Read at : Soerensen Levke GTZ 4702 <levke.soerensen@gtz.de>
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New book publication – Running dry? Climate change in drylands and how to cope with it
I would like to inform you about our recently published book “Running dry? Climate change in drylands and how to cope with it”. This book gives the first comprehensive overview of the state of research on the complex issues surrounding ‘climate change and drylands’. It reveals systematically the various interrelations and feedback mechanisms, with detailed information about the contribution of drylands to climate change, recent and projected climatic changes and their impacts on drylands. The authors also discuss how sustainable land management can be made part of the response to climate change, enriched by experiences of the German development cooperation. The book compiles facts and figures, charts the way forward, and highlights knowledge gaps, uncertainties and research questions.
The dates of the Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are getting nearer. Thus, this publication is deeply anchored in the current international agenda and should provide a critical contribution to the debate on the linkages between climate change and land use.
Please find more details in the attached flyer or on this website:
http://www.oekom.de/buecher/buchprogramm/nachhaltigkeitsforschung/archiv/buch/running-dry.html
Levke Sörensen
Konventionsprojekt Desertifikationsbekämpfung (CCD-Projekt) / Convention Project to Combat Desertification (CCD Project)
Abteilung 47 – Umwelt und Klima / Environment and Climate Change
Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
CCD-Projekt
Dahlmannstraße 4
53113 Bonn
E levke.soerensen@gtz.de
I www.gtz.de/desertification
