Climate change and land : an IPCC special report on climate change desertification land degradation sustainable land management food security and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human induced climate change its impacts and future risks and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL) is the most comprehensive and up to date scientific assessment of the multiple interactions between climate change and land assessing climate change desertification land degradation sustainable land management food security and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. It assesses the options for governance and decision making across multiple scales. It serves policymakers decision makers stakeholders and all interested parties with unbiased up to date policy relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.