Jagdish Krishnaswamy

1. Almaty, Kazakhstan
21-22 August 2019
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Key messages of the Special Report on
Climate Change and Land
Jagdish Krishnaswamy

2. Land is a finite and precious resource
Productive land that provides us with food, fibre, materials and
water and supports ecosystems and biodiversity is a finite and
precious resource. Its increasingly impacted by climate
change stress
Andrey Giljov and Karina Karenina
Marc Foggin

3. How we use land for different uses matters for future
response to climate change

4. Climate change poses severe challenges for well-
being of human societies and ecosystems

5. How we use land is both a problem
and solution for climate change
Marc Foggin

6. Many land based solutions can reduce risk of warming,
help with options to live with climate change and provide
other benefits for humans, ecosystems and biodiversity

8. Mix of policies to help us cope with land
and climate challenges
Regulation (eg land use zoning, land sparing and land
sharing approaches)
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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