Climate Change • Beau Damen FAO’s Work on Climate Change and Food Security Charles Boliko, PhD Director, FAO Liaison Office in Japan June 2018
Climate Change
• Beau Damen
FAO’s Work on Climate Change and Food Security
Charles Boliko, PhD
Director, FAO Liaison Office in Japan
June 2018
Overview
1. Global Food Security
2. Drivers and Impacts of Climate Change
3. FAO Action on Climate Change
4. Initiatives within the Asia and the Pacific Region
5. Examples of Concrete Projects
5.1. AMICAF Project
5.2. Regional project on ‘Healthy Soil Management for
Combating Climate Change in Southeast Asia’
1. Global Food Security
Definition of Food Security:
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
-1996 World Food Summit
Availability, Access, Utilization, Stability
2. Drivers and Impacts of Climate Change
4Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), 2016; FAOSTAT, 2015.
Hazards and Drivers
35%
11%20%
19%
4%7%
4%
Enteric Fermentation
Manure left on Pasture
Rice Cultivation
Synthetic Fertilizers
Manure applied to soils
Manure management
Crop residues
Figure - Shares of emissions from agriculture
in AsiaPercent based on average values, 2001-2011
• Projected impacts of climate change on yield are significant
● Smallholder agriculture particularly vulnerable to climate change risks and impacts
● Rural women are among the most vulnerable
5
Figure - Projected changes in crop yields for all locations worldwide
owning to climate changePercentage of yield projections (projections, n=1080)
Source: FAO, 2016, State of Food and Agriculture.
Impacts on Agriculture
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
2090-2109
(22)
2070-89
(134)2050-69
(500)
2030-49
(250)2010-29
(184)
Positive
Negative 0-5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-100%
0-5% 5-10% 10-25% 25-50% 50-100%
3. FAO Action on Climate Change
• FAO supports member countries to take action on climate change at a number of levels
FAO field level experience tackling climate change
Forestry &
Land Use
Energy
generation and
access
Health, food
and water
security
Livelihoods of
people &
communities
Ecosystems &
ecosystem
services
Infrastructure
& built
environment
Mitigation Adaptation
• REDD+
• Emissions
from Ag &
Livestock
• Energy in
Ag value
chains
• Biogas
• Sustainable
intensification
• Climate Field
Schools
• NAP-Ag
• DRR
• Multi-purpose
water
• Climate
Proofing Ag
Value
chains
• Ecosystem-
based
production
systems
Low-emission and climate-resilient agriculture
FAO’s Climate Change Strategy
• Enhance institutional and technical capacities of Member States
• Improve integration of food security, agriculture, forestry and
fisheries within the international climate agenda
• Strengthen internal coordination and delivery of FAO’s work
Three outcomes from FAO’s Climate Change Strategy and Plan of Action:
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Initiative Country Partners Partners
FAO Asia Flagship Research Program
• Demographics, urbanization and climate
change
Regional CIAT, IWMI
Technical Cooperation Program - CSA
• CSA Country Profiles and NDC investment
pipelines
Regional, Thailand CIAT
Analysis and Mapping of Impacts under Climate
Change for Adaptation and Food Security
(AMICAF)
Philippines,
Indonesia, Global
MAFF
“Healthy Soil” management for Combating
Climate Change in Southeast Asia
• Emissions reductions from rice paddy
through sustainable soil management
Southeast Asia MAFF, JGSEE,
NARO
4. Initiatives within the Asia and the Pacific RegionRegional Technical Programme
Initiative Country Partners Partners
Action on Emission of GHGs for Integrated
Sustainability (AEGIS)
• Research consortium focused on improving
emissions monitoring for rice
Regional UWA, Thai Rice
Dept
Sustainable Rice Landscapes
• Regional partnership program (proposal) to
deliver GEB from rice landscapes
Indonesia,
Thailand, Vietnam
WBCSD, UNEP,
GIZ, IRRI
Financing Investment in NDC priorities for
Agriculture
• Development of innovative reporting
systems and financing products for NDCs
Southeast Asia ASEAN CRN, CIAT
Initiative Country Partners Partners
Integrating Agriculture into National Adaptation
Plans
• Enhancing adaptation planning in agriculture
• New policy guidance tools
Thailand, Nepal,
Philippines, Vietnam
BMUB,
UNDP
GEF-Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency
• Enhancing monitoring & reporting systems in
agriculture
Bangladesh,
Cambodia, Mongolia,
PNG
Various
GEF-CSA and integrated landscapes
• Field application of CSA approaches
Bangladesh,
Cambodia, Myanmar,
Lao PDR, Sri Lanka
Various
Supporting Initiatives at the country levelRegional Technical Programme
Initiative Country Partners Partners
GEF - Strengthening agro-met services and farmer
adaptation
• Establishment of improved national agro-met
systems and climate field schools
Lao PDR, Nepal Various
GCF REDD+/CSA Projects
• Scaling up integrated resources management and
CSA approaches based on national priorities
Afghanistan,
Cambodia, Nepal,
Pakistan,
Philippines, Vietnam
Various
Supporting Initiatives at the country levelRegional Technical Programme
5. Examples of Concrete Projects5.1. AMICAF Project
• Analysis and Mapping of Impacts under Climate Change for Adaptation and Food Security (AMICAF)
• FAO Trust Fund Project, funded by MAFF-Japan
• AMICAF 1st phase - 2011-2015: The Philippines and Peru
• AMICAF 2nd phase – 2015-2018: Indonesia and Paraguay
• Objectives: to fill climate change ‘knowledge’ and ‘capacity’ gaps towards evidence-based climate change adaptation planning and strategic responses in agriculture sector.
Component 1:
Impacts Analysis of Climate Change on Agriculture
(MOSAICC)
Component 2: Food
Insecurity Vulnerability Analysis at household level
Component 3:
Enhance Community Capacities to Adapt Climate
Change
Component 4: Policy and
Planning Support
Solomon Islands
Fiji
Samoa
Cook Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Maldives
IndiaPakistan
Afghanistan
Mongolia
China DPRK
Nepal
Bhutan
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam
Cambodia
Lao PDR
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Brunei Darussalam
Vanuatu
Tuvalu
Kiribati
Nauru
Palau
Tonga Niue
Timor Leste
Japan
5.2. “Healthy Soil” management for Combating Climate Change in Southeast Asia
Funded by MAFF Japan
Target Region Southeast Asia
Starting date August 2017
End date August 2019
Thank you