The program of events for the participation of Heads of State and Government on November 7 and 8 will include the delivery of national statements, high-level round tables organized by the Government of Egypt, and high-level side events organized by other World Leaders after the formal opening of the Summit, led by the President of Egypt on November 7. Parties, observer States, UN agencies, multilateral organizations, and other observer organizations may participate in the high-level section.
Global Food Security Achievements
Launched in 2017, the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) integrates soils, nutrient use, water, livestock, methods for assessing adaptation, and the socio-economic and food security dimensions of climate change. It also identifies strategies to transform food systems and encourages commitments to action to be carried out.
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The UN's 2021 Food Systems Summit saw over 100 nations sign up to create national food system transformation agendas. Approximately 90% of developing countries have included adaptation in their NDCs, with agriculture serving as one of the key components. Pilot projects across Africa are investigating strategies to reward farmers who implement HYRAP4 with Carbon Finance.
FAO and UNDP have created a 5-year program called "Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans" (SCALA) with the goal of transforming the climate-sensitive agriculture industry.
FAO and IAAS6 established the Youth for Green and Climate-Resilient Agriculture Program (YCRA) to aid and support youth-led initiatives in the agricultural sector.
More than $1.6 billion has been invested by the Green Climate Fund ("GCF") to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change and supply the world's rising food demand. The GCF focuses on three transformation pathways: support for resilient agriculture, support for early warning systems for smallholder farmers, restructuring of the food supply chains, ensuring that commodities can reach markets more quickly, and minimizing food loss and waste.
More work is required despite ongoing efforts to address food insecurity. A move to sustainable global food systems necessitates progress on three fronts at once:
Utilizing sustainable, climate-smart methods of production that will boost resilience of the food industry to shocks and extreme weather while reducing emissions and maintaining productivity.
Improving access to cold networks (13% of world food production is lost due to a lack of cold chains); and reducing food loss (now 33% of global food production) across the harvesting, shipping, and consumption stages.
Producing substitutes, encouraging the change to more native plants, crops, and grains, and modifying demand for food in order to diets that can remain within the limits of the planet (thus reducing the current reliance on wheat, maize, rice, potatoes, and increasing the resilience of cultivations).
