Academia - SESSION 1: SRCCL - Overview with regional focus
- 1. Almaty, Kazakhstan 21-22 August 2019 bit.ly/ipcc_outreach_centralasia Land and climate Regional context and implications Jagdish Krishnaswamy
- 2. People, land and climate in dry-land regions in a warming world Arid and semi-arid biomes support valuable ecosystems with livelihoods linked to rain-fed agriculture and pastoralism and have unique biodiversity and cultural values However desertification is land degradation in dry-lands that leads to loss of productivity and ecosystem services Climate change is expected to increase arid biomes and stress on dry-lands due to increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation that will impact vegetation, livestock and people Asia and Africa projected to have maximum number of people affected by desertification especially poor, women and children. Decrease in vegetation due to desertification can amplify global warming through carbon emissions but increased reflection can cause local cooling Increased frequency of dust storms, heat stress and dry-spells can impact human well-being Climate change is impacting food-security according to local and indigenous knowledge
- 3. Dry-lands
- 4. Drivers of vegetation change in dry lands a:CO2 b: Climate C: land-use
- 5. Risks to dry-lands under climate change depends on socio-economic pathways
- 6. Dry lands have potential for response options that mitigate climate change and also advance sustainable development goals Land adaptation and mitigation (eg Conservation agtriculture) and energy mitigation with land implications (eg solar and wind farms) FAO Wikipedia,CitizenMJ
- 7. Land management options that reduce competition for land with co- benefits and minimum negative impacts on key ecosystem services
- 8. Response options in food system and livelihood sectors
- 9. Mix of policies to help us cope with land and climate challenges in dry-lands Regulation (eg land use zoning, land sparing and land sharing approaches) Siting of solar/wind farms to reduce negative impacts on biodiversity and local livelihoods Include costs of environmental effects Land tenure Voluntary (change in diet, standards and certification, collective action) Persuasive (eg payments for ecosystem services) Early warning systems and advisories Risk sharing mechanisms (eg insurance)
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