Two essays on climate
change and agriculture

Table of Contents

FOREWORD

ABBREVIATIONS USED

ABSTRACT

RESUMEN

RESUMÉ

Measuring the Effect of Climate
Change on Developing Country Agriculture

1. INTRODUCTION

2. INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODEL

3. CROSS-SECTIONAL METHOD

4. AGRONOMIC-ECONOMIC METHOD

5. AEZ METHOD

6. CLIMATE SENSITIVITY

7. PREDICTIONS OF FUTURE IMPACTS

8. CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

REFERENCES

Towards a Framework for the Implementation of the
Clean Development Mechanism in the Agricultural
sector of Developing Countries

ABSTRACT

RESUMEN

RÉSUMÉ

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction to the Kyoto Protocol

1.2 Clean Development Mechanism: Market Size and the Role of the Agriculture Sector

1.3 Emerging Issues in the Implementation of the CDM

2. THE KYOTO PROTOCOL, AGRICULTURE SECTOR
AND OTHER UN CONVENTIONS

2.1 The Kyoto Protocol and the Agriculture Sector

2.2 The KP and other UN Conventions

3. CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR

3.1 Dynamics of Carbon Pool in the Agriculture Sector

3.2 Available Estimates and Evidence from Developing Country Agriculture Sector

3.3 Carbon Sequestration Potential in Developed Country Agriculture

3.4 Global Estimates of Carbon Sequestration from Restoration of Degraded Lands

3.5 Implications of Available Information for Estimation of Carbon Sequestration

4. CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF AGRICULTURE LANDS UNDER 2015 AND 2030 CROP PROJECTIONS SCENARIO

4.1 Methodological Framework and Assumptions

4.2 Estimation of Additional Carbon Sequestration by 2015 and 2030 in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region

4.3 Potential Release of Carbon due to Conversion of Forests to Agriculture Lands and net Carbon Sequestration by 2015 and 2030

4.4 Summary and Conclusions

5. CDM IMPLEMENTATION CRITERIA AND THE ROLE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE NON-ANNEX 1 COUNTRIES

5.1 Criteria for the Implementation of CDM

5.2 The Role of Developing Countries

6. IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

6.1 Basic Issues in the Design of Policies for Implementing the CDM Projects

6.2 National Agri-environmental Policies and Existing Gaps

6.3 Regulatory Policies or Land Use Regulations and Management Strategies

6.4 Economic Incentives or Market-based Policy Measures

6.5 Design of Domestic Carbon Trading Systems under the CDM

6.6 Implications of Policy Reforms for implementing other UN Conventions

6.7 Policy Trade-offs and Making Policy Decisions

7. CONCLUSIONS AND THE ROLE OF FAO IN IMPLEMENTING CDM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

7.1 Conclusions

7.2 The Role of FAO in Facilitating the Implementation of CDM in the Developing Country Agriculture Sector

References

Appendixes

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