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Biofuels and environmental impacts. Scientific analysis and implications for sustainabilityMany countries and companies are investing heavily in biofuel production, motivated by potential benefits in terms of improving energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to rural development. This policy brief discusses whether biofuels can deliver these benefits and at what environmental and social cost.
Next steps for climate change mitigation in agricultureThis policy brief stresses the need to examine the most appropriate implementation mechanisms for climate change mitigation in agriculture, and calls for increased guidelines, sources of finance and pilot projects. It notes that mitigation must have direct benefits for farmers and contribute to food security. It stresses the need for simple, cost-effective methods for measurement, reporting a...
Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean Current Situation, Future Trends and One Policy ExperimentOne challenge for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is to increase aggregate agricultural production to meet this growing demand for food/fiber/energy without proportionally increasing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). This research project examines agriculture’s potential contributions to reducing GHGs in LAC and the implications of policy actions to reduce agricultural GHG e...
Opportunities and Challenges for sustainable production and marketing of gums and resins in EthiopiaThis publication sets out the need for vegetation-based land management as a sustainable option for the country’s drylands, and highlights the potential and constraints related to the production and marketing of gums and resins in Ethiopia.
Unlocking Forest Bonds: A high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests A summary of the discussion and topics of the workshop hosted by WWF Forest & Climate Initiative, Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and Climate Bonds Initiative on forest finance. The workshop explores in particular the potential for forest bonds to finance low carbon development.
Building Carbon Forest Projects: REDD GuidanceA Forest Trends publication, this guidance document takes the reader through the technical options for various stages of REDD+ project development. It offers guidance on choosing eligible activities, Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) compliant methodologies, and technologies and tools to implement a REDD project accounting framework.
Low-carbon developmet for MexicoThis study identifies and evaluates low-cost options for reducing Mexico's GHG emissions in the short to medium term. In the full document (Chapter 6), Agriculture and Forestry, identifies REDD interventions into Mexico's forestry sector and also the possibility to establish carbon markets and assign economic value to Mexico's forests: for example, through a payment for ecosystem services sch...
An Assessment of Opportunities for Low Carbon Growth in KenyaThis report summarises the work of the DFID/DANIDA funded SEI study on the "Economics of Climate Change in Kenya" which assessed low carbon growth, the impacts and economics costs of climate change in Kenya, and adaptation financing needs (based around costs and benefits of adaptation). The study also estimates the potential for low carbon growth in Kenya, looking at the potential changes in ...
Low Carbon Development Strategy investments take shapeA short article outlining the six low carbon development investments undertaken by the Guyanese government, using funds given to the government for the provision of Forestry Climate Services, under the Guyana/Norway agreement. The release of these funds is contingent to the approval of the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) Steering Committee, which consists of Guyana and Norway, and the inv...
Adaptation- just a fancy new name?An entry into the Forests blog, managed by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), outlines what climate change adaptation is, how it differs from development and the added benefits that ecosystems-based approaches bring in aligning development, adaptation, conservation and disaster risk reduction interests.