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Year: 2012

More than 500 million people depend directly or indirectly on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods. Fish also provides essential nutrition for 3 billion people and at least 50 percent of animal protein and essential minerals for 400 million people in the poorest countries. However, climate change is creating huge challenges for a sector already facing serious threats from overfishing and poor management. The broader threat posed by climate change to development and food security is increasingly well recognized and is now a major local, national and international priority. Its implications for fisheries and aquaculture in general, and for coastal and riparian communities in particular, are enormous. The sector and the aquatic environments on which it depends also have potentially important but as yet poorly defined roles in the management and mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Year: 2012

It has been suggested that conversion to organic farming contributes to soil carbon sequestration, but until now a comprehensive quantitative assessment has been lacking. Therefore, datasets from 74 studies from pairwise comparisons of organic vs. nonorganic farming systems were subjected to metaanalysis to identify differences in soli organic carbon (SOC).

Year: 2011

A submission to the UNFCCC Secretariat on possible areas of further work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change under the Nairobi work programme Subject: Climate-Smart Agriculture Mandate: FCCC/SBSTA/2011/2, paragraphs 24 and 25 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) thanks SBSTA for the opportunity to make available to Parties its views in the context of possible areas of further work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, including proposals for upcoming activities, under the Nairobi work programme.

Year: 2011

A submission to the UNFCCC Secretariat on methodological guidance for activities relating to REDD+, in answer to the invitation of paragraph 31 of Decision FCCC/SBSTA/2011/2 In response to the invitation of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) to submit views on the issues identified in paragraphs 28ñ30 of Decision FCCC/SBSTA/2011/2, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) herein submits its views on: • guidance relating to a system for providing information on how safeguards referred to in appendix I to Decision 1/CP.16 are being addressed and respected throughout the implementation of the activities referred to in paragraph 70 of Decision 1/CP.16; • modalities relating to forest reference emission levels and / or forest reference levels; • modalities for measuring, reporting and verifying anthropogenic forest‐related emissions by sources and removals by sinks, forest carbon stocks, and forest carbon stock and forest area changes resulting from the implementation of the activities referred to in paragraph 70 of Decision 1/CP.16.

Year: 2011

A submission to UNFCCC Secretariat on processes to support the formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans in answer to the invitation of paragraph 7 of Decision FCCC/SBI/2011/L.16 In response to the invitation of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to submit views on (a) the process to enable least developed country Parties to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, building upon their experience in preparing and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs); and (b) the modalities and guidelines for least developed country Parties and other developing country Parties to employ the modalities formulated to support national adaptation plans, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) herein submits its views on processes to support the formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans.