As mentioned in paragraph 14 of decision 3/CP.27, the Conference of the Parties agreed on seven objectives to address issues related to agriculture and food security in the context of the SJWA, which can be summarised as follows: 

1. Promoting a holistic approach taking into consideration regional, national and local circumstances to deliver multiple benefits; 
2. Enhancing coherence, synergies, coordination, communication and interaction between Parties, constituted bodies and workstreams, the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism, the Adaptation Fund, the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund in order to facilitate the implementation of action to address issues related to agriculture and food security  
3. Promoting synergies and strengthening engagement, collaboration and partnerships among national, regional and international organizations and other relevant stakeholders; 
4. Providing support and technical advice to Parties, constituted bodies and the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism on climate action; 
5. Enhancing research and development on issues related to agriculture and food security and consolidating and sharing related scientific, technological and other information, knowledge (including local and indigenous knowledge), experience, innovations and best practices; 
6. Evaluating progress in implementing and cooperating on climate action; and 
7. Sharing information and knowledge on developing and implementing national policies, plans and strategies related to climate change. 
   

Pursuant to decision 3/CP.27, the UNFCCC Secretariat has been requested to: 

• prepare an annual synthesis report on the work undertaken by constituted bodies and financial and other entities under the Convention, as well as by relevant international organizations, on activities related to the four-year Sharm el-Sheikh joint work (para. 15a); 
  
  
• hold in-session workshops  in hybrid format, facilitating both virtual and in-person participation, on agreed topics related to agriculture and food security at the first regular sessions of the subsidiary bodies each year (para. 15b): 
  
  
• establish the Sharm el-Sheikh online portal under the joint work for sharing information on projects, initiatives and policies for increasing opportunities for implementation of climate action to address issues related to agriculture and food security (para. 16), and 
  
  
• Subsidiary Bodies (SBs) to report to the Conference of the Parties at its thirty-first session (COP 31) in 2026 on the progress and outcomes of the joint work (para. 20). 
  
  Read FAO submission on Sharm el-Sheikh joint work 

The SJWA reaffirmed the importance of taking into account the vulnerability of farmers and other groups exposed to the effects of climate change, in particular smallholders, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women, youth and children, as well as their knowledge, experience and leadership; and in strengthening actions and support, in particular with regard to capacity building, access to finance and technology development and transfer. 

The effective implementation of the objectives agreed as part of the SJWA decision depends on cooperation between all stakeholders including Parties, constituted bodies under the Convention, operating entities of the Financial Mechanism, UN organizations and other relevant institutions, agencies and entities, the research community, the private sector, civil society and farmers' organizations, among others. 

Strengthened collaboration and innovative partnerships will reinforce the links between science, policy and practice, and the potential to catalyse climate action to address issues related to agriculture and food security. 

• Time to coordinate in relation to the joint work during the in-session workshops, agreeing to include this when reporting back on the progress and outcomes of the joint work to the COP31 (para. 2). 
  
  

• The submission of information by relevant international organizations on activities related to the joint work via the Sharm el-Sheikh online portal by 31 December each year (para. 4). 
  
  

• The preparation of the annual synthesis report by the UNFCCC Secretariat, taking into account the information of submissions (para. 4) and the progress under and the outcomes of current climate initiatives (para. 3), for consideration at the first regular sessions of the subsidiary bodies each year, starting in 2025. 

   

• Holding two agreed in-session workshops in hybrid format, facilitating both virtual and in-person participation at the 62nd and 64th sessions of the UNFCCC’s Subsidiary Bodies, focusing on:   

• The preparation by the UNFCCC Secretariat of a report on each of the in-session workshops for consideration by the Subsidiary Bodies at their sessions following the respective workshop.

   

• The submission of views for each workshop by Parties and observers via the submission portal on the subject of that workshop, options for its format and suggested speakers by 1 March 2025 (workshop 1) and by 1 March 2026 (workshop 2). 

   

• The development of the Sharm el-Sheikh online portal by the UNFCCC Secretariat, to be presented at the 61st session of the Subsidiary Bodies under the UNFCCC (SB61) for further development and consideration at the next meeting of the SBs in June 2025 (SB62).