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The fact sheet highlights the important role that forests play in climate change, and reviews the progression of UNFCCC negotiations on forests and deforestation. It lists relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to stimulate action on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD), including a decision taken in 2009 on methodological and capacity building guidance for related activities. The fact sheet further lists ongoing efforts in capacity building, technical assistance and financial support for a number of enabling activities, such as improving data collection systems, institutional reforms and national monitoring systems.

This analytical report presents and analyzes the state of the world fisheries and aquaculture. Fisheries and aquaculture remain important sources of food, nutrition, income and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people around the world. It provides an informed, balanced and comprehensive analysis of global fisheries and aquaculture data and related issues.

This brochure introduces the three market-mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions included in the Kyoto Protocol: international emissions trading (IET), the clean development mechanism (CDM) and joint implementation (JI). The document briefly describes them and presents important elements for their implementation.

This activity report describes the FAO’s integrated approach to sustainable forest management and outlines the ways forest management can help tackle climate change, including through carbon sequestration, strengthening adaptive capacity of trees, forests and forest-dependent communities, and conserving forest carbon stocks. The report lists various sources for financing forests’ contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation, and outlines FAO’s support to activities such as afforestation, reforestation, forest restoration, conservation and sustainable practices of forest management and use.

This activity report consists of a fact sheet presenting UN activities to promote climate-smart agriculture. These address the multiple objectives of agricultural development, food security and climate change.

This activity report consists of a fact sheet presenting the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) and its major activities and results. This is a joint endeavour of the UN system to support efforts to address climate change by strengthening climate knowledge and its applications across all sectors and disciplines. The goal of the framework is to enable better management at all levels of the risks generated by climate variability and change. 

This activity report consists of a fact sheet presenting UN system’s activities to address central energy issues. The main objectives are: to become able to provide reliable, affordable, clean and sustainable energy access to the 2-3 billion people excluded from modern energy services and to promote and support the deployment of low-carbon energy technologies and systems worldwide, especially energy efficiency and renewable energy.

This activity report consists of a fact sheet presenting UN system’s activities to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment principles into climate change policies and programmes. This effort aims to ensure that climate change decision-making and initiatives at all levels address the needs and allow for the contributions of women and men equitably.

This activity report introduces the Community-based Adaptation Programme (CBA) and its actions. This is an initiative that seeks to encourage systemic change in national adaptation-related policy through evidence based results from a portfolio of community-driven climate change risk management projects. The report briefly presents each CBA projects and how it supports local communities in each pilot country.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to reduce vulnerability of arid oasian zones to climate change and variability through improved watershed management in Mauritania. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to build adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change in the water sector in Cape Verde. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to integrate climate change risks into the Maldives safer island development programme. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to build capacities to integrate water resources planning in agricultural development in Cambodia. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change in the agriculture sector in Mali. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to improve the resilience of the agricultural sector in Lao PDR to climate change impacts. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to support climate adaptation for rural livelihoods and agriculture in Malawi. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to build the capacity of the agriculture sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo to plan for and respond to the additional threats posted by climate change on food production and security. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to implementing NAPA priority interventions to build resilience and adaptive capacity of the agricultural sector to climate change in Niger. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.

This fact sheet briefly introduces the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The Fund, which is managed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), addresses the special needs of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), which are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. The GEF has, as of August 2009, mobilized voluntary contributions of $180 million for the LDCF. Also available in Japanese (v. 2007).

This fact sheet briefly presents an environmental project financed by the Least Developed Countries Fund to develop an integrated adaptation programme to combat the effects of climate change on agricultural production and food security in Benin. The document features the project background, the activities implemented and the results obtained. Coordination and synergies with other initiatives are also included.