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National climate change response: white paper
2011This white paper presents the South African government’s vision for an effective climate change response and the long-term transition to a climate-resilient and lower-carbon economy and society.DocumentForest management and climate change: a literature review
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012This literature review assesses current and potential future changes occurring within the forestry sector. It identifies challenges posed to forests and analyses the relationship between forests and climate change.DocumentForests and climate change in Latin America: linking adaptation and mitigation
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2011This paper examines opportunities for linking climate change adaptation and mitigation in tropical forests, and understanding the influence exerted by adaptation activities on the mitigation potential and vice-versa. Through case-studies in Latin America, the authors explore various approaches and motivations for linking adaptation and mitigation.DocumentBelize second national communications to the conference of the parties of the UNFCCC
2011Belize's second national communication to the conference of parties (COP) under the UNFCCC is meant to serve as a snapshot of the nation's status quo as it relates to the effects of climate change on the various aspects of its socio-economic make-up as well as its responses to these impacts.DocumentTrees on farms: Tackling the triple challenge of mitigation, adaptation and food security
World Agroforestry Centre, 2009This short policy brief highlights three key points and provides various policy recommendations in relations to these: - Trees help fight climate change by storing carbon.- They buffer against weather-related production losses, enhancing resilience against climate impacts.- And trees on farms provide additional income and diversity of food sources through tree-based products.DocumentAgricultural technologies for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries: policy options for innovation and technology diffusion
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2010Climate Change exacerbates the already daunting challenges facing the agricultural sector, and this is particularly the case in developing countries. Innovations in agriculture have always been important and will be even more vital in the context of climate change.DocumentThe future of food and farming: challenges and choices for global sustainability
Foresight UK, 2011The global food system will experience an unprecedented combination of pressures over the next 40 years. Global population size will increase and competition for land, water and energy will intensify, while the effects of climate change will become increasingly apparent. Over this period, globalisation will continue, exposing the food system to novel economic and political pressures.DocumentAgriculture and climate change: an agenda for negotiation in Copenhagen
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009Negotiations have been underway in advance of the meeting of the 15th Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December 2009. This brief is a compilation of views of leading experts from around the world on the key negotiating outcomes that must be pursued now, in order to effectively put agriculture on the climate change agenda.DocumentEffect of climate change on biodiversity in Lebanon: a preliminary review
Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, 2008Lebanon does not currently have baseline data on which to formulate climate adaptation and mitigation measures. This paper aims to prompt dialogue on the anticipated impact of climate change on the country, acting as a preliminary literature review and consulting experts to identify key species in Lebanon which may be impacted by it.