Two thirds of plants and half of animals under threat from climate change if no mitigation actions are taken. Mitigation could avoid ~60% of biodiversity loss.

Of all the sectors contributing to anthropological greenhouse gas emissions, the livestock sector has been the most consistently difficult to pin down. How does one actually measure emissions from a living, changing animal? Do you count the CO2 they exhale with every breath? What about all the rainforest that’s been chopped down to accommodate pasture
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Chase Sova, visiting researcher at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and a member of  the CGIAR research program on Climate Change,  Agriculture and Food Security CCAFS – ‘Adaptive Capacity under Progressive Climate Change’ Angela Merkel said on Friday, in an address to the German Parliament, that “marathon runners often tell you that [the
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We just published under CCAFS a paper in the journal Environmental Science and Policy which outlines the entry points for adaptation and mitigation in agriculture.  The paper essentially presents the CCAFS research for development framework, consisting of adaptation to short- and long- term climate variability and mitigation opportunities for smallholders.  Some of the key adaptation
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We’re close to finalising the results of a UNDP and Colombian Ministry of Environment commissioned study on investment and financial flows required to adapt and mitigate climate change in Colombia, and you can catch a sneak preview of results in the following presentation which we made in a workshop in Bogota last week which was designed to
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DAPA researchers and partners joined their colleagues in the CGIAR-CSI in a special session on climate change adaptation and mitigation at the 2011 ESRI International User conference. Abstracts and presentations follow: Climate Change in the Subtropics: The Impacts on Banana Productivity by J. Ramirez, D. Turner, I. Van den Bergh, C. Staver, D. Brown and
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Today a CIAT-DAPA commissioned research on climate change mitigation in Mesoamerican coffee production has been presented to a variety of stakeholders in the coffee sector through an online webinar. The research quantifies the on-farm carbon stocks in different coffee production systems and evaluates the influence of voluntary standards on climate change mitigation. Based on the results a framework for
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So today, 10/10/10, is Climate Action Day, and worldwide there will be thousands of events around the world to celebrate it.  I thought I would just highlight my favourite three win-win things (contributes to climate mitigation, and increases your production) you should do if you have a farm in the tropics: Establish a silvo-pastoral system
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