Category: adaptation
REDD+ and Adaptation in Nepal
Nepal’s geographic position in the Himalayas makes it particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. With rising temperatures there is an increased likelihood of natural disasters including glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), landslides and flooding, as glaciers melt and rainfall becomes erratic (GAR, 2009; IPCC, 2007). These natural factors exacerbate social vulnerabilities such as widespread poverty, a large...
Forests and climate change adaptation in Asia
This brief, produced jointly by FAO, UNEP and RECOFTC, outlines the ways in which forests contribute to climate change adaptation in the Asian region. It details current climate changes impacting forest ecosystems in Asia; key components of climate change adaptation and sustainable forest management; the current status of climate change adaptation and forests in Asia; and the way ahead.Overview:Climate change is expected to have significant negative impacts on forest ecosystems in Asia. Unless...
Forests and climate change in Latin America: Linking adaptation and mitigation
Climate change can be addressed by mitigation (reducing the sources or enhancing the sinks of greenhouse gases) and adaptation (reducing the impacts of climate change). Mitigation and adaptation present two fundamentally dissimilar approaches whose differences are now well documented. Forest ecosystems play an important role in both adaptation and mitigation and there is a need to explore the linkages between these two options in order to understand their trade-offs and synergies. In forests,...
The Congo Basin forests in a changing climate: Policy discourses on adaptation and mitigation (REDD+)
This paper discusses the discourses on climate change adaptation and mitigation that are currently at the forefront in the Congo Basin. On mitigation, the forestshave enormous opportunities to contribute to the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) mechanism. But the forest itself and its multiple dependent societies and sectors need to adapt to potential climate risks. Hence, actors are debating the design of...
Global Impacts of Climate Change and Potentials for Adaptation and Mitigation Through Ecosystem Restoration
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