Discover how innovative climate solutions are transforming the agricultural landscape for Ethiopian farmers, empowering them to adapt and thrive in the face of climate change. Explore the inspiring initiatives and practical approaches with the support of the SCALA programme that are unlocking resilience and sustainable farming practices in Ethiopia. Read more…

To support the government of Egypt to increase resilience in all agriculture subsectors, FAO hosted a training of trainers’ workshop on addressing agriculture in NAPs, with the support of the FAO-UNDP SCALA programme in Cairo. Read more...

As part of translating the updated NDC priorities into actionable climate solutions, the SCALA Programme initiated a System-Level Assessment (SLA) at watershed scale. To kick start this assessment, the team embarked on a scoping mission in Oromia and Harari regions from 2-19 May 2023 to gather evidence. Read more...

In collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans (SCALA) programme organized a side event on transformative adaptation actions in the agriculture and land use sectors at NAP Expo 2023 in Santiago, Chile. Read more...

In the beginning of this year the FAO-UNDP SCALA programme launched its first SCALA Hackathon, targeting SCALA countries in Asia and the Pacific. After months of challenges and selection processes, we can finally announce the winner team.... 

April 2023 – Nepal is home of the Himalayas and a country with a unique topography, including the world's highest peaks and deep river valleys. The country has a diverse and complex climate system. Unfortunately, this topography also makes Nepal particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. 

The SCALA programme is contributing to the efforts in Thailand, Uganda, and Costa Rica with gender analysis, workshops on gender-responsive planning, and support for inclusive planning processes. It mainstreams gender and social inclusion throughout the work of all 12 SCALA partner countries in line with both agencies' Gender Equality Strategy. Read more...

FAO and UNDP teamed up with Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture and the FAO SHARP team to address climate challenges in the cattle corridor. Using the SHARP+ tool, six local district offices evaluated climate risks and developed transformative adaptation solutions for smallholder farmers and pastoralist households. Read more…

The SCALA programme sat down with Mr. Nelson Lozano, the Ministry of Agriculture focal point for the programme, to learn more about the national, sectoral and regional priorities for climate action and the activities being implemented over the course of the programme. Read more about the interview…

Three months before global attention was focused on the annual UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, stakeholders gathered in Gaborone, Botswana at NAP Expo 2022 to focus on adaptation planning through the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. Read more about the common challenges and solutions at NAP Expo 2022 and SCALA's support on NAPs.

Transformation of food systems is critical to achieving countries’ NDCs and NAPs. Conversely, NDCs and NAPs provide entry points to identifying pathways for transformative change. This article is based on the COP27 World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) side event where the SCALA programme took part, highlights the need for food to “be on the table,” on the agenda, at COP 27 and beyond.

The SCALA programme and the UNFCCC PCCB Network brought together a variety of stakeholders from government and civil society for an exchange of experiences in implementing gender-responsive climate action. Learn more...

At the Africa Climate Week, Uganda presented its approach to monitoring, reporting and verifying the climate actions of their national government, local governments, civil society, and the private sector. The country takes an inclusive approach to reporting, which enhances transparency, builds capacity, and can be replicated in other countries.

The SCALA programme sat down with Mr. Pongthai Thaiyotin, the Director at the Bureau of Agricultural Economic Research in the Office of Agriculture Economics (OEA) and Ms. Benjaporn Chakranon, the Director General of Land Development Department (LDD) to learn about how SCALA will support Thailand transform its climate action over the next four years of the programme.

The SCALA programme sat down with her Excellency Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Ministerof Environment of Egypt, to learn more about the national priorities and opportunities to enhance the country’s climate ambition and to highlight the programme’s plans over the course of its implementation. Read full interview...

Côte d'Ivoire partnered with the FAO-UNDP SCALA programme, to further support the implementation of its agriculture climate plans. The SCALA focal point at the UNDP Office in Abidjan, Mr. Jean Douglas Anaman, to learn more about how the programme will support Côte d'Ivoire to increase action in agriculture and land use, with a focus on sustainable agroforestry landscapes around cocoa culture.

The global climate crisis is everyone’s business. Countries have committed to lower emissions and sustainable practices across all sectors. Change is needed across the agriculture system, from farmland to store front – and this can only be accomplished with a joint effort from all players in the agribusiness industry...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has now published contributions by all three of its Working Groups to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Let us take a closer look at 8 key messages and the implications for global efforts to reduce climate risks and to discover how SCALA is supporting these efforts.

In early 2022, Ethiopia officially launched the SCALA programme with an inception workshop that brought together key stakeholders from the Ministries, private sector and civil society institutions. The SCALA programme sat down with Negus Lemma, the Director General at the Climate Change and Biodiversity (EPA) and H. E, Wondale Habtamu, the Advisor of the Minister (MoA) in Ethiopia to learn more about the outcomes of the workshop and highlight the programme’s plans for the next five years.

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?”