The Climate Group has published an assessment of the Copenhagen summit together with a shorter Q&A. It concludes that there are positive and less positive points in the Copenhagen Accord: Positive points Having the US, China, India and other major developing countries sign up to a joint climate agreement for the first time. All of these countries making unconditional national pledges to either cut or slow the growth of their emissions and/or implement specific measures to achieve this.

The Food Climate Research Network and WWF-UK have published a new report that quantifies the UK’s food carbon footprint - taking into account emissions from land use change - and explores a range of scenarios for achieving a 70% cut in food related greenhouse gas emissions. Previous estimates by the FCRN and others have found that the food chain accounts for around 20% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The FAO has produced a new review of the potential for dryland pastoral systems to adapt to and mitigate climate change through soil carbon sequestration: "Review of evidence on drylands pastoral systems and climate change Implications and opportunities for mitigation and adaptation." Land and water discussion paper 8, FAO, 2010.