This story unpacks the synergies and opportunities in the climate-nutrition-agrifood system nexus in Uganda based on the exchanges in the FIRST-SCALA programme joint-webinar on “Agrifood systems transformation to achieve global climate and nutrition targets: what is the implementation traction in countries?”

The SCALA and FIRST programmes organized a joint virtual learning network dialogue on “ Agrifood systems transformation to achieve global climate and nutrition targets: what is the implementation traction in countries?”, Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 13:00 (GMT +1). Learn more about this event...

This webinar was designed to introduce participants to key concepts – including typologies, methodologies, tools and resources – that can be applied when undertaking systems-level assessments and to enhance understanding on the practical steps that are involved in planning systems-level assessments. 

 

The momentum to address gender inequality in response to climate change is greater than ever as shown in the commitments made at COP26 and in countries’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). Let’s look at two common challenges we have heard and suggestions for how to overcome them to promote gender equality in national climate responses...

Learn more about the key COP26 outcomes on finance in agriculture and land use sectors. Discover SCALA Technical Assistance Facility for private sector engagement launched during SCALA COP26 side event.

The SCALA programme sat down with Dr. Prum Somany, Director at the Department of International Cooperation (DIC) and Assistant to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to learn about how Cambodia plans to accelerate its adaptation and mitigation goals in the agriculture and land use sector. 

The SCALA programme sat down with Mr. Ts. Bolorchuluun, Head of the Department of Policy Implementation and Planning at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry (MOFALI) in Mongolia to learn about the opportunities to enhance the country’s climate ambition outlined in its NDCs and other national policies. 

To learn more about how Senegal is scaling up its climate ambition in land use and agriculture to meet the targets of its NDC and related climate strategies, the SCALA programme sat down with Mr. Boubacar Drame and Mr. Younoussa Mballo, from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment, to understand how to overcome barriers to achieve Senegal’s climate agenda.

To learn more about how Uganda is scaling up its climate ambition in land use and agriculture to meet the targets of its NDC and related climate strategies, the SCALA programme sat down with Mr. John Chrysostom Birantana, Senior Principal Policy Analyst at the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries to understand how to overcome barriers to achieve Uganda's climate agenda.

The SCALA programme organized a semi-virtual side event at the Multilateral Development Banks Pavilion at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on “Engaging the private sector to implement agriculture and land use priorities of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAP)s”.

To learn more about how Costa Rica is scaling up its climate ambition in land use and agriculture to meet the targets of its NDC and related climate strategies, the SCALA programme sat down with the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Mr. Renato Alvarado to unpack the opportunities and challenges in this process. 

The Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans (SCALA) Programme, implemented by the FAO and UNDP organized a session on “Engaging businesses in climate resilient agriculture in Africa” on day 2 of the Africa Climate Week 2021. 

Our food security depends on the sustainable management of healthy ecosystems. Yet, over half of the world’s agricultural lands and marine ecosystems are degraded to some extent. 

The latest IPCC (AR6) Report paints a dire picture of our current climate and a world expected to surpass global warming levels of 1.5°C in the next few decades unless immediate steps are taken. In parallel to public sector action, businesses have a major role to play in limiting the effects of climate change.

Tuesday, 7 September 13:00-14:15 CEST

The FAO-UNDP “Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through NDCs and NAPs” (SCALA) programme is organizing a webinar on integrating climate resilience in value chain analysis. The webinar aimed to:

Exactly 100 days before the COP26, FAO and UNDP, through the SCALA programme organized a virtual session on “Accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement through climate-resilient food systems” at the Food Systems Pre-Summit held in Rome in July 2021. The session brought together members from academia, the private sector, and government representatives from Uganda and Mongolia to unpack the role food systems can play in fulfilling the goals of the Paris Agreement. 

13:30-14:20 CEST | Tuesday 27 July

 The Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans (SCALA) programme, co-led by FAO and UNDP, has organized a parallel session at the Pre-Food Systems Summit to bring attention to the need for a sustainable food-systems approach in the implementation of climate-resilient strategies to facilitate transformative change.

The world is still grappling with the profound economic, social, and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These impacts offer a glimpse of what the land use and agriculture sectors will endure if a systemic transformation towards climate resilience is not achieved by 2030. To tackle this challenge, FAO and UNDP are making sure COVID-19 considerations and green recovery are central to countries’ climate action plans for agriculture.

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Climate change is one of the greatest threats to food security, poverty reduction and sustainable development across the world. To cope with the consequences of climate change, innovative solutions are needed. Blockchain technology is one of them – but what is it and how can it be used?

Why implementing a systems-wide approach and boosting private sector engagement in agriculture and land-use is part of the climate solution.