Climate change

Originally published at Thomson Reuters Sustainability The author Tim Christophersen is Senior Programme Officer, Forests and Climate Change, at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). UNEP is a coordinating partner of the Global Landscapes Forum and just joined forces with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to reforest 150 million hectares of land – […]

                    Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is a passionate speaker on environmental issues and a supporter of CIFOR’s landscape approach. On September 25, Peru’s Minister of State for Environment and UNFCCC COP20 President will deliver a keynote address at the inaugural CGIAR Development Dialogues in New York. On December 6-7, his […]

This year’s Forum explores the role of landscapes in the future climate and development agenda. In this short video, Forum hosts Peter Holmgren of CIFOR, Achim Steiner of UNEP, and Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal invite organizations and individuals to be part of this event. Learn more about the Forum and how to get involved […]

By Charlotte Streck The current rules of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol fail to formulate a coherent vision for land-based emissions. Until the creation of an incentive framework for reduced emissions from deforestation there was little that encouraged developing countries to reduce emissions from unsustainable land use, and the accounting framework created by the […]

Carbon accounting under the Kyoto protocol treats different land uses in a fragmented way. As more negotiators and observers are calling for integrated approaches, Brazil has produced a groundbreaking new tool for its agricultural sector. Originally published on the WRI blog, by Stephen Russel and Sarah Parsons. Brazil’s farms are major, global producers of beef, […]

The Issue: Agricultural expansion, deforestation, the draining of wetlands and other land-use changes are significant sources of greenhouse gases – some estimate that they contribute to up to a third of global emissions. At the same time the sectors are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. As temperatures rise, droughts and extreme weather […]