Stepping Up Action on Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa

The report outlines outcomes from an event held during Africa Climate Week 2019 in Ghana, focusing on scaling up resilience in African agriculture. It emphasizes the need for nature-based solutions, the centrality of smallholder farmers, and the urgent requirement for climate finance to reach local levels, particularly in least developed countries. The document proposes specific actions for the UN Secretary-General's Climate Action Summit, including halting land degradation, implementing early warning-early action systems, and integrating climate risk analysis into National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

• Large-scale restoration and nature-based solutions are critical for building climate resilience and meeting the global food demand increase of 49% by 2050.
• Climate finance must be redirected to reach local levels, with a target that over 75% of funds from international and national institutions reach smallholder farmers and agribusinesses in least developed countries (LDCs).
• Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) and Forecast based Finance (FbF) are essential tools to shift from reactive to proactive disaster management, protecting livelihoods and development gains.
• Smallholder farmers, including fishers and pastoralists, must be central to transformative changes, requiring support to strengthen their technical and financial capacities alongside traditional knowledge.
• Climate risk analyses are necessary to bridge the gap between high-level planning (NDCs and NAPs) and actual implementation for resilient farmers' livelihoods.
• The African Development Bank announced a USD 20 billion funding package for 2020-2026, with 40% allocated to climate-related activities.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2019). Stepping Up Action on Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/outcomes-from-the-day-message-and-actions-for-unsgs-climate-action-summit.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. Stepping Up Action on Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa. 2019. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/outcomes-from-the-day-message-and-actions-for-unsgs-climate-action-summit.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2019stepping, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{Stepping Up Action on Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/outcomes-from-the-day-message-and-actions-for-unsgs-climate-action-summit.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }