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Searching with a thematic focus on Climate change agriculture and food security

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  Mitigation finance

  Overseas Development Institute, 2012

  This paper considers what 'counts' as climate change mitigation finance, with reference to the concept of additionality, by reviewing a range of activities that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the five sectors that account for the largest share of global GHG accumulation: energy, transport, industry, agriculture and water.
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  Climate-friendly agriculture and the clean development mechanism: an assessment of future prospects for agriculture and land use change in Latin America

  Land Deal Politics Initiative, 2012

  Market solutions based on the trade of carbon offset credits remain a dominant feature in international climate change negotiations. This paper undertakes a preliminary assessment of potential of climate change mitigation projects by evaluating Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects related to agriculture and land use change in Latin America.
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  Land Deal Politics Initiative (LDPI)

  The objective of the Land Deal Politics Initiative is to provide a platform and network to generate solid evidence through detailed, field-based research that incorporates and complements a range of p
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  Managing climate extremes and disasters in the agricultural sector: lessons from the IPCC SREX report

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  This thematic brief is part of a four-part series by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) which highlights lessons learned from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (known as SREX).
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  Climate change and agriculture: can market governance mechanisms reduce emissions from the food system fairly and effectively?

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012

  Agriculture accounts for 30 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. How agriculture is practised, therefore, has significant potential for mitigating climate change, providing food security and improving the livelihoods of food producers worldwide.
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  Extreme weather events and crop price spikes in a changing climate: illustrative global simulation scenarios

  Oxfam, 2012

  Agriculture is highly sensitive to climate variability and weather extremes. Various impact studies have considered the effects of projected long-run trends in temperature, precipitation and carbon dioxide concentrations caused by climate change on global food production and prices.
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  Accessing adaptation: multiple stressors on livelihoods in the Bolivian highlands under a changing climate

  Science Direct, 2012

  Smallholder farmers continuously confront multiple social and environmental stressors that necessitate changes in livelihood strategies to prevent damages and take advantage of new opportunities or adaptation. Vulnerability is attributable to social determinants that limit access to assets, leading to greater exposure and sensitivity to stressors and a limited capacity to adapt.
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  The scope for reducing emissions from forestry and agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2012

  This paper assesses the prospects of mitigating climate change through emission reductions from forestry and agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon.
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  Developing a climate-smart agriculture strategy at the country level: lessons from recent experience

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012

  This paper presents recent experiences of country level implementation of climate smart agriculture (CSA) to identify some key lessons to incorporate into ongoing CSA activities in developing countries.
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  Reefs at risk revisited in the Coral Triangle

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2012

  This report analyses the threats to coral reefs of the Coral Triangle, including overfishing and destructive fishing, coastal development, pollution from land and sea, and climate change related threats such as ocean warming and acidification.

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