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“Climate change and agricultural challenges: the FAO approach” Natalia Alekseeva Team Leader for National Climate Change Action Climate and Environment Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Transcript of “Climate change and agricultural challenges: the FAO approach”FAO Climate Change Strategy •...
“Climatechangeandagriculturalchallenges:theFAOapproach”
NataliaAlekseevaTeamLeaderforNationalClimateChangeActionClimateandEnvironmentDivision
FoodandAgricultureOrganizationoftheUnitedNations(FAO)
ClimateChangeandAgriculture• 2018editionof“TheStateofFoodSecurityandNutritionintheWorld”
providesnewevidencethatbesideconflicts,climatevariabilityandextremesarealsoakeyforcebehindtherecentriseinglobalhunger.Theyarealsooneoftheleadingcausesofseverefoodcrises.
Themajorityofpeoplemostvulnerabletoclimateshocksandnaturalhazardsaretheworld’s2.5billionsmall-scalefarmers,herders,fishersandforest-dependentcommunities,whoderivetheirfoodandincomefromrenewablenaturalresources.
FAOClimateChangeStrategy• ClimatechangelinkswiththefullspectrumofFAO’sworkonhunger,
sustainability,poverty,agriculturalandfoodsystems,andresilienceacrossallagriculturalsectorsandnaturalresources.
• TheStrategyforFAOsworkonClimateChangebuildsonFAO’sStrategicFrameworktostrengthentheOrganization’sworkonclimatechangeinthecontextofFAO’sinternationalclimateandsustainabledevelopmentagenda.
• Strategyoutcomes:
Enhancedcapacitiesofcountriesprovidingoftechnicalknowledgeandexpertiseonclimatechange->BuildingaunitforresponsetoNationalDeterminedContributions
Improvedintegrationoffoodsecurity,agriculture,forestryandfisherieswithintheinternationalclimatechangeagenda
StrengthenedcoordinationanddeliveryofFAOworkonclimatechange.
Whatdowedo
Climate-SmartAgriculture(CSA)Climate-SmartAgricultureisanapproach fordevelopingagriculturalstrategiestosecurefoodsecurityunderclimatechange.CSAaimstotacklethreemainobjectives:
(i) sustainably increaseagriculturalproductivityandincomes;
(ii) adaptandbuildresiliencetoclimatechange;and
(iii)reduceand/orremovegreenhousegasemissions,wherepossible.
NuclearApplicationsforCSA• Assessment/evaluationof:
– Impactofclimatechangeonagriculture– Impactofagriculturalpracticesonclimatechange
• Developmentoftechnologiesforadaptationandbuildingresiliencetoclimatechange
• Improvementofagriculturepracticesforpotentialmitigationofclimatechange
