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    Nationally appropriate mitigation actions for grassland and livestock management in Mongolia

    Asian Development Bank, 2013
    This policy brief by the Asian Development Bank argues that, given the negative impact of climate change on Mongolia, it is crucial to select mitigation actions that reduce vulnerability to climate change, support the achievement of national development goals, and are feasible given local constraints. Key messages from the brief include:
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    Climate change and vulnerability of agroforestry

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2012
    Providing a detailed picture of the value of trees for local people in the tropics is a difficult undertaking. Not only does this represent the difficulty in accounting for values outside formal markets, but it also reflects the multiplicity of the species involved and the many different ways in which trees are used.
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    Securing Africa’s land for shared prosperity: a program to scale up reforms and investments

    World Bank, 2013
    Based on worldwide experience and encouraging evidence from country pilots in African countries such as Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania,and Uganda, this new report suggests a series of ten steps that may help to revolutionise agricultural production and eradicate poverty in Africa.
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    Zero carbon Britain: rethinking the future

    Centre for Alternative Technology, 2013
    This report explores how Britain can achieve Carbon neutrality. Building upon the groundwork laid by the Zero Carbon Britain project over the last six years, the authors incorporate the latest developments in science and technology, plus more detailed research in two main areas: balancing highly variable energy supply and demand; and the nutritional implications of a low carbon diet.
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    Managing the land in a changing climate

    Committee on Climate Change, 2013
    This report is part of a series of annual progress reports by the Adaptation Sub-Committee to assess how the United Kingdom is preparing for the major risks and opportunities presented by climate change. Together these reports will provide the baseline evidence for the Committee’s statutory report to Parliament on preparedness due in 2015.
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    Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2013
    This paper identifies sixteen cases of large-scale actions in the agriculture and forestry sectors that have adaptation and/or mitigation outcomes, and distils lessons from the cases.
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    Statistical Yearbook of the Food And Agricultural Organization for the United Nations - FAO_2013_stats_yrbook.pdf

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013
    The 2013 edition of FAO's Statistical Yearbook sheds new light on agriculture's contribution to global warming, trends in hunger and malnutrition and the state of the natural resource base upon which world food production depends.
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    Interventions for achieving sustainability in tropical forest and agricultural landscapes

    CGIAR System-wide Program on Property Rights and Collective Action, 2013
    The rapid expansion of commodity agriculture in tropical forest landscapes is a key  driver of deforestation. To meet the growing demand from a more prosperous and  expanding global population, it is imperative to develop sustainable commodity  supply chains that support higher agricultural productivity, and that enable improved environmental, economic, and social outcomes.
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    Climate-smart agriculture sourcebook

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013
    This comprehensive sourcebook on climate-smart agriculture (CSA), produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, consists of eighteen modules covering every aspect of planning and implementing CSA policies and projects.
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    Farmers’ perceptions and adaptations to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of empirical studies and implications for public policy in African agriculture

    Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013
    Climate change has the potential of undermining sustainable development efforts in Africa, if steps are not taken to respond to its adverse consequences. This study reviews existing and available literature on farmers’ perceptions and adaptation strategies to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa.

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