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With the right mix of policy measures, low carbon development can be made to benefit the poor.

Research into deforestation can help inform policies to reduce carbon emissions from forests.

Tackling forest degradation is an essential element for any global climate deal hoping to reduce forest emissions.

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses in Africa can help mitigate climate change while providing co-benefits.

Including agriculture in international climate negotiations can help meet mitigation and adaptation goals while also reducing poverty.

A four-step plan to help governments integrate adaptation to climate change into development planning and policy.

Better integration of science and policy in Africa is crucial for effective adaptation to climate change, concluded an international workshop.

National Adaptation Programmes of Action put climate change adaptation on the development agenda, write Balgis Osman-Elasha and Thomas E. Downing.