Author: GLF Committee

Agriculture can be used for both adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. The sector accounts for 29% of GDP in developing countries and provides jobs for 65% of their populations. At the same time, agriculture accounts for 14–24% of global greenhouse gas emissions and is the main driver of deforestation. Sustainable landscape management could […]

As men’s and women’s levels of responsibility and decision making over natural resources vary from sedentary agriculture, pastoralist, and shifting cultivation cultures, overlooking gender differences can result in incorrect assessments of the trade-offs and effects of policies on communities. Negotiators should: Ensure that the Green Climate Fund and other UNFCCC mechanisms focus on knowledge and […]

National Adaptation Plan (NAP) development can facilitate cross-sector planning between the agriculture, forestry, water and energy sectors. Negotiators should: Encourage domestic budgets to fund NAPs. Encourage existing development and sector policies to integrate national adaptation plans. Ensure sufficient stakeholder engagement is undertaken early and often, particularly engagement with the private sector. What do you think: […]

Watersheds often encompass multiple areas of a landscape – forests, agriculture, mountains, fisheries. Their management requires a multi-scale, multi-stakeholder and multi-sector approach. The landscape approach has long been applied through watershed management and territorial development to improve the adaptive capacity and resilience of rural communities and ensure food supply. Negotiators should: Ensure long-term and multi-sector […]

Young people are rarely involved in important policy debates in natural resource sectors and, for various reasons, may choose not to work in the rural sector. If young farmers, foresters and fishery managers do not replace aging producers, sustainable future landscapes will be seriously compromised. Negotiators should: Encourage capacity development and involvement of youth movements […]

There are numerous actors whose decisions influence the landscape and its evolution. However, coordination across institutions and sectors is often lacking — even within high-level bodies such as UNFCCC and UNCSD. Efforts are needed to bridge these gaps. Negotiators should: Provide incentives and enforceable legal frameworks that support local- and regional-level actors in working across […]