Glossary

AWF African Wildlife Foundation [Kenya]

EIB European Investment Bank [Luxembourg]

ESRC Economic and Social Research Council [UK]

GGW Great Green Wall

GHG greenhouse gas

HYV high-yielding variety

IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development [Canada]

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Switzerland]

ISC International Science Council

JST Japan Science and Technology Agency [Japan]

KUUMS Kachchh Unt Uchherak Maldhari Sangathan (the union of camel pastoralists)

NGO non-governmental organisation

NGT National Green Tribunal [India]

OCI Oil Change International [USA]

ODI Overseas Development Institute [UK]

RCN Research Council of Norway [Norway]

REDD+ reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries

SAFE Stand Against Fossil Fuel Expansion

SDG Sustainable Development Goal

SEI Stockholm Environment Institute [Sweden]

UN United Nations

UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme [Kenya]