This publication is a joint effort by the GEF partnership to showcase some of the insights gained from the now substantial portfolio of GEF-funded adaptation projects.
Climate-smart land use presents an opportunity for advancing the multiple win of sustainable food production, rural development, climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation, and ecosystem resilience.
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The Republic of Kazakhstan presents its second biennial report in accordance with the decision 1/CP.16 of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The report consists of the Common tabular format provided by the Decision 19/CP.18 in electronic format and textual form.
International water law concerns the rights and obligations that exist, primarily between States, for the management of transboundary water resources. Such legal rules and principles are dedicated to preventing conflict and promoting cooperation of shared water resources International water law has evolved and crystallized through state practice and the codification
Afghanistan has extensive development and climate adaptation needs and, currently, low levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Afghanistan remains one of the poorest countries in the world today, with an estimated population of 28.6 million (2015)1 and a per capita GDP of USD 660. 2 Afghanistan is highly prone to
The primary objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is to “avoid dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. To achieve this, the global community will have to use every means available and focus on all climate-changing emissions to the atmosphere.
The Republic of Kazakhstan is fully committed to the UNFCCC negotiation process with a view to adopting a global legally binding agreement applicable to all parties at the Paris Conference in December 2015, with the ultimate aim of ensuring that global temperature rise does not exceed 2°C. The Republic of
A new FAO publication on climate-related impacts on food systems at global and regional levels over the past two decades. This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over
