The linkages between biodiversity and climate change mitigation : A review of the recent scientific literature

This report reviews the literature published since the IPCC 4AR on the linkages between biodiversity and climate mitigation policies in order to highlight developments in our understanding of the role of biodiversity in climate mitigation, and the impacts of mitigation policies on biodiversity. Keyword searches in ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus, and Google Scholar were carried out to obtain a broad coverage of the available literature.