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Risk management and decision-making in relation to sustainable development

Risk management and decision-making in relation to sustainable development

Hurlbert, Margot, Krishnaswamy, Jagdish, Davin, Edouard, Johnson, Francis X, Mena, Carlos, Morton, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8013-5794, Myeong, Soojeong, Viner, David, Warner, Koko, Wreford, Anita, Zakieldeen, Soomaya and Zommers, Zinta (2019) Risk management and decision-making in relation to sustainable development. In: Shukla, PR and Skea, J, (eds.) Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. IPCC, pp. 673-800.

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Abstract

Land is integral to human habitation and livelihoods, providing food and resources, and also serves as a source of identity and cultural meaning. However, the combined impacts of climate change, desertification, land degradation and food insecurity pose obstacles to resilient development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This chapter reviews and assesses literature on risk and uncertainty surrounding land and climate change, policy instruments and decision-making that seek to address those risks and uncertainties, and governance practices that advance the response options with co-benefits identified in Chapter 6, lessen the socio-economic impacts of climate change and reduce trade-offs, and advance SLM.

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: climate change, land, land tenure, indigenous knowledge, decision-making
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Engineering & Science
Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute
Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Development Studies Research Group
Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Livelihoods & Institutions Department
Last Modified: 03 Aug 2020 06:58
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/26273

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