Reduced Emissions and Enhanced Adaptation in Agricultural Landscapes

This brief is based on the key messages of a conference held on January 23, 2009 at the World Bank to review the state of the art on 'agriculture and climate change, investing now for a productive and resilient future.' It is not the formal position of any one academic institute or organization, but sets out the key issues on: a) carbon as an integral part of sustainable land, water and biodiversity management in developing country agricultural landscapes and in any post-2012 framework and market mechanisms. Agricultural emissions reductions are already eligible under the Kyoto mechanisms for annex one (industrialized) countries; b) agricultural soil carbon measurement, modeling, and monitoring capabilities; c) challenges and opportunities in estimating soil carbon stocks and changes; d) a robust and integrated measurement and monitoring system; and e) further action steps to ensure objective consideration of agricultural soil carbon in post-2012 climate change solutions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Fernandes, Erick, Thapa, Dipti, Madhvani, Sonia
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-10
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS, AGRICULTURAL SOILS, ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE, ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS, BIOGAS, BIOMASS, BIOMASS BURNING, BIOMASS CARBON, CAPS, CARBON, CARBON ASSESSMENTS, CARBON CHANGE, CARBON CHANGES, CARBON CONTENT, CARBON CREDITS, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DYNAMICS, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON FINANCE, CARBON INVENTORIES, CARBON MEASUREMENT, CARBON PAYMENTS, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON SINK, CARBON SINKS, CARBON STOCK, CARBON STOCK CHANGES, CARBON STOCKS, CH4, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ACTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE TREATY, CO2, COMBUSTION, DEFORESTATION, DEGRADED LANDS, ECOSYSTEM, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, FOREST, FOREST BIOMASS, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUEL, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, GHG, GHGS, GLOBAL ASSESSMENT, GLOBAL CARBON MARKET, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS FORCING, IPCC, LAND USE, LOWER PRICES, METHANE, N2O, NITROGEN, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, OFFSET CREDITS, OFFSET PROJECT, ORGANIC CARBON, POLICY MAKERS, RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, SOIL CARBON, TERRESTRIAL CARBON, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, WOODY VEGETATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/10/11664689/reduced-emissions-enhanced-adaptation-agricultural-landscapes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9489
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