December 2009
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development(WBCSD) recognizes the critical linkages that exist between land use and climate change (including agricultural and forestry activities). Indeed, changes in the Earth’s climate system affect how our land is managed, and how our businesses operate. Over the years, the WBCSD has been the leading business voice at climate negotiations. The organization has traditionally focused on energy rather than land use and climate change, therefore this report is a first step in providing some content to these important discussions.
This document is an attempt to demonstrate how business is tackling these linkages through a series of best practice case studies from a broad range of its member companies. It is an information piece for policy-makers, business and civil society who might see value in leveraging these efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change – indeed a number of these cases could potentially be replicated elsewhere. The publication is an online living document that will hopefully include more cases in the future. Business can help to overcome the challenge of managing land while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapting to the effects of climate change by developing innovative technologies and approaches and creating measurement and planning tools. But business is only part of the solution. It must collaborate with governments, the scientific community, civil society and others to also develop land-use practices that address climate change. This version of the report consists of the following case studies, categorized under three broad headings: Technology and innovation; Practices and approaches and Tools and measurement.
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