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One of the challenges under current land management practices is to increase food and soil security to meet projected trends in food production, while maintaining the resilience to climate change. This book provides a forum for researchers to access the most recent developments in enhancing carbon sinks and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. It suggests that policies and practices integrating microbial technology, modern crop cultivars, conservation practices, increased manure application, organic farming and agroforestry have a greater capacity to sequester carbon and reduce carbon-based greenhouse gases, leading to more robust agroecosystems compared to conventional agriculture. It is argued that empirical models can represent powerful tools for assessing how mitigation and adaptation strategies can be used to optimize crop yield and minimize greenhouse gas emissions under future climate change scenarios.'Sustainable agroecosystems in climate change mitigation' bridges our current knowledge gaps and recognizes the contribution of sustainable agricultural practices as a way forward in reducing the global carbon and nitrogen footprint. It is relevant for students, researchers, governmental and non-governmental organisations interested in climate change mitigation, sustainable agriculture, soil science, modern analytical techniques and modelling. It answers the questions: 'How can sustainable agroecosystems help mitigate climate change?' and 'What are the tools to achieve this goal?'.

This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change. While much attention has been focused on forestry for its reputed cost-effectiveness, the agricultural sector contributes about ten to twelve per cent of emissions and has a large technical and economic potential for reducing greenhouse gases. The book does not dwell on the science of emissions redu

This publication addresses the massive investments that will be required in addition to the mobilization of substantial new financial resources that will be needed in order to continue the fight on global climate change. The first part provides a review of the existing mechanisms that channel funds to energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) projects and understand the success factors in designing EERE financing mechanisms. The second provides a review of the technical, economic, and regulatory conditions in each region and a summary of main activities undertaken by national governments and international institutions, with a particular regard to the work of the UN regional commissions.--Publisher's description

Agriculture, with its growing contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and opportunities to mitigate emissions, can help close the gap between existing global mitigation efforts and those that are needed to keep global warming to between 1.5 °C and 2 °C by the end of the century. Global scale and farm scale analyses are used to evaluate both the effectiveness of different policy options to reduce agricultural emissions, and the impact on competitiveness, farm income, food security, and government finances. In order to contribute to global mitigation efforts, countries will need to design agricultural policy measures that can navigate these trade-offs within the context of their national policy priorities and objectives. As most countries have not yet implemented policies to reduce emissions from agriculture, the analyses provided here come at an opportune time to inform this policy development.

Incorporating Behavioural, Social, and Organizational Phenomena in the Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Options -- Cultural Discourses in the Global Climate Change Debate -- Consumption, Motivation and Choice Across Scale: Consequences for Selected Target Groups -- The Legacy of Twenty Years of Energy Demand Management: we know more about Individual Behaviour but next to Nothing about Demand -- Group Identity, Personal Ethics and Sustainable Development Suggesting New Directions For Social Marketing Research -- European Narratives about Human Nature, Society and the Good Life -- Gender-Specific Patterns of Poverty and (Over-)Consumption in Developing and Developed Countries -- Climate Change and Relative Consumption -- Social interactions and conditions for change in energy-related decision-making in SMCs — an empirical socio-economic analysis -- Motivation and decision criteria for energy efficiency in private households, companies and administrations in Russia.

A comprehensive doctrinal study of states' obligations on climate change mitigation, showing that obligations arise not only from climate treaties, but also from customary international law, unilateral declarations, and human rights treaties, and exploring the interactions between these multiple obligations.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Introduction to "Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt: Climate Change Mitigation" -- 1.1 Background -- 1.1.1 Concept of Sustainability -- 1.1.2 Concept of Vulnerability -- 1.1.3 Concept of Adaptation -- 1.1.4 Concept of Stability -- 1.2 Purpose of the Book -- 1.3 Scope of the Book -- 1.4 Themes of the Book and Contribution of the Chapters -- References -- Part II Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Crop Production and the Physiological and Biochemical Basis for Crops Tolerance -- 2 Climate Change and Its Impact on Sustainable Crop Production -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Critical Periods of Crop Plants to Environmental Stress -- 2.3 Impact of Climate Change on Sustainable Crop Production -- 2.4 Impact of Climate Change on Interrelationships Among Yield Traits of Field Crops -- 2.4.1 Wheat -- 2.4.2 Rice -- 2.4.3 Faba Bean -- 2.4.4 Sesame -- 2.4.5 Sunflower -- 2.4.6 Cotton -- 2.5 Conclusions -- 2.6 Recommendations -- References -- 3 Foundations of Crop Tolerance to Climate Change: Plant Traits Relevant to Stress Tolerance -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Plant Traits Relevant to Environmental Stress Tolerance -- 3.2.1 Rapid Growth and Early Maturity -- 3.2.2 Morphological Traits -- 3.2.3 Physiological Traits -- 3.2.4 Biochemical and Molecular Base -- 3.3 Conclusions -- 3.4 Recommendations -- References -- Part III Improve Crop Adaptability and Stability to Climate Change and Modern Technology -- 4 Approaches in Wheat to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Genotype × Environment Interaction and Its Relation to Climate Change -- 4.3 Performance of Wheat Genotypes in Response to Environmental Changes -- 4.3.1 Earliness Characteristics -- 4.3.2 Morpho-physiological Characters -- 4.3.3 Yield and Its Components -- 4.3.4 Protein Content.

Anthropogenic climate change, caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, will have negative if not catastrophic consequences for the livelihoods of many across the globe. With the Paris Agreement in 2015, most countries have pledged to reduce territorial GHG emissions. Per-capita emission levels are highest in today's rich countries, and many have started reducing their emissions. Current middle-income economies such as China, Ghana, India or Indonesia have experienced rapid economic, population, and emission growth in recent years, and today's poor countries are projected to be responsible ...

Anthropogenic climate change, caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, will have negative if not catastrophic consequences for the livelihoods of many across the globe. With the Paris Agreement in 2015, most countries have pledged to reduce territorial GHG emissions. Per-capita emission levels are highest in today's rich countries, and many have started reducing their emissions. Current middle-income economies such as China, Ghana, India or Indonesia have experienced rapid economic, population, and emission growth in recent years, and today's poor countries are projected to be responsible ...

Agriculture, with its growing contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and opportunities to mitigate emissions, can help close the gap between existing global mitigation efforts and those that are needed to keep global warming to between 1.5 °C and 2 °C by the end of the century. Global scale and farm scale analyses are used to evaluate both the effectiveness of different policy options to reduce agricultural emissions, and the impact on competitiveness, farm income, food security, and government finances. In order to contribute to global mitigation efforts, countries will need to design agricultural policy measures that can navigate these trade-offs within the context of their national policy priorities and objectives. As most countries have not yet implemented policies to reduce emissions from agriculture, the analyses provided here come at an opportune time to inform this policy development.

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Prologue -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Part I: Climate Change: Introduction, Models, Scenarios, Impact, and Scientific Evidence -- 1 Introduction to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation -- Introduction -- Climate Change -- Most Recent IPCC Updates -- The Greenhouse Effect -- Anthropogenic Climate Change -- Effects of Climate Change -- Impact of Climate Change Mitigation Actions -- Climate Change Adaptation Versus Climate Change Mitigation -- Climate Change and the Public -- What´s Next? -- Motivation -- Why This Book Is Needed -- Audience of the Handbook -- Scope -- References -- 2 Global Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases Emissions in Terrestrial Ecosystems -- Introduction: Global Climate Change and Soil Greenhouse Gases Emissions -- Soil Greenhouse Gases Emissions -- Soil CO2 Emission -- Soil CH4 Emission -- Soil N2O Emission -- Measurement Methods of Soil Greenhouse Gases Emissions -- Soil Chamber Methods -- Closed Static Chamber -- Closed Dynamic Chamber -- Open Dynamic Chamber -- Micrometeorological Methods - Eddy Covariance Technique -- Advantages and Disadvantages of the Measurement Methods -- Research Approaches of Global Climate Change and Soil Greenhouse Gases Emissions: Laboratory Incubation, Field Experiment, Met... -- Laboratory Incubation -- Field Experiment -- Meta-Analysis -- Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Modeling -- The DNDC Model -- Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model (DLEM) -- Impacts of Global Climate Change on Soil Greenhouse Gases Emissions: Case Studies -- Laboratory Incubation and Field Experiment -- Laboratory Incubation -- Field Experiment -- Meta-Analysis -- Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Modeling -- Site and Stand Levels -- Regional and Global Scales -- Closing Remarks and Future Research -- Cross-References -- References.