Descriptions
The role of Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Phase II was to ensure integration of climate change across the CGIAR portfolio by providing tools and advice on priorities in different contexts, making the links to the climate science community, and representing CGIAR in climate-related policy processes. CCAFS Phase II activities were clustered around four Flagship Programs.
Flagship Program 1: Priorities and Policies for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Flagship Program 2: Climate-Smart Technologies and Practices
Flagship Program 3: Low Emissions Development
Flagship Program 4: Climate Services and Safety Nets
Each Flagship Program incorporates a Learning Platform to facilitate knowledge sharing, coordination and integration across CGIAR Research Programs. CCAFS operates from farm to global levels. A particular focus was on the various partnerships and alliances associated with climate-smart agriculture, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Green Climate Fund.
CCAFS research sites aligned with CGIAR’s overall strategy, with around 42% of investments focused on Africa, 39% on Asia and 19% on poverty hotspots in Latin America. The bulk of CCAFS’ work was carried out in 21 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Objectives
The overall goal of this project was to catalyze positive change towards climate-smart agriculture, food systems and landscapes. CCAFS took its mandate from the CGIAR vision: “a world free of poverty, hunger and environmental degradation”. The impacts were sought in three dimensions: 1. Reducing poverty; 2. Improving food and nutrition security for health; and 3. Improving natural resource systems and ecosystem services.
