Guide to UNFCCC Negotiations on

AgricultureA Toolkit for Communications and Outreach

Who Produced the Toolkit?

Uniting over 155 organisations from around the world, Farming First is one of the most diverse and active agricultural coalitions in the world. Farming First supporters represent the world’s farmers, scientists and engineers as well as relevant agribusiness associations and civil society organisations.

CCAFS brings together the world's best researchers in agricultural science, climate science, environmental and social sciences to identify and address the most important interactions, synergies and trade-offs between climate change and agriculture.

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is a joint international institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union (EU). Our mission is to advance food and nutritional security, increase prosperity and encourage sound natural resource management in ACP countries.

What is the Toolkit?

The toolkit provides knowledge and information for understanding the key role agriculture has in the climate change debate. It can be useful at:• Negotiations• Dialogues• Events• Networking• Conferences

Who Can Use this Toolkit?

This toolkit can be used by:• Negotiators • Farmers • Scientists• Policymakers• Agricultural development

organisations • All advocates for agriculture to

be part of UNFCCC process!

What Tools Are Available?

• Key messages• An overview of agriculture in the UNFCCC

process• Frequently Asked Questions • Factsheets • Websites• Infographics• Briefs & papers• Examples

Key Dates

Feb 2015:Zero Draft

March 2015:Submissions to SBSTA

June 2015:SBSTA meetings

Dec 2015:COP 21

Includes mentions of both the ‘land sector’ and agriculture: a positive development, negotiators should keep agriculture included

Progress made on adaptation but needs to feed into the ADP discussions so that 2020 global framework includes agriculture.

Existing solutions can be scaled up. Challenge is not to invent new practices but to share what already works as widely as possible.

2020 agreement should deploy finance, technical inputs and capacity building to support agricultural sector to achieve food security through adaptation and mitigation.

Further Key Messages • Farmers are experiencing the impacts of climate change NOW and

they need action from policy makers, NGOs, politicians and businesses

• 2020 agreement should acknowledge the importance of agriculture for food security and livelihoods and the role it can play to help meet global adaptation and mitigation goals.

• 2020 agreement should deploy finance, technical inputs and capacity building to support agricultural sector to achieve food security through adaptation and mitigation.

• The Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) by countries represent a key opportunity to bring agriculture into climate change commitments and activities. Agriculture must be included in the INDCs.

• National policy processes will work best if they combine food security, adaptation and mitigation rather than keeping the three aspects in separate tracks.

• Financing for both mitigation and adaptation must be part of climate change policies. It is essential that the new Green Climate Fund (GCF) provides stable, long-term support to adaptation and mitigation in agriculture.

How to Get Involved

• Get a deeper knowledge of the process• Make a submission to SBSTA • Get active on social media• Attend relevant events• Impress audiences with key facts & figures• Bring key data to negotiations• Share this toolkit with others

Contact

Email: info@farmingfirst.org / ccafs@cgiar.orgTwitter: @FarmingFirst / @cgiarclimate /

@CTAflashYouTube: Farming First / CCAFS / CTA Brussels

LinkedIn: Farming First