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Item Climate justice and the politics of extraction in Africa: the case of Zimbabwe(Taylor and Francis Group, 2025-04-23) Nyamwanza, Admire; Bhatasara, SandraThis practice note links climate justice with the politics of extraction in Africa, using the case of lithium mining in Zimbabwe. The note emanates from a critical review of how current activities in key sectors at the centre of extractive politics in Africa, particularly mining, expose political rhetoric in as far as the move to and benefits of green transition in Africa are concerned. As the global demand for minerals important in climate change mitigation like cobalt and lithium rises, it appears the extraction patterns from colonial times are continuing and local communities directly impacted by extraction of these minerals are not meaningfully benefiting. Concerns have been raised around poor safety standards, unsafe working conditions, unfair displacement measures, environmental damage, and low wages for the workers. The practice note advances recommendations for a just green transition particularly as it involves the mining sector and implications of mining activities in Africa.Item Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Development: Narratives from Post-Fast-Track Land Reform Female Farmers in Zimbabwe(Sabinet, 2021-03-01) Karuma, Praise; Bhatasara, Sandra; Nyamwanza, AdmireRural farmers in Africa, and particularly women, are engaging in various adaptation strategies within and beyond farming. In countries such as Zimbabwe, adaptation is taking place within a socioeconomic crisis context. Analysis of adaptation in this paper is pitched within this specific context in relation to sustainable development. Based on narratives of women farmers in a resettlement area that emerged out of the fast-track land reform programme of the early 2000s, the outcomes of adaptation strategies adopted by these women are examined. The paper is framed using the concept of sustainable adaptation. The study shows that adaptation is, largely, producing undesirable outcomes in terms of sustainable development. Some of the strategies are threatening biodiversity. Competition between people and livestock over natural resources is also producing undesirable outcomes. Income-generating strategies are failing to assist the women to deal with deprivation and poverty. Any policy interventions in promoting women’s adaptive capacities should therefore take note of these intersecting problems, in order to steer adaptation onto sustainable trajectories.Item Climate Injustice and the Role of Climate Justice Movements in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe(Brill, 2022-10-07) Bhatasara, Sandra; Nyamwanza, AdmireItem Narratives of climate adaptation and linkages to psychosocial and nutritional health in a Zimbabwean rural community(Elsevier, 2025-02-04) Bhatasara, Sandra; Nwosu, Chijoke; Macheka, Lesley; Nyamwanza, AdmireIn the face of unprecedented climate change, adaptation has emerged as important for communities and nations to deal with the devastating effects of the phenomenon. It is inevitable that communities must adapt, although evidence in several regions, including Zimbabwe also point towards maladaptation. A plethora of studies have been developed to understand adaptation practices and processes, including the impacts of various adaptive strategies. However, this approach has been limited to particular fields such as livelihoods studies, with clear evidence in Zimbabwe that heath issues vis-à-vis adaptation outcomes have not been taken into consideration at policy, development and research levels. Our study is therefore breaking new research frontiers by exploring the nexus between adaptation strategies and psychosocial and nutritional health outcomes. As an important learning research process into a field where virtually no literature exists in the country, the results are both complex and intriguing. This qualitative study shows positive nutrition benefits such as improved dietary diversity and boost in self –esteem and, improved stress level over food availability as psychosocial health benefits.