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Forests cover nearly one-third of the world’s land area. They provide vital environmental services such as soil and water protection, regulate the climate and preserve biodiversity, produce valuable raw materials and food, and sustain the livelihoods of millions of people. Forest genetic resources – the heritable materials maintained within and among trees and other woody plant species –…

This report finds that while climate change may not be the sole cause of conflict in the future, it will increasingly become one of the most important and decisive factors. It will play a prominent role as a ‘threat multiplier’ – in situations where multiple stressors already exist, climate change may breach critical thresholds that lead to outbreaks of conflict. This is particularly…

The objective of the study is to provide methodological instruments to governments in Latin America to facilitate the identification of the vulnerability of the physical infrastructure of coastal marine areas to climate change and facilitate the identification of adaptation options. It sets out the main ideas covered, that takes the experiences, lessons learned and best practices in the…

The purpose of this publication aimed at estimating soil degradation in Latin America and to analyze scenarios and vulnerabilities to climate change in the field of soil degradation. Furthermore, it presents an inventory by country of relevant development policies, plans and instruments and an inventory of measures to counter soil degradation caused by climate change. The study found that…

The study synthesizes the expected impacts of climate change on agriculture, biodiversity and water resources in rural Latin America and inventories adaptation measures used by 55 projects among 18 countries. It highlights lessons learned, organized by spatial and institutional levels, community resources involved and region. The study also identifies development policies, plans and programmes…

The guide presents tools for developing NAMAs and highlights lessons learned from successful mitigation experiences from across Latin America. It analyzes lessons leaned through three lenses: NAMA integration in national low-carbon development policy; identification, design and development of sectoral NAMAs; and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV)