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How countries plan to address agricultural adaptation and mitigation: An analysis of INDCs

11am, March 31st, 2016

Agriculture is well represented in parties’ adaptation and mitigation strategies, as communicated in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). There is much attention to conventional agricultural practices that can be climate-smart (e.g. livestock and crop management), but less to the enabling services that can facilitate uptake (e.g. climate information services, insurance, and credit). Considerable finance is needed for agricultural adaptation and mitigation by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) – in the order of USD 3 billion annually for adaptation and 2 billion annually for mitigation.

This publication looks at how parties need better information in order to refine their finance needs. Non-Annex 1 Parties raise issues of climate justice, social inequality and food security in their INDCs.

You can access this publication here: How countries plan to address agricultural adaptation and mitigation

Institutions Involved

  • CGIAR
  • CCAFS

Authors

M Richards, TB Bruun, BG Campbell, LE Regersen, S Huyer, V Kuntze, STN Madsen, MB Oldvig, I Vasileiou
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