Burgi has lost trees: How to use heavy charcoal and calculate wood through climate reform

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Burgi is facing serious climate and environmental issues. The biggest thing is the excessive dependence of the country about the use of biomass. The second is an outdated agricultural practice that led to the destruction of the forest. This has improved the national vulnerability for climate shock.
Burg, inland, on the northeastern coast of Lake Tanganya, is very poor, and 76 % of the population falls below the poverty line ($ 2.15 per day) in 2023. world.
Burundi rarely produces CO₂ (less than 0.02 % of the global greenhouse gas emissions). Therefore, the challenge is not to reduce greenhouse gases, but to manage vulnerabilities against climate change. Excessive use of biomass and forest cuts will vulnerable to extreme weather phenomena such as drought and floods.
Burgi has a history of extreme events that are regarded as climate -related. He experienced severe drought, resulting in a breakdown of crops, 35 % livestock mortality (1998 – 2005), and a serious flood of 2006 and 2007.
However, the country has not developed a framework for reliable climate change to deal with the problem. We are struggling to promote changes in voluntary actions and balance strict climate regulations.
Brows people are reluctant to adopt climate -friendly energy and agricultural practices due to the combination of factors. These include the affordable gender that supports the use of biomass, the established cultural practices, and the agricultural department that depends greatly on the liquidation of forests.
As a law and climate change experts, I recent papers how the Bridge government should approach the problem of biomass dependence and forest destruction.
I showed how the government increased spontaneous compliance without threatening the livelihood of poor, farmland people. This requires a climate change regulation system that balances a delicate balance between the appropriate compulsory measures (“stick”) and the incentive (“carrot”).
I propose that the government will use economic incentives to encourage households and farmers to shift to climate -friendly practices. At the same time, it is necessary to introduce punishment tools to prevent violations of these climate goals.
However, in order to achieve this, it is necessary to introduce a framework of legal and regulation to support these measures. Achieving this will establish a roadmap for improving climate policy in other countries in the East Central African region.
Source in question
From 2008 to 2021, the population of Burg increased from 8 million to 12 million. This increased the demand for Fire and arable land. Forest destruction causes irregular rainfall.
For costs, cultural practices, and agricultural practices, households and farmers nationwide are reluctant to adopt climate -friendly energy and agricultural practices.
For example, about 90 % of Burgi’s rural homes use three stone fire. This is a simple arrangement on the ground and balances the pots on the open fire. Almost all households (99 %) use solid fuel such as wood and charcoal as the main fuel for cooking. Less than 2 % of the population is estimated to be accessible to improved cook stoves with less smoke.
The agricultural sector is greatly dependent on the liquidation of forests. In 2020, Burji had a 465,000 hectares of natural forests, extending more than 17 % of its land area. In 2023, he lost 2,350 hectares of natural forests.
Balanced act
The carrot and stick models use tools designed to limit the use of biomass. For example, you can be fined by households and farmers who are dependent on biomass or seizure land.
At the same time, the government needs to provide a generous economic and financial tools to households and agricultural institutions. These include subsidies, tax deductions for agricultural products, interest -free loans, compensation, and subsidies.
I argue that by combining these tools in a single regulation framework, it persuades stakeholders to move from activities that affect the climate to a cleaner energy source. This is an innovative idea of climate change regulations gained from experience in other fields in developing countries.
This approach creates a synergistic effect between punishment and persuasion. But that requires legal basis.
Legal framework
Considering the gap between the legal framework of Burgen’s current climate change, the reform should include three steps. The government needs to do the following:
The enacted climate method establishes a climate change regulatory agency that enacts economic incentives for climate -friendly activities and practices.
These steps are linked to each other. However, the first is the most basic to build the basics of climate change legal frameworks and regulate all activities and practices in the climate change department. We provide the legal basis for the “carrot and stick” approach equally.
By the legal framework, Burg is as follows.
Setting punishment means that climate regulation authorities to implement climate control measures are established, providing payments and incentives to individuals, households, and agricultural institutions, and providing payment and incentives to clean the energy source. Masu. These include the purchase of more clean energy equipment and the latest agricultural tools. You can also make payments to compensate for the loss of revenue or agricultural products that may occur in the early stages of climate -friendly practices. Protects the climate rights of indigenous and alienated groups. These include more clean energy sources and access to financial subsidies. In addition, the right to participate in climate intentions, the right to access information, justice and the right to rescue measures.
The climate change law is as follows.
It will be possible to introduce Burgen’s international climate change obligations based on the Paris Agreement into domestic laws. Introducing the accountability for climate change measures that the government hired, and guarantee legislation coaches for sector government activities.
Future road
The proposed reforms of the legal framework of the Burgen climate change have been widespread in Uganda, Rwanda, Dr. Congo, Dr. Zambia, Central Africa, and most countries in Malawi. Everything is mainly agriculture and depends on energy weeps.
These countries have similar climate change tasks based on the same factors that are bothering Broo. In my opinion, everything will benefit from the “carrot and stick” approach.
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