Catalysing climate solutions - An introduction to FAO’s work on climate change adaptation in agrifood systems

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Due to the urgent need to protect communities, ecosystems, and economies from the impacts of a changing climate, adaptation is becoming increasingly relevant. Climate change is already a significant stressor on most global and local value chains and threatens food security. This makes timely implementation of sustainable adaptation actions that catalyse agrifood system resilience indispensable for working towards better nutrition, better environments and better production, leaving no one behind.

Recognizing the important role adaptation plays for agrifood systems, and its prominence in the Paris Agreement, the paper presents and reflects on FAO’s repertoire of different adaptation actions and solutions. Complementing the conclusion of the Global Stocktake at COP28, it comprehensively summarizes FAO’s efforts to boost progress in global adaptation actions.

The paper (a) emphasizes the importance of bringing agrifood systems into the global adaptation agenda and policy landscape; (b) creates a cross-sectoral portfolio of FAO adaptation solutions covering multiple scales and approaches; (c) gives an insight into FAO's work with partners and Members and presents relevant networks and collaborations.

Laying out FAO’s guiding principles according to the FAO Strategy on Climate Change 2022–2031, it underscores FAO’s efforts for transformative action in agrifood systems and demonstrates FAO's people-centered approach to climate change adaptation.

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Authors	Angioni, C.; Haensel, M.; Wolf, J.;
Geographic coverage	Senegal Sudan Tunisia Gambia India Global
Available from	22 Dec 2023
Related organisation(s)	FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Knowledge service \| Metadata	Global Food and Nutrition Security \| Food crises and food and nutrition security Sustainable Food Systems \| Irrigation Agroecology Climate action Climate-smart agriculture Food system Smallholder agriculture Climate extreme
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET)	adaptation to climate change livestock farming Agriculture financing aid policy aquaculture sustainable fisheries

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