This brief focuses on the challenges in making climate-smart agricultural production work for the poor, who will be the most vulnerable to climate impacts. It offers recommendations to overcome constraints, as even small management changes can have significant income and livelihood benefits.
Neufeldt, Henry
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Thorlakson, T.
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Gassner, Anja
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Norton-Griffiths, M.
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Place, Frank
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Langford K
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[Making climate-smart agriculture work for the poor]
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Making climate-smart agriculture work for the poor
This brief addresses the major challenges and opportunities to financing climate change mitigation and adaptation pathways for smallholder farmers in developing nations. It underlines the need for an innovative and integrated approach to climate finance that can connect rural farmers to public an...
Foster K
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Franks P
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Diro, R.
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Munden, L
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Anand M
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Climate Finance for Agriculture and Livelihoods]
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Climate Finance for Agriculture and Livelihoods
The purpose of this brief is to share insights on agriculture and NAPs with national-level decision makers in developing countries and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), multilateral agencies, UNFCCC negotiators and donors. This brief explores how countries are overcoming the biggest challenges in...
Kissinger, Gabrielle
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Sova, Chase
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Allassane, B
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Maïga, IA
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Benefor, DT
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Nutsukpo, D.K.
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Ky-Zerbo, AZ
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Roth-Liehoun, C
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King'uyu, S.M.
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Orindi, VA
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Rojas, E
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Rivera, JL
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Mishra, JP
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Singh, R.
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Joshi, Pramod K.
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Kinyangi, James
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Jarvis, Andy
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[Climate adaptation and agriculture: Solutions to successful national adaptation plans]
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Climate adaptation and agriculture: Solutions to successful national adaptation plans
Key messages
- Smallholder farmers can contribute significantly to climate change mitigation but will need incentives to adapt their practices. - Incentives from selling carbon credits are limited by low returns to farmers, high transaction costs, and the need for farmers to invest in mitigation ...
Agriculture, and consequently food security and livelihoods, is already being affected by climate change, according to latest science from the IPCC. The various strands of work already underway on agriculture within the UNFCCC process can be strengthened and made more coherent. A 2015 climate agr...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Wamukoya, George
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Kinyangi, James
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Wollenberg, L.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Minang, Peter A.
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Vidal, Alain
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Hedger, Merylyn
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[The Role of Agriculture in the UN Climate Talks]
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The Role of Agriculture in the UN Climate Talks