Food & Agriculture Background

The document outlines the progress of the Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of agriculture and food security (SSJA) following SB62, where a draft was adopted without objection. It highlights a divide between the G77, China, and LDCs—who prioritize food security, adaptation for smallholders, and non-conditional finance—and developed nations like the EU, UK, and Australia, who favor market-linked mechanisms and climate-smart agriculture. The briefing notes that while parties recognize the need to align agriculture finance with climate goals, significant funding gaps remain as they prepare for COP30 in Belém.

• The draft for the Sharm el-Sheikh joint work on implementation of agriculture and food security (SSJA) was adopted without objection at SB62, though parties such as the EU, UK, and South Sudan called for improvements to the associated online portal.
• The G77 and China emphasize that food security and adaptation measures for smallholder farmers and vulnerable rural communities are necessary to achieve an equitable Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA).
• Developed countries, including the EU, UK, and Australia, prefer a focus on climate-smart agriculture under the Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) and are skeptical of direct financial commitments or assigning historical responsibility.
• There is a conflict regarding agriculture finance: the Global South argues that alignment with climate goals must not be conditional and should accompany Article 9 grants, while developed countries push for alignment tied to voluntary private-sector investment.
• The Baku to Belém Roadmap includes a commitment to provide 1.3 trillion USD annually in climate finance for developing countries, which is identified as an opportunity to prioritize food security and agriculture.

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@techreport{climatalkndfood, author = {{ClimaTalk}}, title = {{Food \& Agriculture Background}}, institution = {ClimaTalk}, url = {https://climatalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Food-and-Agriculture.docx-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }