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    Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Together: A Global Assessment of Agriculture and Forestry Projects

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    Adaptation and mitigation share the ultimate purpose of reducing climate change impacts. However, they tend to be considered separately in projects and policies because of their different objectives and scales. Agriculture and forestry are related to both adaptation and mitigation: they contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and removals, are vulnerable to climate variations, and form part of adaptive strategies for rural livelihoods. We assessed how climate change project design documents (PDDs) considered a joint contribution to adaptation and mitigation in forestry and agriculture in the tropics, by analyzing 201 PDDs from adaptation funds, mitigation instruments, and project standards [e.g., climate community and biodiversity (CCB)]. We analyzed whether PDDs established for one goal reported an explicit contribution to the other (i.e., whether mitigation PDDs contributed to adaptation and vice versa). We also examined whether the proposed activities or expected outcomes allowed for potential contributions to the two goals. Despite the separation between the two goals in international and national institutions, 37 % of the PDDs explicitly mentioned a contribution to the other objective, although only half of those substantiated it. In addition, most adaptation (90 %) and all mitigation PDDs could potentially report a contribution to at least partially to the other goal. Some adaptation project developers were interested in mitigation for the prospect of carbon funding, whereas mitigation project developers integrated adaptation to achieve greater long-term sustainability or to attain CCB certification. International and national institutions can provide incentives for projects to harness synergies and avoid trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation. (Résumé d'auteur

    Mangrove forests for adaptation: potential and vulnerability: In: SWAMP toolbox: Theme B section B2

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    École thématiqueThis module describes climate change impacts in mangrove socio-ecological systems, the means to discuss both ecological component of the ecosystem and human component, as well as to explore their interaction. The vulnerability of both ecosystems and societies is interlinked, thus the pressures needs to be decreased through restoration, sustainable management and adaptation measures

    Mitigación en la selva, adaptación en la sierra y la costa: ¿Oportunidades perdidas de sinergias frente al cambio climático en Perú?

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    Responses to climate change include adaptation, which addresses the impacts of climate variability, and mitigation that aims to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Often, both responses are implemented separately, although there is potential for synergies between them, particularly in forestry, agriculture and land use. This study discusses the opportunities to link adaptation measures with mitigation, and vice versa, with a specific focus on Peru. Projects and scientific research on adaptation and mitigation of climate change were reviewed and mapped in relation to forests, land use and agriculture in Peru. It was found that most of the initiatives and research related to adaptation lies in the highlands and coastal regions, while mitigation is found in the jungle. The clear separation between geographical areas and adaptation and mitigation initiatives suggests a loss of opportunities for synergies between the two strategies to cope with climate change.Les réponses au changement climatique comprennent l’adaptation, qui porte sur les impacts de la variabilité et de l’atténuation, qui vise à réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre dans le changement climatique cause de l’atmosphère climatique. Souvent, les deux réponses sont mises en œuvre séparément, mais il y aurait beaucoup de potentiel pour développer des synergies entre elles, en particulier dans le secteur forestier, l’agriculture et l’utilisation des terres. Cette étude examine les possibilités de relier les mesures d’adaptation à l’atténuation, et vice-versa, a partir d’études de cas au Pérou. Ont été examinés et cartographié les projets et la recherche scientifique sur l’adaptation et l’atténuation du changement climatique sur les forêts, l’utilisation des terres et de l’agriculture au Pérou. Il a été constaté que la plupart des initiatives et des recherches liées à l’adaptation sont situées dans les hauts plateaux et les régions côtières, alors que l’atténuation se trouve dans la jungle. La séparation nette entre les zones géographiques pour les initiatives d’adaptation et d’atténuation suggère une perte de possibilités de synergies entre les deux stratégies pour faire face au changement climatique.Las respuestas al cambio climático incluyen la adaptación, que aborda cómo resistira los impactos de las variaciones del clima, y la mitigación, que busca reducir laemisión de gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera, causa del cambio climático.A menudo, ambas respuestas se implementan de forma separada, aunque existemucho potencial de sinergias entre una y otra, particularmente en el sector forestal,la agricultura y el uso del suelo. Este estudio analiza las oportunidades de vincularacciones de adaptación con las de mitigación, y viceversa, tomando como ejemplocasos de Perú. Se revisaron y mapearon proyectos e investigaciones científicas sobreadaptación y mitigación del cambio climático en los bosques, el uso de la tierra yla agricultura en Perú. Se obtuvo que la mayoría de las iniciativas e investigacionesrelacionadas con la adaptación se ubica en las regiones sierra y costa, mientras que las de mitigación se encuentran en la selva. La marcada separación de los ámbitosgeográficos entre iniciativas de adaptación y de mitigación sugiere que hay unapérdida de oportunidades de sinergias entre ambas estrategias para enfrentar al cambio climático

    Mitigación en la selva, adaptación en la sierra y la costa: ¿Oportunidades perdidas de sinergias frente al cambio climático en Perú?

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    Las respuestas al cambio climático incluyen la adaptación, que aborda cómo resistira los impactos de las variaciones del clima, y la mitigación, que busca reducir la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera, causa del cambio climático. A menudo, ambas respuestas se implementan de forma separada, aunque existe mucho potencial de sinergias entre una y otra, particularmente en el sector forestal, la agricultura y el uso del suelo. Este estudio analiza las oportunidades de vincularacciones de adaptación con las de mitigación, y viceversa, tomando como ejemplo casos de Perú. Se revisaron y mapearon proyectos e investigaciones científicas sobre adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático en los bosques, el uso de la tierra yla agricultura en Perú. Se obtuvo que la mayoría de las iniciativas e investigaciones relacionadas con la adaptación se ubica en las regiones sierra y costa, mientras que las de mitigación se encuentran en la selva. La marcada separación de los ámbitos geográficos entre iniciativas de adaptación y de mitigación sugiere que hay una pérdida de oportunidades de sinergias entre ambas estrategias para enfrentar al cambio climático

    Climate change impact chains in tropical coastal areas

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    Policy Brief. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bonn, GermanyTropical coasts are highly vulnerable to climatic pressures, the future impacts of which are projected to propagate through the natural and human components of coastal systems. One single event (e.g., intense storm) or gradual changes (e.g., upland deforestation or sea-level rise) can have multiple direct and indirect impacts in coral reefs, seagrass meadows, mangroves and human settlements and can compromise the resilience of the whole system. Risks related to climate change are frequently examined in isolation through the assessment of a single economic sector or ecosystem. However, this approach may lead to the indirect impacts, mal-adaptation risks and feedback loops being overlooked. Alternatively, impact chain maps offer a way of illustrating the potential impacts of climate change in a holistic and systemic way. An impact chain represents how a pressure propagates through a system via direct and indirect impacts. This brief summarises the climate change impact chains in tropical coastal areas based on a literature review of 289 papers. Impact chains are presented for five climate-change-related pressures
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