ABSTRACT
Climate change is burning issue around the globe as it is affecting environmental and social determinants of food security, secure shelter, drinking water, and clean air. Various agroforestry systems throughout the world can mitigate the climatic hazards and can greatly help to build resilience towards climate change mitigation. Improvement in the plantation strategies of turf grasses and understory vegetation has huge potential to mitigate climate change. Moreover, it is equally helpful to achieve food security, environmental sustainability, diversification of income, and soil, and water conservation. Turfgrasses and understory vegetation performs protective (biological, and physical), and regulatory (carbon sequestration, globalwarming, and hydrological cycles) functions. This chapter is mainly focused to highlight the significance of turf grasses and understory vegetation for the mitigation of climate change. The management practices to improve this type of vegetation to further improve their mitigation potential for climate change will also be discussed with special reference to manage resources, international collaborations, governmental policies and actions, and local's participation.
