Climate change

Comment aborder la REDD+ au Cameroun : contexte, enjeux et options pour une stratégie nationale

2013
Le Cameroun, à l’instar d’autres pays du Bassin du Congo, subit de plein fouet les effets environnementaux, sociaux et économico-dévastateurs des changements climatiques, généralement provoqués par la déforestation, la dégradation et la fragmentation des forêts. Ce pays s’impose comme un acteur majeur incontournable dans les stratégies d’atténuation des changements climatiques, compte tenu de son énorme potentiel forestier.

Tackling climate change through livestock : a global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities

2013 Dijkman, Jeroen | Falcucci, Alessandra | Gerber, Pierre | Henderson, Benjamin | Mottet, Anne | Opio, Carolyn | Steinfeld, Henning | Tempio, Giuseppe |

As renewed international efforts are needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the livestock sector can contribute its part. An important emitter of greenhouse gas, it also has the potential to significantly reduce its emissions. This report provides a unique global assessment of the magnitude, the sources and pathways of emissions from different livestock production systems and supply chains.

Dictionary of environmental and climate change law

2013 Harmon, Lin | Robinson, Nicholas A. | Wang, Xi | Wegmueller, Sarah |
This state-of-the-art Dictionary defines terms employed in international agreements, national legislation and scholarly legal studies related to comparative and international environmental law and the emerging law of climate change. Each term also includes its pinyin translation in order to facilitate accessing the Mandarin variants of each term.

Climate-smart agriculture sourcebook

2013

Controlling climate change

2010 Metz, Bert |

"An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change, and works through the often confusing potential solutions. Bert Metz is the former co-chair of the IPCC, at the center of international climate change negotiations. His insider expertise provides a cutting edge assessment of issues at the top of the political agenda.

Human choice and climate change : volume 1 : the societal framework

1998 Rayner, Steve | Malone, Elizabeth L. |

Human dependence on nature : how to solve the environmental crisis

2013 Washington, Haydn |

The Lomborg deception : setting the record straight about global warming

2010 Friel, Howard | Lomborg, Bjorn |

Climate change in the African drylands : options and opportunities for adaptation and mitigation

2009

This paper highlights the climate change mitigation potential of the African drylands and lays out various paths towards adaptation which should be supported to reduce the vulnerability of dryland populations and increase their food security.
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