| wascal | West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use |
| WB | World Bank |
| wced | World Commission on Environment and Development |
| wgiar5 | Working Group i to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| who | World Health Organisation |
| wmo | World Meteorological Organization |
| WtE | Waste-to-Energy |
| zanu–pf | Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front |