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FAO's Framework Programme on Climate Change Adaptation (FAO-Adapt)
Submitted by Claudia.Hiepe on Thu, 2011-07-21 13:41Summary:
FAO-Adapt is an organization-wide framework programme that provides general guidance and introduces principles as well as priority themes, actions and implementation support to FAO’s activities for climate change adaptation. With this cohesive, organization-wide framework, FAO-Adapt can provide a clear picture of the need for, the application and the outcome of FAO adaptation activities as it seeks support for both the short-term and long-term responses.
Climate Change: More Funding Needed for Agriculture Adaptation
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A UN agency says there are major funding gaps in efforts to help the agricultural sector adapt to climate change. The Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, says this could affect food security. The warning comes as the UN Climate Change Conference continues in Cancun, Mexico.
The World Bank estimates it will cost about $2.5 billion a year – for the next 40 years – to help agriculture in developing countries adapt to climate change.
FAO Urges Early Action on Climate Change Responses
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Stackyard News
“Agriculture can potentially be part of the solution to climate change in ways that respect and support the development and food security requirements of developing countries,” FAO has told a UN working group preparing long-term approaches to climate change mitigation.
“However to realize this potential, systematic and dedicated discussions and decisions...
Coping with a Changing Climate: Considerations for Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-03-31 23:09Year:
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This document elaborates on issues of less-than-perfect information on climate impacts and vulnerabilities, and need for better informed decisions on “resilient adaptation” by merging adaptation, mitigation and prevention strategies.
Mapping biophysical factors that influence agricultural production and rural vulnerability
Submitted by Claudia.Hiepe on Thu, 2009-11-26 16:46
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This monograph is part of a series of reports that explain how techniques of spatial analysis can be used to investigate poverty and environment links worldwide. It combines rural population distribution data contained in the global rural population database for the year 2000 (FAO, 2005) with methods and results of the Global agro-ecological assessment for agriculture in the 21st Century (Fischer et al., 2002), in order to estimate the distribution of the world’s rural population by agricultural suitability class, land use category and type of farming system.
Low Greenhouse Gas Agriculture: Mitigation and adaptation potential of sustainable farming systems
Submitted by andrea on Thu, 2009-11-26 16:38Year:
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Is low greenhouse gas emission (GHG) agriculture possible? Is it, in fact, desirable? In seeking answers to these two basic but extremely relevant questions, this study examines current farming practices and incorporates scientific databases from long‑term field experiments as case studies for low GHG agriculture. Further, the study examines the changes that will be needed for low greenhouse gas agriculture systems to become a reality.
Adapting to Climate Change
Submitted by Claudia.Hiepe on Thu, 2009-11-26 16:16Summary:
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Evidence that the cumulative effects of human activities are changing the world’s climate has become all but irrefutable. What will it mean for the world’s forests? Grim threat or opportunity for growth? In the absence of certainty, it depends on the point of view.
The question of how forests and forest-dependent people will adapt to climate change is a growing area of research and has been at the heart of a number of recent conferences.
