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FAO/IPCC Expert meeting on land use, climate change and food security

Year of publication 2017

Pages 156 p.

Author Aziz Elbehri

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

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Series number mrt/17

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) One hundred scientists, economists and policy experts participated in a three-day expert meeting (EM) to engage in a high-level, globally oriented, and multidisciplinary scoping of topics that climate change to land use and food security. The EM was structured around five themes: climate impacts and human-directed drivers of land change and linkages to food security; mitigation and adaptation options; and policies for resource management, smallholder resilience, mitigation and food and nutrition security. The present report offers a comprehensive synthesis of the EM findings and conclusions reflecting the collective view participants and external reviewers. The report is a valuable source for the IPCC above-mentioned Special Report, especially in relation to food security, as well to researchers and policy makers concerned with the policy implication of food security in relation to post-Paris climate action and Agenda 2030.

Meeting Session Number FAO/IPCC Expert meeting on land use, climate change and food security

Language English

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