Agriculture (including its effect on land use change) represents a significant component of the NDC in many countries. Yet to successfully implement the agricultural component of an NDC, policymakers need to better understand the likely impacts of climate change on agriculture, as well as the potential savings in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from different policy and investment options. They also need to recognize possible tradeoffs between mitigation and adaptation—though climate-smart agriculture (CSA) endeavors to find winwin options. Science can provide valuable information to policymakers that can enable them to make better decisions in both short- and long-term planning. Yet there are challenges. Scientists sometimes have difficulty communicating relevant facts in understandable terms. And policymakers are sometimes challenged to communicate their questions in terms that scientists can grapple with meaningfully. This session will include presentations by both scientists and policymakers. They will discuss their experiences dealing with science, policy, and the interaction of the two in country plans for addressing climate change impacts on agriculture and agriculture’s impacts on climate change. Presenters will offer perspectives from Latin America, Africa, and the Caucasus, as well as academic institutions and international research institutes
Speakers
- Timothy Thomas, Research Fellow, IFPRI
- Angelina Espinoza, Ministry of Agriculture, Chile
- Walter Oyhantcabal, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Uruguay
- Diana Harutyunyan, UNDP Climate Change Program, Armenia
- Catherine Mungai, CCAFS East Africa
- Allison Chatrchyan, Cornell University
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