“Climate change and agricultural challenges: the FAO approach”FAO Climate Change Strategy • Climate change links with the full spectrum of FAO’s work on hunger, sustainability,
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“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
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