Sub-title:
IPCC Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse gas fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Description:
"This Special Report on Climate Change and Land1 responds to the Panel decision in 2016 to
prepare three Special Reports2 during the Sixth Assessment cycle, taking account of proposals
from governments and observer organizations3
. This report addresses greenhouse gas (GHG)
fluxes in land-based ecosystems , land use and sustainable land management4 in relation to climate
change adaptation and mitigation, desertification5
, land degradation6 and food security7
. This
report follows the publication of other recent reports, including the IPCC Special Report on Global
Warming of 1.5°C (SR15), the thematic assessment of the Intergovernmental Science Policy
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) on Land Degradation and Restoration,
the IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and the Global
Land Outlook of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). This report provides
an updated assessment of the current state of knowledge8 while striving for coherence and
complementarity with other recent reports.
This Summary for Policymakers (SPM) is structured in four parts: A) People, land and climate in
a warming world; B) Adaptation and mitigation response options; C) Enabling response options;
and D) Action in the near-term.
Confidence in key findings is indicated using the IPCC calibrated language9
; the underlying
scientific basis of each key finding is indicated by references to the main report. The terrestrial portion of the biosphere that comprises the natural resources (soil, near-surface air, vegetation and
other biota, and water), the ecological processes, topography, and human settlements and infrastructure that operate
within that system.
2 The three Special reports are: “Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming
of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of
strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate
poverty.”; “Climate Change and Land: an IPCC Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land
Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse gas fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems”;
“The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate”
3 related proposals were: climate change and desertification; desertification with regional aspects; land degradation –
an assessment of the interlinkages and integrated strategies for mitigation and adaptation; agriculture, foresty and other
landuse; food and agriculture; and food security and climate change.
4 Sustainable Land Management is defined in this report as “the stewardship and use of land resources, including soils,
water, animals and plants, to meet changing human needs, while simultaneously ensuring the long-term productive
potential of these resources and the maintenance of their environmental functions”. 5 Desertification is defined in this report as ‘land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas resulting
from many factors, including climatic variations and human activities’.
6 Land degradation is defined in this report as ‘a negative trend in land condition, caused by direct or indirect human
induced processes, including anthropogenic climate change, expressed as long-term reduction and as loss of at least
one of the following: biological productivity, ecological integrity, or value to humans’. 7 Food security is defined in this report as ‘a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social,
and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an
active and healthy life’..."
Source/publisher:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Date of Publication:
2019-08-07
Date of entry:
2019-08-09
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Geographic coverage:
- Global
Language:
English
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Format:
pdf
Size:
2.25 MB
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good