Transcript The road to Paris - EESC European Economic and Social Committee

Agriculture and Food security
related challenges
Jerome Mounsey
Policy Officer
Land Use and Finance for Innovation
DG Climate Action
European Commission
EESC –Brussels
26 January 2016
Agriculture and climate nexus in a world
wide context:
• Agriculture and forestry serve multiple objectives; food
production, bioenergy, materials
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Agriculture will have to feed a growing and wealthier global population of
nine billion people by 2050 will require a 60% increase in global food
production (2013).
• Agriculture and Forestry face many challenges
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Degrading soils, extreme weather events..
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Changes in yields and productivity leading to reduced GDP from agriculture
and fluctuations of world market prices, increased risk of hunger…
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Competition for land between activities
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Competition for scarce water resources
Climate change: the physical science basis
• 5th IPCC Assessment Report confirms the challenge in
keeping global warming below 2°C in 2050
Source: IPCC 5th report poster
• This report also highlights the current and future adaptation
challenges due to climate-change : rise of sea level,
droughts, extreme weather, floods…
IPCC 5AR (WGII) Impacts, Adaptation and
Vulnerability (2014)
Impacts are already being felt in Europe and
across the world
economies, societies and ecosystems need to adapt to:
 changes in weather patterns
 rising sea levels
 increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather
events - storms, floods, droughts and heat waves
Cities are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
due to high population density & physical infrastructure.
The Paris Agreement
An ambitious Agreement
• A long-term goal to hold temperature increase to
well below 20 C, and pursue efforts to limit to 1.50 C
• Global emissions to peak as soon as possible, net
zero emissions in the second half of the Century
• Legally binding obligations to maintain successive
targets and to pursue domestic mitigation
measures – 187 countries have submitted their
plans
• A global stocktake every five years starting in 2018
with increased ambition over time
A fair Agreement
• Support for vulnerable countries
• Goal of mobilising $100bn per year extended to
2025, new goal to be set before 2025 widening the
donor base
• Capacity building and technology transfer for
developing countries ; support for monitoring,
reporting and verification
• Adaptation at political par; Loss and Damage for
the first time part of an international agreement
Intended nationally determined contributions
From nationally determined to collectively ambitious
and individually fair – in time for Paris
Aggregate global emissions:
UNFCCC Synthesis report
UNEP Gap report
INDC more than numbers:
IEA World Energy Outlook:
decoupling
MILES IDDRI report: air pollution,
energy security benefits
155 countries with an INDC, over 90% of global emissions
All INDCs with mitigation efforts, over 100 INDCs with references to adaptation
Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia, Thailand present their INDC in Bonn
Oman, U.E.A first INDCs from Gulf countries submitted during Bonn
COP21 Paris outcome & land issues
• Acknowledgement of the importance of food
security
• The need to utilise land & forest sinks very
prominent (i.e. sustainable land management)
 Continuing discussions on Agriculture (SBSTA),
with workshops this May in Bonn.
Climate
Action
Some possible ways forward on
Agriculture & Food security?
 Climate smart agriculture
(productivity, Resilience &
mitigation)
 Efforts to reduce food waste
(FAO led "Save Food"
initiative)
 Sustainable land management
(prevent
desertification & soil degradation)
 Capacity building & support
 Early warning/crop insurance systems
Climate
Action
Sustainable development Goals (SDGs)
Agriculture & food Security
Climate
Action
EU vision and strategic priorities
1.
Agriculture as a driver for economic growth & job creation:
supporting Private Sector Development and inclusive
Agricultural Growth.
2.
Promoting a Sustainable
sustainable intensification.
3.
Support partner countries in reducing stunting in 7 million
children by 2025, with a financial commitment for 3.5 billion
Euro: Nutrition Security.
4.
Build resilience and enhance crisis prevention &
management against food crises: systemic Resilience to
Food Crises.
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