Changing lives and landscapes
Henry Neufeldt leads the World Agroforestry Centre’s research into climate change. Before joining the Centre in mid-2009, Henry was Senior Research Coordinator at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, where he directed the European Union-funded ADAM Project (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change). In his current research he looks at agroforestry systems in the context of adaptation, mitigation, food security and sustainable development. He has published extensively on sustainable land use in the tropics and climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.
At the UN Climate Change talks in Durban, South Africa there is much talk about climate-smart agriculture. While agriculture accounts for an estimated 10-12% of global greenhouse gas emissions, there is enormous potential for improved agricultural practices to reduce these, and in some cases – such as through agroforestry –actually mitigate climate change. However, unless [...]
