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Support for Agri-Food Sector in the Near East and North Africa to Engage in the UNFCCC COP27 - TCP/RAB/3806

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 16

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) The project contributed to the achievement of the SDGs by working with a variety of cross-cutting teams that emphasize: (i) nutrition and food security (SDG 2); (ii) gender-responsive climate action (SDG 5); (iii) water and adaptation (SDG 6); (iv) sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12); (v) climate action, climate policy and disaster risk reduction (SDG 13); and (vi) ecosystem restoration and management, and forests and adaptation (SDG 15). By both driving and taking advantage of the momentum of COP27 and COP28 in the region (COP28 was held in the United Arab Emirates), the project conducted assessments and engaged with country representatives, especially those from the agriculture sectors. This resulted in the empowerment of actors working within agrifood systems to engage in both national- and global-level climate change processes, including those of the UNFCCC. In addition to these achievements, the project exceeded its target of 13 NENA countries having submitted updated NDCs, with a total of 14 having submitted Contributions that include adaptation and/or mitigation priorities in agrifood systems by the end of the project.

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