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Food Systems at Risk:
Why Transformative Adaptation Is
Needed for Long-Term Food Security

Discussion Moderator and Speakers
Tyler Ferdinand
Associate, Climate Resilience Practice
World Resources Institute
Richard...

Welcome and Opening
Comments
Cosmas Milton Obote Ochieng, PhD
Global Director
WRI Governance Center, World Resources Insti...

Today’s Discussion
• About this report
• How climate change is threatening food
systems
• Our research on transformative a...

About this Report:
The Transforming Agriculture for Climate
Resilience (TACR) Project
• 3+ years of research and analysis
...

How Climate Change is Threatening Food Systems
¹
¹Wallace-Wells 2019
Severe climate change impacts as temperatures
exceed ...

Ecosystems
Most
Vulnerable
to Climate
Change

Key Findings
Strategic investments in resilient food systems are crucial to manage intensifying climate change
impacts and...

Two Approaches To Adaptation
The IPCC defines incremental adaptation as:
• Actions where the central aim is to maintain th...

Source: Authors

What Transformative Approaches Offer
• Opportunity to shift crop & livestock systems along with climate impacts,
i.e. “rig...

Transformative Adaptation in
Costa Rica’s Coffee Sector
Photo credit: Stefanie Tye

Shifts In Coffee
Production Will Be
Needed Globally
Bunn et al., 2014
By 2050, climate change
will reduce the current
glob...

Projected Changes In Arabica Suitability In Costa Rica
Ovalle Rivera et al., 2018, visualized on the online map platform P...

Alternative Crops As a Transformation Option
Photo: Stefanie Tye
• Some farmers in Guanacaste have
switched to citrus crop...

Key Findings
Photo: Stefanie Tye
• Understanding:
• Uncertainty remains around sustainability of transition
• More R&D is ...

Recommendations
Researchers, Governments, Adaptation Funding Entities

Who Needs To Do What
• Improve knowledge on transformative adaptation –
RESEARCHERS
• Improve planning for transformative ...

For Researchers
• Focus research efforts on the needs, experiences, and
solutions of people living in poverty and most vul...

For Policymakers
• Integrate long-term adaptation research and analysis of
when, where, and how food systems will shift ov...

For Adaptation Funders
• Expand funding approaches to better support projects
and programs that identify and prioritize bu...

Big Takeaways
• Many of the most vulnerable are already in situations where they cannot
address current climate risks and ...

Discussion & Q&A
Please submit your question in the chat function. Thank you!

Moderator and Discussion Speakers
Philip Thornton
Flagship Leader for Priorities and
Policies for CSA and Climate Change,
...

Q&A
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Reflections on Discussion

Closing Comments
Photo credit: Stefanie Tye
Closing
Comments
Photo: World Agroforestry, Flickr

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