A/70/287 (d) A separate category of “climate refugees” be recognized in international law and the necessary legal adjustments made to avoid further human catastrophe; (e) A human rights impact assessment be carried out before mitigation and adaptation projects are authorized and public participation therein facilitated; (f) Prior “zoning” exercises be undertaken to ensure that land used for food production is not threatened; (g) Alternative energy and mitigation policies, including biofuel and biomass mandates, be scaled back to eliminate perverse incentives and that strict sustainability criteria be applied for both first- and second-generation biofuels; (h) Alternative energy and other non-food production agriculture that requires the acquisition of large tracts of land be regulated and local communities protected against asymmetrical negotiations with multinational companies while extraterritorial implementation of human rights is put in place; (i) The pivotal roles in food production of smallholder farmers, women and indigenous and local communities be recognized and protected and their acute vulnerability to climate change acknowledged; (j) Knowledge and information as well as technology transfer and appropriate training in relation to changing climatic conditions be prioritized and available to smallholder farmers, women and indigenous communities; (k) Social protection measures be prioritized as a means of eliminating hunger and avoiding food insecurity in a time of climate change; (l) Scientific research institutions and Governments greatly increase financial allocations to agroecology so as to demonstrate that it can feed the world without destroying the environment and at the same time reduce the adverse impact of climate change; (m) Governments evaluate their agricultural and trade policies to avoid price volatility and financial vulnerabilities in a time of climate change; (n) The adaption of culturally appropriate diets that rely less on resource-intensive food be promoted by civil society and Governments as a means of reducing excessive consumption and eliminating food waste. 15-10041 25/25