Climate Change And Agriculture Impacts, Adaptation And Mitigation eBook

Climate change is likely to have significant impacts on the agricultural sector to which farmers will have to adapt. While agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, it is also a source of carbon storage in soils. This report examines the economic and policy issues related to the impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation responses and to the mitigation of greenhouse gases from agriculture. It outlines research undertaken and underway in other national and international research agencies. It also highlights some of the knowledge gaps on the impacts of climate change on food production and the uncertainties of those impacts in a global context that warrant further research efforts. In particular, the report analyses marginal abatement cost curves, which show the relative costs of achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emission through the implementation of different actions in the agricultural sector. The aim of the report is to help guide policy makers in the design of policies to address climate change issues in agriculture.

-Foreword -Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations -Executive Summary Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Climate change projections Chapter 3. mpacts and sensitivities in agriculture Chapter 4. Adaptation Chapter 5. Mitigation Chapter 6. Integrating mitigation and adaptation Chapter 7. Relevant climate research in other agencies Chapter 8. Future research needs Annex A -Other international institutions'activities -Country/regional activity -Academic institutions Bibliography