Drylands yield important opportunities for adapting to and mitigating climate change. They offer abundant solar energy, which could support mitigation efforts, opportunities for cultural and nature-based tourism, rich plant biodiversity in some areas , and extensive Indigenous knowledge and experience of adapting to dynamic climates ; for example, across West Asia and North Africa . Improved understanding of challenges and opportunities in drylands can be achieved by transdisciplinary, multi-scale and inter- sectoral approaches encompassing links between physical, biological, socioeconomic and institutional systems .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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