Enhancing Agriculture Contribution to Climate Goals by Strengthening NDCs

The presentation focuses on enhancing the role of agriculture in achieving climate goals by strengthening Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It highlights agriculture's dual role in both greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate adaptation, noting that food systems contribute to nearly a quarter of global emissions. While most NDCs emphasise adaptation through climate-smart agriculture, soil management, and irrigation, few include robust mitigation targets. The presentation outlines key strategies to improve NDCs, such as adopting a systems approach, ensuring policy coherence, investing in research and capacity building, facilitating technology transfer, and mobilising climate finance. It proposes policy instruments like targeted subsidies, agricultural insurance, payment for ecosystem services, and sustainability certification to address perverse incentives and promote resilience. The presentation concludes that an integrated, inclusive, and context-specific approach, especially suited for smallholder farmers, is essential to achieve scalable and impactful climate action in agriculture.

The presentation focuses on enhancing the role of agriculture in achieving climate goals by strengthening Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It highlights agriculture's dual role in both greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate adaptation, noting that food systems contribute to nearly a quarter of global emissions. While most NDCs emphasise adaptation through climate-smart agriculture, soil management, and irrigation, few include robust mitigation targets. The presentation outlines key strategies to improve NDCs, such as adopting a systems approach, ensuring policy coherence, investing in research and capacity building, facilitating technology transfer, and mobilising climate finance. It proposes policy instruments like targeted subsidies, agricultural insurance, payment for ecosystem services, and sustainability certification to address perverse incentives and promote resilience. The presentation concludes that an integrated, inclusive, and context-specific approach, especially suited for smallholder farmers, is essential to achieve scalable and impactful climate action in agriculture.