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CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Climate change, energy and low-carbon development

Climate change, energy and low-carbon development

As the climate crisis escalates, CIFOR-ICRAF is working to help communities adapt and supporting countries in meeting their commitments under the Paris Agreement.

To avoid catastrophic climate change, society needs to both end its dependence on fossil fuels and pursue low-emission development through sustainable land management, including agroforestry, ecosystem conservation and restoration, and a transition to sustainable economy models.

All CIFOR-ICRAF research contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation by helping to keep trees in the ground, increase tree cover, and find the best tree species for local conditions. The ‘Climate Team’s’ research focuses on forests conservation, on reducing emissions from deforests and forest degradation (REDD+), on the sustainable management of forests and wetlands, on developing sustainable bioenergy solutions, and on bioeconomy transitions. Conserving and sustainably managing carbon-dense peatlands and wetlands is one large area of our work. Through all of this, we aim to support our partners in the development of effective, cost-efficient, and equitable climate policies and practices.

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Christopher Martius

Interim Team Leader, Climate change, energy and low-carbon development

About this theme

CIFOR-ICRAF works at the nexus between climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable land management and low-emission development (bioenergy transitions), with a focus on the gender and social inequities exacerbated by climate change. By highlighting the role of natural ecosystems as carbon sinks, the ways that trees can support adaptation, and the potential of bioenergy and renewable biomaterials, we aim to discover and scale out rights-based solutions.

Through these activities, CIFOR-ICRAF supports the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 14: Life below water; and Goal 15: Life on Land, as well as Goal 5: Gender equality.

Climate change, energy and low-carbon development: Fast facts

Nature-based solutions could provide up to 37% of the cost-effective emissions mitigation needed by 2030 to meet the goal of keeping global warming below 1.5–2.0°C

 

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Overall trend of wildlife farm trade in Vietnam between 2016-2020

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By: Pham Thu Thuy and Tang Thi Kim Hong. Related publication: COVID-19 impacts, opportunities and challenges for wildlife farms in Binh Duong and Ba Ria Vung Tau, Vietnam

Stakeholders’ interviews result on opportunities and challenges for managing wildlife farm in Vietnam.

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By: Pham Thu Thuy and Tang Thi Kim Hong. Related publication: COVID-19 impacts, opportunities and challenges for wildlife farms in Binh Duong and Ba Ria Vung Tau, Vietnam

Online survey results on Opportunities and Challenges for wildlife management and conservation in Vietnam

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By: Pham Thu Thuy and Tang Thi Kim Hong. Related publication: Policymaker perceptions of COVID-19 impacts, opportunities and challenges for sustainable wildlife farm management in Vietnam

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