Ecological agriculture is climate resilient

Introduction

Agriculture is the most important sector in many developing countries and is central to the survival of millions of people. Most agriculture production in these countries involves small land holdings, mainly producing for self-consumption. Women are the key agricultural producers and providers. Hence agriculture is critical for food and livelihood security, and for the approximately 500 million smallholder households, totaling 1.5 billion people, living on smallholdings of two hectares of land or less (De Schutter, 2008). Smallholdings account for 85 percent of the world’s farms.

Durban to decide fate of Green Climate Fund

Critical issues facing Durban Climate Conference

Durban, 28 November, (Meena Raman) – Critical issues face the Durban climate talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol (KP) which begins on 28 November and is scheduled to end on 9 December 2011.

IBON International will be holding two side-events on climate finance in the coming Durban climatesummit. “Improving development effectiveness in climate finance: challenges and opportunities” is an official COP-17 side-event. “Financing climate justice: voices from the South” is a side-event in the summit’s alternative space called the “People’s Space.” People from government and civil society are invited to speak. The two side-events are co-organized with several other civil society organizations. For more information, please contact Tetet Lauron at tlauron[AT]iboninternational.org.

Spanish translations of 6 previously-published Corner House diagnoses of the carbon trade will soon be published in a new book, "Mercados de Carbono: neoliberalism del clima" by Abya Yala press.