This IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems, also known as the Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRRCL), is the second Special Report to be produced in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6). The report was jointly prepared by Working Groups I, II and III in association with the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI). The Working Group III Technical Support Unit was responsible for logistical and technical support for the preparation of this Special Report. This Special Report builds upon the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) in 2013-2014 and on relevant research subsequently published in the scientific, technical and socioeconomic literature. It was prepared following IPCC principles and procedures. This Special Report is the second of three cross-Working Group Special Reports to be published in the AR6, accompanying the three main Working Group Reports, the Synthesis Report and a Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
Chapter 1.-- Framing and context -- Chapter 2. Land-climate interactions -- Chapter 3. Desertification -- Chapter 4. Land degradation -- Chapter 5. Food security -- Chapter 6. Interlinkages between desertification, land degradation, food security and greenhouse gas fluxes: Synergies, trade-offs and integrated response options -- Chapter 7. Risk management and decision-making in relation to sustainable development -- Annex 1. Glossary -- Annex 2. Acronyms -- Annex 3. Contributors to the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land -- Annex 4. Reviewers of the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land.

ix, 896 p. : ill., graphs, maps, tables

Includes bibliographical references and index.