And that's at the same time that we're going to be hitting them with a lot of other challenges besides climate change - pollution and land use change, deforestation and fragmenting of the landscape.
In addition, each governments could decide which aspects of land use change to include in its emission reports - which it would then compile and submit to the UN.
In particular, some developing countries are angry at what they see as western nations' attempts to insert new loopholes into regulations on how emissions from land use change are accounted for, which could allow western nations to cut actual emissions by less than they have pledged.
Climate change effects on groundwater resources are, therefore, closely linked to other global change drivers, including population growth, urbanization and land-use change, coupled with other socio-economic and political trends.
It means the 1939 kick seen in the nitrate "curve" above also incorporates some the delayed response from the land-use change brought about by the introduction of arable subsidies in 1917.
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But for many of the families who have lived on the land for centuries, change is painful.
Other aspects of climate change and land subsidence significantly exacerbate this effect though the relative importance of these factors varies from location.
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The invention of agriculture, which generates a surplus that can be stored and also gives value to land, permitted this to change.
With almost 1 billion undernourished people in the world, land degradation, and climate change, fundamentals appear to be in place to support food prices for the long run.
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Until there are alternative meaningful occupations on land, this is unlikely to change.
Cryosat-2 will measure very precisely the rates of change of sea and land ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
"It would either make them think twice about building on flood plain land or it would make them change the design basis upon which they're built, " he told BBC Radio 4's Money Box.
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The FAO also reports that food production needs to rise by 70% in the next 40 years to meet population growth, while there will be less available land due to urbanization and climate change.
Many young farmers facing land scarcity and the effects of climate change lack even basic skills needed to protect themselves and stay afloat.
Many young farmers facing land scarcity and the effects of climate change, lack even basic skills needed to protect themselves and make ends meet.
It amazes me how every time I've visited this country, that so many things can change in such a small land and in such a short period of time.
Their planning application seeks permission for the change of use of the land for British Romany Gypsy families for 13 permanent pitches for mobile homes, 13 touring caravans for nomadic use only and 13 utility day rooms, the council added.
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The council said the planning application sought permission for the change of use of the land for British Romany Gypsy families for 13 permanent pitches for mobile homes, 13 touring caravans for nomadic use only and 13 utility day rooms.
Young smallholder farmers need skills training to protect their crops against climate change, and cope with increasing land scarcity.
It runs about 30 degree and post-graduate courses in agriculture, business, equine, food, land and property management and is planning to change its name to Royal Agricultural University.
But with land disputes proliferating inside Venezuela, that could change.
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The city's government is currently trying to change its status from farmland to construction land, which would see its value spiral towards that of the penthouse apartments which overlook it.
Some hunters now pack additional gear when heading out on the land, recognizing that the weather may suddenly and unpredictably change.
Across the world climate change is set to exacerbate problems where poor land use and population pressure is already putting an immense strain on finely balanced ecologies.
As times get tougher, more and more ranchers and farmers see that something has to change if they hope to pass on their land to another generation.
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Depleting natural resources, land degradation, natural disasters and the impact of continued climate change also often hit the headlines.
In other words, a country would decide how its land-use carbon emission or absorption would be likely to change in future, and then to measure actual performance against that baseline.
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