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CCAFS Reports

Report 9

CCAFS Report No. 9
Methods for the quantification of emissions at the landscape level for developing countries in smallholder contexts

by Eleanor Milne, Henry Neufeldt, Mike Smalligan, Todd Rosenstock, Martial Bernoux, Neil Bird, Felipe Casarim, Karolien Denef, Mark Easter, Daniella Malin, Stephen Ogle, Madelene Ostwald, Keith Paustian, Timothy Pearson and Evelyn Steglich

November 2012

CCAFS report 8

CCAFS Report No. 8
Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects

by Seth Shames, Eva Wollenberg, Louise E. Buck, Patti Kristjanson, Moses Masiga and Byamukama Biryahwaho

July 2012

 

CCAFS report 7 

CCAFS Report No. 7
Towards Policies for Climate Change Mitigation: Incentives and benefits for smallholder farmers 

by Charlotte Streck

March 2012

Report 6 

CCAFS Report No. 6
Mechanisms for agricultural climate change mitigation incentives for smallholders

by Tanja Havemann and Veruska Muccione

December 2011

CCAFS Report No. 5
Mapping Hotspots of Climate Change and Food Insecurity in the Global Tropics
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Appendix 1: FS Indicators database  (1 mb)
Appendix 2: Probability maps of climate change thresholds 

View the maps online

by Polly Ericksen, Philip Thornton, An Notenbaert, Laura Cramer, Peter Jones, Mario Herrero.

July 2011

Lessons from REDD+ for Agriculture Report

CCAFS Report No. 4
Lessons from REDD+ for Agriculture

by Christine Negra and Eva Wollenberg

January 2011

Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change report

CCAFS Report No. 3.
Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Outlook for Knowledge, Tools and Action 

by Sonja Vermeulen, Pramod Aggarwal, Andrew Ainslie, C Angelone, Bruce Campbell, Andrew Challinor, James Hansen, John Ingram, Andrew Jarvis, Patti Kristjanson, Charlotte Lau, Gerald Nelson, Philip Thornton and Eva Wollenberg.  

November 2010

Provisional Medium Term Plan: 2010-2012

CCAFS Report No. 2

Provisional Medium-Term Plan 2010–2012                      

CCAFS (2009)  

This document is only available upon request to ccafs [at] cgiar [dot] org.

CCAFS Report No. 1

CGIAR Challenge Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 

CCAFS (2009)

This document is only available upon request to ccafs [at] cgiar [dot] org.

Joint Reports

Agricultural mitigation

FAO Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Series 4

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Smallholder Adoption and Implications for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Nancy McCarthy et al

December 2011

Croplands report

FAO Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Series 3

Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Synthesis of Empirical Evidence of Food Security and Mitigation Benefits from Improved Cropland Management

Giacomo Branca, Nancy McCarthy, Leslie Lipper and Maria Christina Jolejole

December 2011

International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University

A Better Climate for Disaster Risk Management (PDF - 5 mb)

Hellmuth M.E., Mason S.J., Vaughan C., van Aalst M.K. and Choularton R. (eds)

June 2011

Meridian Institute Scoping Report
Addressing Agriculture in Climate Change Negotiations

by Streck C et. al

June 2011

CCAFS Policy Briefs

PB7 

CCAFS Policy Brief No. 7
Paving the way for nationally appropriate mitigation actions in the agricultural sector

by Gesine Hänsel

November 2012

Recalibrating food production 

CCAFS Policy Brief No. 6

Recalibrating Food Production in the Developing World: Global Warming Will Change More Than Just the Climate

by Philip Thornton

October 2012

 Helping smallholder farmers mitigate climate change

CCAFS Policy Brief No. 5

Helping smallholder farmers mitigate climate change

by Eva Wollenberg, Sophie Higman, Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Constance Neely, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström, and Henry Neufeldt

August 2012

CCAFS Policy Brief No. 4
Actions needed to halt deforestation and promote climate-
smart agriculture 

by Eva Wollenberg, Bruce M. Campbell, Peter Holmgren, Frances Seymour, Lindiwe Sibanda, and Joachim von Braun 

June 2011

CCAFS Policy Brief No. 3
Linking forests and food production in the REDD+ context

by Gabrielle Kissinger

June 2011

CCAFS Policy Brief No. 2
Next Steps for Climate Change Mitigation in Agriculture 

by Eva Wollenberg and Christine Negra

June 2011

Lessons from REDD+ for Agriculture Policy Brief

CCAFS Policy Brief No. 1
Lessons from REDD+ for Agriculture

by Christine Negra and Eva Wollenberg

January 2011

Joint Policy Briefs

AgroMet Tools

Agro-climate tools for a new climate-smart agriculture

International Research Institute for Climate and Society Brief

by James Hansen and Kevin Coffey

December 2011

Communicating Climate Change 

Improving carbon initiatives aimed at smallholders: Addressing opportunities and challenges through better communication 

World Agroforestry Centre Brief 11

December 2011

Meridian Institute

Agriculture and Climate Change Policy Brief: Main Issues for the UNFCCC and Beyond

Edited by Donna Lee; Adapted from “Agriculture and Climate Change: A Scoping Report” by B. Campbell, W. Mann, R. Meléndez-Ortiz, C. Streck, T. Tennigkeit, and S. Vermeulen

November 2011

Opportunities and Challenges for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa (PDF - 246 kb) 

South Africa Department of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries and African Union

September 2011

 

Salvadoran Research Program on Development and Enviroment (PRISMA)

Prioritizing food security and livelihoods in climate change mitigation mechanisms: Experiences and opportunities for smallholder coffee agroforestry, forest communities and REDD+  (PDF - 1 mb)

Andrew Davis and V. Ernesto Méndez

July 2011

International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University

A Better Climate for Disaster Risk Management (PDF - 1.5 mb)

Hellmuth M.E., Mason S.J., Vaughan C., van Aalst M.K. and Choularton R. (eds)

June 2011