Climate change and extreme weather events, from heat waves to drought and flooding, are more frequent than ever before. How are the agriculture sectors and farmers expected to adapt?
 
The Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) programme, jointly coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is working with eleven countries to identify and integrate climate adaptation measures into national planning and budgeting processes, in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. As the NAP-Ag programme phases out, a new programme called Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through NDCs and NAPs (SCALA) was launched in December 2019 to build on its achievements and continue to support countries through a wide range of activities.
 
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Joining hands with businesses to scale up climate resilience agriculture

5 Apr 2021
Why implementing a systems-wide approach and...

When you think farmer – think female!

8 Mar 2021
FAO and UNDP are empowering women for a sustainable future
 
In many parts of the world, women carry out a majority of the agricultural and household work. Yet, they do...

Mainstreaming fisheries and aquaculture in climate change adaptation - New guidelines for adaptation

21 Dec 2020

The fisheries and aquaculture sector has one of the lowest carbon footprints among all food production systems, while supporting livelihoods of millions of people. However, climate change has a profound impact on the wellbeing of aquatic ecosystems, with implications for food security and the...

The way forward for agriculture sector development and adaptation planning in Viet Nam in light of COVID-19 impacts

17 Dec 2020

Ha Noi, 11 December 2020 – Despite Viet Nam’s success in both agriculture sector adaptation planning and stopping the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the economic impacts of the pandemic are negatively affecting farmers and, thus, decrease their climate change resilience.  ...

Africa: Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans: What have we achieved and learned during program implementation?

2 Dec 2020

November 2020 - With the FAO-UNDP joint programme on Integrating Agriculture into National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) phasing out in 2020, the momentum and work achieved under the 5-year programme have not. NAP-Ag supported 11 partner countries in Africa, Asia and Latin...

Forests and agroforestry taking its place for climate adaptation - New FAO-FTA supplementary guidelines on NAPs

1 Dec 2020

26  November 2020 - The potential of forests and trees to mitigate global warming has long been the main focus of climate change discussions. But forests – and the livelihoods of the 1.6 billion people who depend on them – are also greatly threatened by increasing variability in temperature and...

Increasing the importance of agriculture in Guatemala’s NDC update

19 Jun 2020

Guatemala, 18 June 2020 - While Guatemala is currently revising its climate commitments through a more enhanced NDC submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by November 2020, the country is giving the agriculture sectors more prominence...

Acentuando la importancia de la agricultura en la actualización de la NDC de Guatemala

19 Jun 2020

Guatemala, 18 de junio de 2020 - Si bien Guatemala está revisando actualmente sus compromisos climáticos a través de la actualización de su NDC, a ser presentada a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) en noviembre de 2020, el país está...

Webinar recordings: Strengthening monitoring and evaluation for adaptation in the agriculture sectors

28 Apr 2020

This webinar provided an overview of key steps for the development of a national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for tracking adaptation in the agriculture sectors. During the webinar, the FAO and UNDP Guidance Note was presented and partner countries shared their experiences in...

Event: Webinar on monitoring and evaluation 23 April 2020

12 Apr 2020

On Thursday, 23 April 2020, the FAO-UNDP “Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans” (NAP-Ag) Programmeis is organizing a webinar from 16:00 - 17:30 (CET) on Strengthening monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for adaptation planning for the agriculture sectors, based...

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Progress in developing a national monitoring and evaluation system for adaptation in the agriculture sector: a multi-country case study

7 Mar 2023

This case study aims to provide an overview and analysis of lessons learned from different approaches used in nine countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, in which the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) programme was implemented, to promote monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of adaptation in the agriculture sectors as part of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. The case study focus on concrete country experiences in advancing adaptation M&E in the agriculture sector.

Colombia case study: Safeguarding livelihoods and promoting resilience through NAPs

6 Apr 2022

This country case study on Colombia is part of a series that describes the steps taken to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), with a particular emphasis on adaptation in agriculture (including forestry, livestock and fisheries). The series aims to provide national policy makers with valuable information from colleagues and counterparts in Asia, Africa and Latin America who are on the same NAP journey to address the multiple challenges posed by climate change.

Guatemala case study: Safeguarding livelihoods and promoting resilience through NAPs

6 Apr 2022

This country case study on Guatemala is part of a series that describes the steps taken to formulate and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), with a particular emphasis on adaptation in agriculture (including forestry, livestock and fisheries). The series aims to provide national policy makers with valuable information from colleagues and counterparts in Asia, Africa and Latin America who are on the same NAP journey to address the multiple challenges posed by climate change.

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