Climate change (Climate)

Interpretation of theme:
Is item of theme:	Climate

Related overviews

• Key policy issues overview displays the components and their Key policy issues organised by policy theme.
• Policy interventions overview displays policy interventions organised by policy theme.

Climate change (Climate) associations

Policy themes are used to classify Key policy issues and policy interventions. The tables below contain the issues and interventions associated with theme item Climate change (Climate).

Associated Key policy issues and their components

Component	Description
Atmospheric composition and climate	What would be the impact of global climate change in this century without additional mitigation policies and measures?
Atmospheric composition and climate	To what extent would the various scenarios to significantly reduce net greenhouse gas emissions lead to a reduction in climate change?
Atmospheric composition and climate	To what extent does the uncertainty of geographical patterns in temperature and precipitation change influence future climate impacts and response strategies?
Carbon cycle and natural vegetation	What are the contributions of land-use change, climate change and CO2 fertilization on the future carbon cycle and how can these be considered in climate policies?
Carbon, vegetation, agriculture and water	How do climate change and land-use management affect the land productivity of current and future agricultural land?
Climate policy	What global greenhouse gas emissions pathways would meet the well below 2 °C climate target?
IMAGE framework summary	How could global environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and air pollution evolve?
IMAGE framework summary	What are the consequences of these changes for international targets for biodiversity protection (addressed by the CBD), climate change (UNFCCC) and human development (addressed by the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals)?
Land degradation	To what extent are ecosystem functions lost by soil degradation, adding to local and global concerns about food security, biodiversity loss and climate change?