Land, environment and climate change: challenges, responses and tools
This publication provides an overview of some the most important land-related environmental and climate change problems that the world is facing, such as environmental hazards and increasing threats in coastal areas due to sea water rise and severe weather risk in the form of droughts, floods, and storms. It presents a global overview of these issues in relation to land use, land administration, land management and land tenure. Chapter 3.15 specifically addresses the anticipation of climate change induced extreme weather events.
The overall publication identifies clear linkages between land, environment and climate change, moving from a scientific framework to a country level implementation framework, and illustrates their implications in urban and rural areas with 20 brief cases. It describes opportunities, gaps and priority research areas and critical land tools for action at local, sub-national, national, regional and global levels. Readers will find in this publication action-oriented suggestions for new research, land tool development, advocacy, resource mobilisation and coordination. It intends to offers timely material and land tools for land professionals, environmental practitioners, and planners.