The Lima Declaration on Biodiversity and Climate Change

The CBD Secretariat expresses its appreciation to the IAI and Contributions to the environmental objectives of Peru (ProAmbiente)" from the German Cooperation, implemented by the deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), co-organizers of the Symposium, to all participants and authors, and to our host, Peru. [...] As an output of this fruitful meeting, organized in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this document offers the contributions from the scientific community to the understanding of biodiversity and carbon flux in tropical ecosystems; the impact of climate change on biodiversity and the loc [...] Discussions held at the Symposium on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Contributions from Science to Policy, which took place on the margins of the 20th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 27 to 28 November 2014 in Lima, Peru, focused on how science can provide the information needed to understand the impacts of c [...] The Symposium, organized by the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (MINAM), the National Council for Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the programme “Contributions to the environmental objectives of Peru (ProAmbient [...] The results of discussions presented in this volume are an invaluable resource in information and data urgently needed for actions at the national, regional and international levels to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change on ecosystems and their services and ensure that the richness of biological resources are conserved for future generations to come.