The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL) is the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific assessment of the multiple interactions between climate change and land, assessing climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. It assesses the options for governance and decision-making across multiple scales. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Summary for policymakers; Technical summary; 1. Framing and context; 2. Land-climate interactions; 3. Desertification; 4. Land degradation; 5. Food security; 6. Interlinkages between desertification, land degradation, food security and greenhouse gas fluxes: synergies, trade-offs and integrated response options; 7. Risk management and decision-making in relation to sustainable development. Annex I. Glossary; Annex II. Acronyms; Annex III. Contributors to the IPCC special report on climate change and land; Annex IV. Reviewers of the IPCC special report on climate change and land; Index.