With a focus across adaptation, mitigation & development, the climate change guide covers agriculture & food security, natural resource management, poverty & vulnerability, governance, health, gender, finance, & low carbon energy.
- Anticipated impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture and the implications for local and national food security
- H. Turral; J. Burke; J. M. Faurès / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011
- This report summarises current knowledge of the anticipated impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture. It examines the implications for local and national food security and the methods and approaches for assessin...
- Summary of the findings of the STEPS maize project in Kenya
- S. Brooks; J. Thompson; H. Odame / STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2009
- Maize is a socially, politically and economically staple crop in Kenya. This paper summarises the findings of the STEPS Environmental Change and Maize Innovation in Kenya project, which utilised maize as a window through which to expl...
- Contextualising and analysing agriculture in international climate negotiations
- B. Campbell; W. Mann; R. Meléndez-Ortiz / Meridian Institute, 2011
- This scoping report provides context and analysis for addressing agriculture in international climate negotiations with the aim of informing climate negotiators and other stakeholders of different options and unpacking issues of inter...
- A report focusing on food security and human development in Africa
- P. Conceição (ed); R. Fuentes-Nieva (ed); S. Levine (ed) / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- Due to misguided policies, weak institutions and failing markets, sub-Saharan Africa has millions of hungry and malnourished people. This first Africa Human Development Report 2012 seeks to look beyond direct causes of food insecurity...
- Knowledge on the impact of different land management practices on soil carbon sequestration rates across the world
- A. Braimoh / World Bank, 2012
- This report aims to improve the knowledge base for scaling-up investments in land management technologies that sequester soil carbon for increased productivity under changing climate conditions. The report presents the following key m...
- Briefing paper presenting lessons learned from working with women smallholders on food security
- R. Tripathi; K. Deering; N. Saracini 2012
- This briefing paper is the result of a collaboration between nine different agencies, sharing lessons learned from working with women smallholders in order to close the gender gap in agriculture. Despite making up 43 per cent of the a...
- Practical and evidence-based policy actions to achieve food security in the context of climate change
- J. Beddington (ed); M. Asaduzzaman (ed); M. Clark (ed) / Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012
- This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change. It reasons that w...
- Finance and risk-related obstacles preventing smallholders from participating in carbon finance mechanisms
- T. Havemann; V. Muccione / Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011
- Smallholder farmers have an important role to play in the prevention of climate change by reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, they are not benefitting from international financial mechanisms established as a result o...
- Outlining threats to water security by climate change in arid and semi-arid regions, and recommendations for adaptive strategies
- 2009
- This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water F...
- Integrating the previously independent areas of climate change and development studies, and the challenges therein
- S. Huq; H. Reid; L.A. Murray / Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme, IIED, 2006
- Part of the Gatekeeper Series produced by the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme at IIED, this paper charts the evolution of climate change and development study and shows why the two fields have, until recently, ...
- Contextualising and analysing agriculture in international climate negotiations
- B. Campbell; W. Mann; R. Meléndez-Ortiz / Meridian Institute, 2011
- This scoping report provides context and analysis for addressing agriculture in international climate negotiations with the aim of informing climate negotiators and other stakeholders of different options and unpacking issues of inter...
- A report focusing on food security and human development in Africa
- P. Conceição (ed); R. Fuentes-Nieva (ed); S. Levine (ed) / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- Due to misguided policies, weak institutions and failing markets, sub-Saharan Africa has millions of hungry and malnourished people. This first Africa Human Development Report 2012 seeks to look beyond direct causes of food insecurity...
- Knowledge on the impact of different land management practices on soil carbon sequestration rates across the world
- A. Braimoh / World Bank, 2012
- This report aims to improve the knowledge base for scaling-up investments in land management technologies that sequester soil carbon for increased productivity under changing climate conditions. The report presents the following key m...
- Briefing paper presenting lessons learned from working with women smallholders on food security
- R. Tripathi; K. Deering; N. Saracini 2012
- This briefing paper is the result of a collaboration between nine different agencies, sharing lessons learned from working with women smallholders in order to close the gender gap in agriculture. Despite making up 43 per cent of the a...
- Practical and evidence-based policy actions to achieve food security in the context of climate change
- J. Beddington (ed); M. Asaduzzaman (ed); M. Clark (ed) / Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012
- This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change. It reasons that w...
- Finance and risk-related obstacles preventing smallholders from participating in carbon finance mechanisms
- T. Havemann; V. Muccione / Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011
- Smallholder farmers have an important role to play in the prevention of climate change by reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, they are not benefitting from international financial mechanisms established as a result o...
- Outlining threats to water security by climate change in arid and semi-arid regions, and recommendations for adaptive strategies
- 2009
- This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water F...
- Integrating the previously independent areas of climate change and development studies, and the challenges therein
- S. Huq; H. Reid; L.A. Murray / Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme, IIED, 2006
- Part of the Gatekeeper Series produced by the Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme at IIED, this paper charts the evolution of climate change and development study and shows why the two fields have, until recently, ...
- Analysing the adaptive capacity of climate change interventions in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique
- A. Ospina; R. Heeks / Centre for Development Informatics, 2011
- A more holistic and flexible development approach is required to support the agency of people adapting to climate change. Since climate change adds another layer of complexity to development challenges, interventions must, at all stag...
- Access to financial, physical and social capital assets is a prerequisite to reduce Nigerian rural poverty
- J.O. LAWAL; B.T. OMONONA; O.D. OYINLEYE / AgEcon Search, 2011
- The eradication of poverty in rural Nigeria remains a hard challenge for the country to overcome despite the various poverty eradication programmes implementation at different levels of government. This study examines the effects of f...
- Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development (AJARD)
- Open access journal focusing on agriculture and rural development
- Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences (RJOAS)
- An interdisciplinary open access journal of agriculture and socio-economic studies
- Odessa Centre
- The Odessa Centre is a consultancy working with researchers and practitioners in the fields of pastoralism, rangeland ecology and livestock development in semi-arid areas. Long-term projects have been carried out in Libya, Botswana, Somalia, Zambia, Namibia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Outputs include the journal "Pastoralism: Research, Policy, Practice", available via...
