Land use and the Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security

URL: https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0981en

Land use and land-use change (including related policies) interact with climate and climate change (including related policies) in multiple ways. Land-use sectors are among the most affected by climate change. They are also a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, agriculture, forestry and other land use are the second source of GHG emissions after fossil fuel use and account globally for about 23 percent of total net anthropogenic GHG emissions. However, the land use sectors are not only part of the problem, but also part of the solution. They are key to adaptation. The global potential of land-based mitigation options is evaluated at about 30 percent of the global mitigation effort required in 2050 to meet the 1.5 °C target of the Paris Agreement. This publication, resulting from a collaboration between FAO and the Center for International Forestry Research, lead centre of the CGIAR research programme on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, aims to recall those complex interactions and to explore the opportunities to enhance the role of land use under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to advance climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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Organisation Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type de ressource Etudes et rapports
Année de sortie 2024

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