In her presentation, Catherine Mungai from CCAFS gave an overview of the engagement between CCAFS, ACPC and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to support the African Group of Negotiators to integrate agriculture and climate change. At the request of the Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), the collaborating institutions are supporting the preparation of Technical and Position Papers on Agriculture and Climate Change in the context of Africa. The objective of the papers which focus on “Agriculture and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities in Africa,” is to guide the AGN in the on-going SBSTA work and UNFCCC negotiations on agriculture, including loss and damage elements.

1. Catherine Mungai
Program Specialist, CCAFS East Africa
Led by
CCAFS/ACPC/COMESA Support to the African
Group of Negotiators in the International Climate
Change Discussions on Loss and Damage

2. Adapting Agriculture to
Climate Variability and Change
Technologies, practices, partnerships and
policies for:
1. Adaptation to Progressive Climate
Change
2. Adaptation through Managing
Climate Risk
3. Pro-poor Climate Change Mitigation
Improved
Environmental
Health
Improved
Rural
Livelihoods
Improved
Food
Security
Enhanced adaptive capacity
in agricultural, natural
resource management, and
food systems
4. Integration for Decision Making
• Linking Knowledge with Action
• Assembling Data and Tools for Analysis
and Planning
• Refining Frameworks for Policy Analysis
The CCAFS Framework

3. Where CCAFS works
Latin America
West Africa
East Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia

4. Led by
CCAFS East
Africa
CCAFS EA program has
identified six learning sites in
four countries: Kenya (Nyando
and Wote Districts), Uganda
(Hoima and Rakai districts)
Tanzania (Lushoto district) and
Ethiopia (Borana).

5. Led by
Africa’s input on Loss and
Damage in the UNFCCC

6.  The extent of loss and damage due to
climate change amongst African
farming communities and society at
large varies depending on their
adaptive capacity.
 Declining crop yields due to prolonged
drought and high temperatures,
especially in Africa, could put
hundreds of thousands of people at
risk.
 Since Africa's agriculture will most
likely be affected by climate change, it
is imperative that African leaders take
leadership in matters relating to
agriculture in the climate negotiations.
What does this mean for Africa?

7. UNFCCC - Loss and Damage
 COP 16 - Parties created a Work Programme on Loss and Damage under the Subsidiary
Body on Implementation (SBI);
 COP17 - Negotiators reached a consensus on elements of the SBI Work Program
focusing on three thematic areas:
• Assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate
change and the current knowledge on the same
• A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse
effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and
slow onset events, taking into consideration experience at all levels
• The role of the Convention in enhancing the implementation of approaches to
address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change

8.  At the conclusion of COP17, Parties were invited to submit views on issues related to
agriculture to be considered by 36th Session of SBSTA in 2012
 The AGN chair requested CCAFS, COMESA, & ACPC-UNECA to support the preparation of
the Technical and Position Papers on Agriculture and Climate Change in the context of
Africa.
 A team of experts from five sub-regions of Africa was established and constituted to
gather evidence support for a common position for agriculture in Africa
AGN Technical Paper

9. Major Farming Systems
Sub-Saharan Africa

10.  Several writing sessions supported by CCAFS, COMESA and ACPC have been
held with the experts for the chapters shown below
o State of Africa’s Agriculture
• Gender and Social-Culture
• Farming Systems
o Vulnerabilities of African Agriculture Under a Changing Climate
o Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for a Climate Resilient Agriculture
o Opportunities for Adaptation Co-benefits in Agriculture
o Enabling Framework to support Agricultural Adaptation to Climate change
o Agriculture issues under the UNFCCC process
o 10 case studies on successful agricultural adaptation to climate change in Africa
 To strengthen the paper, CCAFS facilitated an event during COP 19 in Warsaw,
Poland to bring together the authors, reviewers and experts to provide critical
inputs to the draft book.
The Process

11.  As part of the evidence gathering
process, CCAFS partnered with
UNECA-ACPC to undertake a study
on loss and damage in
Mozambique to assess how farmers
and fisher folk are affected by
floods.
 The case study will contribute to
the loss and damage work program
of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), especially from Africa’s
perspective.
Mozambique Case Study on Loss and Damage

12.  Position paper on Agriculture and climate change to inform the
common African position on Agriculture in the UNFCCC process
 Technical Paper on Agriculture and Climate Change in Africa
 Policy briefs
 Scientific papers to refereed journals for publication to feed into the
IPCC produced Assessment Reports.
 The book will be launched in 2014 during the COP 20 in Lima Peru
Outputs

13. • Africa Portal Backgrounder No. 64 - African Group of Negotiators:
http://www.africaportal.org/articles/2013/08/22/evolution-
african-group-negotiators-unfccc
• Op-ed - Africa roots for agriculture in global climate change talks -
http://ccafs.cgiar.org/news/media-centre/in-the-news/africa-
roots-agriculture-global-climate-change-talks-star-
kenya#.UvntRbT9w5a
• Blog - Africans put agriculture in climate focus -
http://ccafs.cgiar.org/africans-put-agriculture-climate-
focus#.Uvnt6bT9w5a
For more information

14. Thank you