Thumbnail Image

Strengthening Capacities for Improving Climate Action in Agriculture - TCP/ARM/3805

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) Owing to the vulnerability of its ecosystems and the occurrence of frequent natural disasters, Armenia is particularly susceptible to the effects of climate change. As temperatures rise, the country is likely to experience the expansion of drylands, loss of forest cover, range shifts of certain species, flooding, landslides, and drought. These phenomena will have deleterious effects on the country’s poor rural communities, who largely depend on subsistence farming. To mitigate the above-mentioned effects of a changing climate, Armenia has expressed a strong commitment to implementing adaptation measures in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors, among others, and to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In 2018, Armenia joined the NDC Partnership and established an NDC Partnership Support Unit. The Unit then launched an initiative designed to build national capacity to develop, select, prioritize and carry out projects and activities that contribute to the implementation of the country’s NDC priorities, and to monitor these projects and activities.

Language English

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Project
    Strengthening Capacity for Climate Action in Mongolia - GCP/MON/016/CBT 2023
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    As a signatory to the Paris Agreement, Mongolia has committed to certain protocols for monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) regarding progress toward its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets. However, gaps remain in the MRV systems for the agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU) sector. In order to fulfil Mongolia’s Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) commitments and improve the quality of climate related decision making at all levels, these gaps should be addressed, including inadequate institutional arrangements and technological and technical capacities for mitigation related MRV and adaptation related monitoring and reporting. As such, this project sought to conduction activities that enhance the overall quality of information related to those issues by aligning MRV practices with global standards. It was designed to ensure that all stakeholders access and benefit from the resulting MRV improvements, and focused on addressing coordination and measurement gaps that are prerequisites for reporting.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Project
    Helping Countries to Plan and Implement Climate Action in Agriculture through Improved Capacity and Knowledge - GCP/GLO/890/GER 2022
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The Paris Agreement constitutes a landmark achievement in the international response to climate change. Developed and developing countries alike committed in 2015 to doing their part in the transition to a low-emissions and climate-resilient future, as expressed in countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Achieving the long-term climate goals of the Agreement, however, rests upon the enhanced institutional and technical capacity of developing countries to design, implement and track increasingly ambitious mitigation and adaption actions in the agriculture sectors. In the first round of NDCs, countries clearly referred to the need for enhanced capacities to engage stakeholders and facilitate inclusive planning and implementation processes, formulate new strategies, policies and laws, revise existing national policies and plans (including by mainstreaming climate change considerations), monitor and evaluate interventions and track GHG emissions and sinks, as well as adaptation needs and progress. Providing opportunities for exchange among decision-makers, technical experts and implementers can thereby contribute to laying the foundations for successful and ambitious interventions.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Project
    Support for the Implementation of the Pre-Cop, Cop25 and the Creation of a Regional Platform to Address Climate Action in Agricultural Production Sectors - TCP/RLA/3717 2023
    Also available in:
    Climate change has brought with it increased climatic variation, changes in rainfall patterns and an increase in the incidence and potency of natural disasters around the world This has had major impacts on productive activities worldwide, especially those directly related to climate, natural cycles and ecosystem functions This is expected to have major consequences for agricultural, forestry, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture production systems, exacerbating the negative impacts of unsustainable practices and high carbon and water footprints It will also weaken the resilience of ecosystems and natural resources ( which are the basis for sustainable development and human survival The agrifood sector is also particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, while the agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors contribute significantly to greenhouse gas ( emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean ( For this reason, it is vital to optimize, coordinate and transfer knowledge in order to increase food production in a context of sustainability and resilience Given the current scenario, there is an urgent need to advocate for the fulfilment of commitments made in international agreements, to negotiate more ambitious emission reduction targets and to allocate technical and financial resources to agricultural production systems in order to implement actions that will help to fulfil the targets set.
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.