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Clean technology trade

31/12/2019 Go to Evidence

14% could increase the volume of trade in clean technologies, including those for air pollution control, if tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in these technologies are eliminated (UNEP, 2019).

14% podría aumentar el volumen de comercio de tecnologías limpias, incluyendo aquellas para el control de la contaminación del aire, si se eliminan las barreras arancelarias y no arancelarias al comercio de estas tecnologías. (UNEP, 2019)

UNEP. 2019.Unlocking Trade in ESTs to Tackle Air Pollution

Atlantic Forest

01/08/2019 Go to Evidence

15% of Brazil's territory occupies the Atlantic Forest, a critical biome with 35% of the country's plants and the most threatened (Da Silva R. F. F. B. et al., 2019).

Da Silva, R. F. B., Batistella, M., Palmieri, R., Dou, Y., & Millington, J. D. (2019). Eco-certification protocols as mechanisms to foster sustainable environmental practices in telecoupled systems. Forest Policy and Economics, Volumen 105, 2019, páginas 52-63, ISSN 1389-9341.

Perceptions of climate change in Guatemala

01/05/2019 Go to Evidence

In two climate-vulnerable regions of Guatemala, 95 % of farmers perceive climate change; 81 % report production impacts, but only 41 % have adapted—mainly via tree planting (Viguera et al., 2019).

Bárbara Viguera, Francisco Alpízar, Celia A. Harvey, M. Ruth, Martínez-Rodríguez, Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, Lucía Contreras

Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) Conservation International, Moore Center for Science Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, Unidad de Cambio Climático Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Economía e Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas University of Sussex, School of Business, Department of Management and Economics

Mitigation needs

04/02/2019 Go to Evidence

474 billion will be needed by developing countries for mitigation and adaptation by 2030, according to commitments in 2016 NDCs (Kissinger et al., 2019).

Kissinger G., Gupta A., Mulder I., Unterstell N. (2019). Climate financing needs in the land sector under the Paris Agreement: An assessment of developing country perspectives. Land Use Policy, Volumen 83, 2019, Páginas 256-269, ISSN 0264-8377.

Agroforestry: 312 t C/ha

01/12/2018

312.1 t/ha was the mean soil carbon stock under agroforestry, the highest among the land uses assessed in Tula-Jana, Doyogena, Ethiopia.

Tadesse et al. (2018)

Tadesse, M., Simane, B., Ambaw, G., Recha, J., Abera, W., Tamene, L., Demeke, G., Mekonnen, K., Radeny, M., & Solomon, D. (2018). Building soil carbon stocks to enhance adaptation and mitigate climate change in climate-smart landscapes, Southern Ethiopia: Preliminary results from climate-smart agriculture practices in Doyogena district. CCAFS Info Note. Documento adjunto suministrado por el usuario.

CSA cropland: 229 t C/ha

01/12/2018

229.4 t/ha was the soil carbon stock in cropland under CSA practices, the second-highest value among the land uses assessed.

Tadesse et al. (2018)

Tadesse, M., Simane, B., Ambaw, G., Recha, J., Abera, W., Tamene, L., Demeke, G., Mekonnen, K., Radeny, M., & Solomon, D. (2018). Building soil carbon stocks to enhance adaptation and mitigate climate change in climate-smart landscapes, Southern Ethiopia: Preliminary results from climate-smart agriculture practices in Doyogena district. CCAFS Info Note. Documento adjunto suministrado por el usuario.

Ten years of CSA: 229 t C/ha

01/12/2018

229.4 t/ha was the soil carbon stock observed after ten years of CSA practices in cropland, with values higher than business-as-usual management.

Tadesse et al. (2018)

Tadesse, M., Simane, B., Ambaw, G., Recha, J., Abera, W., Tamene, L., Demeke, G., Mekonnen, K., Radeny, M., & Solomon, D. (2018). Building soil carbon stocks to enhance adaptation and mitigate climate change in climate-smart landscapes, Southern Ethiopia: Preliminary results from climate-smart agriculture practices in Doyogena district. CCAFS Info Note. Documento adjunto suministrado por el usuario.