Global climate change poses great risks to poor people whose livelihoods depend directly on agriculture, forestry, and other natural resource uses. IFPRI's climate change research focuses on the assessment of, adaptation to, and mitigation of these risks. Strategic, cost-effective, and pro-poor policy reforms that enhance human welfare in equitable and sustainable ways form the core of IFPRI's Global Change Program. The Program analyzes the complex interrelations between climate change and agricultural growth, food security, and natural resource sustainability.

• Impact of Climate Change and Bioenergy on Nutrition
  May 2008. Marc J. Cohen, Cristina Tirado, Noora-Lisa Aberman, and Brian Thompson. IFPRI and FAO.
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• Climate Change in the Context of Asia: Pro-Poor Adaptation, Risk Management, and Mitigation Strategies
  March 2008. IFPRI 2020 Focus 15, Brief 11.
  (PDF 186K)
• Food Prices, Biofuels, and Climate Change
  February 2008. Joachim von Braun.
  (PDF 512K)

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• The World Food Situation: New Driving Forces and Required Actions
  December 2007. Joachim von Braun. IFPRI Food Policy Report.
• Micro-level analysis of farmers' adaptation to climate change in Southern Africa
  August 2007. Charles Nhemachena and Rashid Hassan. IFPRI Discussion Paper 714.

See also, IFPRI work on bioenergy.