The Two Degree Initiative Listening Sessions: Conference Proceedings

The proceedings detail stakeholder perspectives from over 1,000 participants across 60 countries to guide the Two Degree Initiative. Key recommendations include reforming research-development pathways, adopting interdisciplinary food-land-water systems approaches, improving data communication for policymakers, unlocking public and private finance through partnerships, aligning regional actions with global frameworks, leveraging digital technologies for small-scale producers, and prioritizing transformative approaches for the most vulnerable populations.

• The Two Degree Initiative aims to support 200 million small-scale agricultural producers globally in adapting to climate change.
• Research-development-deployment pathways must be reformed to prioritize climate resilience and co-creation, necessitating more inclusive, risk-tolerant innovation systems and the co-production of knowledge.
• Building climate resilience requires an interdisciplinary, intersectional approach to food, land, and water systems that works across silos and addresses systemic bottlenecks and vulnerabilities across value chains.
• There is a need to improve climate-related data tools and communication to ensure policymakers and civil society are motivated and held accountable for enacting change.
• Innovative partnerships are essential to unlock public and private finance, which accelerates the deployment of solutions and improves the scale of climate resilience.
• Climate-informed digital technologies should be expanded to provide real-time, context-specific advisories and market services to small-scale producers to support livelihoods, agrobiodiversity, and food security.
• Transformative approaches, including shifting value chains and transitioning livelihoods, must be prioritized for the most vulnerable, with a specific focus on promoting gender equality and opportunities for youth.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). The Two Degree Initiative Listening Sessions: Conference Proceedings. https://www.wri.org/research/two-degree-initiative-listening-sessions-conference-proceedings

Chicago

World Resources Institute. The Two Degree Initiative Listening Sessions: Conference Proceedings. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/two-degree-initiative-listening-sessions-conference-proceedings.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendtwo, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{The Two Degree Initiative Listening Sessions: Conference Proceedings}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/two-degree-initiative-listening-sessions-conference-proceedings}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }