The presentation Introductions and Scene-setting is by Dalma Somogyi, Manager of Climate Smart Agriculture project for WBCSD.
Presented at the WBCSD Climate Smart Agriculture workshop at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT on 28 March 2018.
The presentation Measuring GHG Mitigation in Agricultural Value Chains is by Meryl Richards, science officer at CCAFS Low Emissions Development.
Presented at the WBCSD Climate Smart Agriculture workshop at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT on 27 March 2018.
Barriers to adoption: policy & institutional arrangements to support CSAFAO
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to as background to the Scientific conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture held in Montpellier, France, on 16-18 March 2015.
The CEO of the Agricultural Business Chamber, Dr John Purchase presented at COP 17 NBI Side Event. Theme: Agri-Food Chain - Vulnerability and Adaption.
The multilevel CSA monitoring set of standard core uptake and outcome indicators + expanded indicators linked to a rapid and reliable ICT based data collection instrument to systematically
assess and monitor:
- CSA Adoption/ Access to CIS
- CSA effects on food security and livelihoods household level)
- CSA effects on farm performance
Presented by Andy Jarvis (CCAFS-CIAT, Theme Leader Adaptation to Progressive Climate Change) at the Seminar on CRP7: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), ILRI, Nairobi, 12 May 2011.
Provides an overview of the CCAFS-CGIAR Research Program with introductions to the themes and horizon for exciting multi-centre science.
The presentation Measuring GHG Mitigation in Agricultural Value Chains is by Meryl Richards, science officer at CCAFS Low Emissions Development.
Presented at the WBCSD Climate Smart Agriculture workshop at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT on 27 March 2018.
Barriers to adoption: policy & institutional arrangements to support CSAFAO
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to as background to the Scientific conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture held in Montpellier, France, on 16-18 March 2015.
The CEO of the Agricultural Business Chamber, Dr John Purchase presented at COP 17 NBI Side Event. Theme: Agri-Food Chain - Vulnerability and Adaption.
The multilevel CSA monitoring set of standard core uptake and outcome indicators + expanded indicators linked to a rapid and reliable ICT based data collection instrument to systematically
assess and monitor:
- CSA Adoption/ Access to CIS
- CSA effects on food security and livelihoods household level)
- CSA effects on farm performance
Presented by Andy Jarvis (CCAFS-CIAT, Theme Leader Adaptation to Progressive Climate Change) at the Seminar on CRP7: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), ILRI, Nairobi, 12 May 2011.
Provides an overview of the CCAFS-CGIAR Research Program with introductions to the themes and horizon for exciting multi-centre science.
The document discusses the challenges of climate change for agriculture and food security. As the concentration of greenhouse gases rises, crop suitability and yields are already changing, threatening food security. To meet growing demands, food production will need to increase by 60-70% by 2050. Left unchecked, climate change could result in 20% more malnourished children by 2050. The document outlines the research objectives and activities of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) to help adapt agriculture to climate change and reduce poverty through low-carbon pathways.
The document discusses supporting a transition to climate-smart agriculture and food systems. It provides an overview of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), defining it as an approach to jointly address food security, adaptation and mitigation of climate change. The document also describes Project GCP/RAF/496/NOR which aims to facilitate an enabling environment for scaling up CSA and assist in developing more climate-smart agricultural food systems through improved policies, strategies and frameworks. Stakeholders include smallholder farmers who will benefit from adopting appropriate CSA practices to increase productivity and resilience.
Using whole-farm models for policy analysis of Climate Smart AgricultureFAO
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to as background to the Scientific conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture held in Montpellier, France, on 16-18 March 2015.
This presentation was made by Dr. Robert B. Zougmoré, CCAFS Africa Program Leader, at the WASCAL Science Symposium, 19-21 June 2018, Tang Palace Hotel, Accra, Ghana
Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Training Sept 9, 2013IFPRI-EPTD
Globally, agriculture is responsible for 10 – 14% of GHG emissions and largest source of no-CO2 GHG emissions. Countries can choose among a portfolio of growth-inducing technologies with different emission characteristics. We believe that is less costly to avoid high-emissions lock-in than replace high-emissions technologies. There's a need to encourage Low Emission Development Strategies.
Date: November 10, 2016
Time: 16:10-17:30
Host: Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD)
Title of the Session: Lessons Learned for Climate Smart Livestock and Food Crop Intensification Systems
Speaker: Lini Wollenberg
Location: Indonesia pavilion at COP22
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to provide a general overview of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the EPIC programme. After providing a definition of CSA, the presentation focuses on Sustainable Land Management and the role of climate finance to support CSA. It concludes with a description of the FAO-EC project on CSA.
Dr. Marty Matlock - Aligning Aquaculture KPI Metrics with Other Livestock Sec...John Blue
Aligning Aquaculture KPI Metrics with Other Livestock Sectors to Accelerate Industry Growth - Dr. Marty Matlock, Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability, University of Arkansas, from the 2017 NIAA Annual Conference, U.S. Animal Agriculture's Future Role In World Food Production - Obstacles & Opportunities, April 4 - 6, Columbus, OH, USA.
More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2017_niaa_us_animal_ag_future_role_world_food_production
Presentation by Alex De Pinto, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
International conference on agricultural emissions and food security: Connecting research to policy and practice
10-13 September 2018
Berlin, Germany
Taking Forward the Implementation of the Agriculture Priority Actions in NCCAP (2013–2017) Kenyan Experience
A presentation from CCAFS East Africa Regional Program.
This document discusses prioritizing climate adaptation actions in agricultural value chains. It examines assessing the vulnerability of crops to climate change based on changes in temperature and precipitation, as well as a country's adaptive capacity. The document also evaluates the feasibility, costs, benefits, and trade-offs of climate-smart agriculture practices. Finally, it addresses scaling up these practices in agricultural supply chains.
Eastern ontario local food 2050 - Sara PeckfordLocal Food
This session will provide an overview of what climate change means for agriculture in Eastern Ontario. What does current scientific understanding predict for this region when it comes to growing conditions in the coming years? Concepts of adaptation and mitigation will be discussed, providing producers with practical suggestions to meet challenges and access opportunities that might arise from climate change. Current research and policy initiatives, designed to contribute to the resilience of the agriculture sector, will be introduced.
Presentation by Sonja Vermeulen on Good design in theory: IFAD’s How To Do Note on Climate Risk Assessments in Value Chains, at the "How to design value chains programmes that address climate risks: an IFAD-CGIAR learning event" on 26 February 2016, Rome.
Analytical Tools To Assist Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy MakingCGIAR
Presented by Mark W. Rosegrant at GFIA 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI
Mark highlighted that CSA forces us to shifts the emphasis from policies that aim at a single targets to policies that have multiple objectives. He went on to underline that CSA changes the planning time horizon - policies and analyses necessarily span long time periods of 20-30 years. And that therefore CSA requires the use of integrated modeling frameworks that work at multiple geographical scales. And that given its complexity, importantly, CSA requires an even closer collaboration between policy makers and research community.
Livestock and environment: Group report on the ILRI@40 workshop Addis Ababa, ...ILRI
The document summarizes a workshop on livestock and the environment. It identifies challenges like sustainable food production with resource scarcity and climate change. The vision is to provide evidence on mitigation and adaptation interventions, decision support for sustainable intensification, and complex systems analysis beyond climate. Key research questions focus on the GHG efficiency gap, integrated analysis of ecosystem services and value chains, scenarios, and thresholds. Research is also needed on climate adaptation, livestock biodiversity, and using big data to scale up interventions while maintaining specificity.
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is important for food security, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change. CSA aims to achieve food security under changing climate conditions through practices that sustainably increase productivity, resilience (adaptation), and reduce greenhouse gases (mitigation). While research has identified over 120,000 data points on CSA practices, studies analyzing all three components of CSA are still limited. Developing comprehensive CSA plans requires assessing vulnerability and risks, prioritizing appropriate practices and programs, and establishing enabling policies and investment to take CSA to scale.
This webinar from WRI provides resources for apparel companies to reduce their environmental impact. It discusses setting science-based emissions reduction targets in line with climate goals. Initiatives presented include engaging suppliers to transition their energy sources and measuring water risks. Alternative business models are explored to decouple business growth from resource use, such as clothing reuse markets. The webinar promotes collaboration across the value chain and WRI's tools and advisory services for sustainable operations.
The document discusses the challenges of climate change for agriculture and food security. As the concentration of greenhouse gases rises, crop suitability and yields are already changing, threatening food security. To meet growing demands, food production will need to increase by 60-70% by 2050. Left unchecked, climate change could result in 20% more malnourished children by 2050. The document outlines the research objectives and activities of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) to help adapt agriculture to climate change and reduce poverty through low-carbon pathways.
The document discusses supporting a transition to climate-smart agriculture and food systems. It provides an overview of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), defining it as an approach to jointly address food security, adaptation and mitigation of climate change. The document also describes Project GCP/RAF/496/NOR which aims to facilitate an enabling environment for scaling up CSA and assist in developing more climate-smart agricultural food systems through improved policies, strategies and frameworks. Stakeholders include smallholder farmers who will benefit from adopting appropriate CSA practices to increase productivity and resilience.
Using whole-farm models for policy analysis of Climate Smart AgricultureFAO
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to as background to the Scientific conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture held in Montpellier, France, on 16-18 March 2015.
This presentation was made by Dr. Robert B. Zougmoré, CCAFS Africa Program Leader, at the WASCAL Science Symposium, 19-21 June 2018, Tang Palace Hotel, Accra, Ghana
Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Training Sept 9, 2013IFPRI-EPTD
Globally, agriculture is responsible for 10 – 14% of GHG emissions and largest source of no-CO2 GHG emissions. Countries can choose among a portfolio of growth-inducing technologies with different emission characteristics. We believe that is less costly to avoid high-emissions lock-in than replace high-emissions technologies. There's a need to encourage Low Emission Development Strategies.
Date: November 10, 2016
Time: 16:10-17:30
Host: Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD)
Title of the Session: Lessons Learned for Climate Smart Livestock and Food Crop Intensification Systems
Speaker: Lini Wollenberg
Location: Indonesia pavilion at COP22
www.fao.org/climatechange/epic
This presentation was prepared to provide a general overview of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the EPIC programme. After providing a definition of CSA, the presentation focuses on Sustainable Land Management and the role of climate finance to support CSA. It concludes with a description of the FAO-EC project on CSA.
Dr. Marty Matlock - Aligning Aquaculture KPI Metrics with Other Livestock Sec...John Blue
Aligning Aquaculture KPI Metrics with Other Livestock Sectors to Accelerate Industry Growth - Dr. Marty Matlock, Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability, University of Arkansas, from the 2017 NIAA Annual Conference, U.S. Animal Agriculture's Future Role In World Food Production - Obstacles & Opportunities, April 4 - 6, Columbus, OH, USA.
More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2017_niaa_us_animal_ag_future_role_world_food_production
Presentation by Alex De Pinto, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
International conference on agricultural emissions and food security: Connecting research to policy and practice
10-13 September 2018
Berlin, Germany
Taking Forward the Implementation of the Agriculture Priority Actions in NCCAP (2013–2017) Kenyan Experience
A presentation from CCAFS East Africa Regional Program.
This document discusses prioritizing climate adaptation actions in agricultural value chains. It examines assessing the vulnerability of crops to climate change based on changes in temperature and precipitation, as well as a country's adaptive capacity. The document also evaluates the feasibility, costs, benefits, and trade-offs of climate-smart agriculture practices. Finally, it addresses scaling up these practices in agricultural supply chains.
Eastern ontario local food 2050 - Sara PeckfordLocal Food
This session will provide an overview of what climate change means for agriculture in Eastern Ontario. What does current scientific understanding predict for this region when it comes to growing conditions in the coming years? Concepts of adaptation and mitigation will be discussed, providing producers with practical suggestions to meet challenges and access opportunities that might arise from climate change. Current research and policy initiatives, designed to contribute to the resilience of the agriculture sector, will be introduced.
Presentation by Sonja Vermeulen on Good design in theory: IFAD’s How To Do Note on Climate Risk Assessments in Value Chains, at the "How to design value chains programmes that address climate risks: an IFAD-CGIAR learning event" on 26 February 2016, Rome.
Analytical Tools To Assist Climate-Smart Agriculture Policy MakingCGIAR
Presented by Mark W. Rosegrant at GFIA 2015, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI
Mark highlighted that CSA forces us to shifts the emphasis from policies that aim at a single targets to policies that have multiple objectives. He went on to underline that CSA changes the planning time horizon - policies and analyses necessarily span long time periods of 20-30 years. And that therefore CSA requires the use of integrated modeling frameworks that work at multiple geographical scales. And that given its complexity, importantly, CSA requires an even closer collaboration between policy makers and research community.
Livestock and environment: Group report on the ILRI@40 workshop Addis Ababa, ...ILRI
The document summarizes a workshop on livestock and the environment. It identifies challenges like sustainable food production with resource scarcity and climate change. The vision is to provide evidence on mitigation and adaptation interventions, decision support for sustainable intensification, and complex systems analysis beyond climate. Key research questions focus on the GHG efficiency gap, integrated analysis of ecosystem services and value chains, scenarios, and thresholds. Research is also needed on climate adaptation, livestock biodiversity, and using big data to scale up interventions while maintaining specificity.
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is important for food security, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change. CSA aims to achieve food security under changing climate conditions through practices that sustainably increase productivity, resilience (adaptation), and reduce greenhouse gases (mitigation). While research has identified over 120,000 data points on CSA practices, studies analyzing all three components of CSA are still limited. Developing comprehensive CSA plans requires assessing vulnerability and risks, prioritizing appropriate practices and programs, and establishing enabling policies and investment to take CSA to scale.
This webinar from WRI provides resources for apparel companies to reduce their environmental impact. It discusses setting science-based emissions reduction targets in line with climate goals. Initiatives presented include engaging suppliers to transition their energy sources and measuring water risks. Alternative business models are explored to decouple business growth from resource use, such as clothing reuse markets. The webinar promotes collaboration across the value chain and WRI's tools and advisory services for sustainable operations.
TCFD implementation webinar series - strategy with UnileverCDSB
Many organisations currently face impacts from climate-related issues, with important implications for businesses, strategy, and financial planning. Improved disclosures on current and anticipated risks and opportunities can enhance an investors’ understanding of how strategic functions are likely to be impacted over the short, medium, and long terms. This presentation by CDSB and Unilever offers insight into the principles for effective strategy disclosure and what good practice looks like. Visit www.cdsb.net for more information.
With 30 years of experience across the food science and packaging spectrum, Dr Claire Sand through her company, Packaging Technology & Research, offers clients solutions using Strategy, Technology, Consulting and Coaching.
Want to know more about how this article affect your business? Reach out to Dr Sand on Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairekoelschsand
Want to keep learning from Dr. Sand? View more of her presentations and articles at http://www.packagingtechnologyandresearch.com/thought-leadership.html
Dr. Claire Sand | Owner, Packaging Technology & Research, LLC; Adjunct Professor, Michigan State University; Columnist for Food Technology Magazine
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CSA Symposium 2016 - Dr. Derrick Deslandes Day 2 Session 2ACDI/VOCA
- The document discusses the strategic use of subsidies in facilitating agricultural markets to build producer adaptive capacity. It outlines various types of subsidies and considerations for designing "smart" subsidies. The main stages of market facilitation are identified as identification of opportunities, orienting actors, and achieving sustainability and scale. The document then provides an example case study of efforts to develop the Irish potato industry in Jamaica through market assessments, training programs, input support, and infrastructure improvements with phased subsidies. While some positive impacts were seen, challenges around financing and program management remain, and expanding similar programs to other crops is recommended.
Advancing nature-related financial disclosure at scaleCDSB
With momentum building for climate-related financial disclosure, there is a growing imperative for environmental issues to be reported in an integrated way. CDSB has launched an open, public consultation to advance the disclosure of nature-related financial information in the mainstream report and explore the role of the CDSB Framework in this process. This webinar explores the consultation in more detail and outlines how to participate. Submit your response: www.cdsb.net/consultation
Introduction to the CDSB Framework for reporting environmental information & natural capital. For more information, get in touch with us at info@cdsb.net.
DEMYSTIFYING CLIMATE TRANSITION SCENARIOS - Ryan WhisnantGreenBiz Group
The document provides an overview of climate transition scenarios for the food, agriculture and forest products sectors developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). It includes:
1) Details on 5 new climate transition scenarios for these sectors modeled through 2050 that explore different pathways for climate policy implementation and technology development.
2) An online climate scenario tool that allows users to explore impacts on production, prices, markets and other business variables for 23 agricultural commodities under each scenario.
3) Guidance on how companies can apply scenario analysis and the tool to inform strategic planning, target setting, reporting and other business needs.
10 May 2021. Regenerative Agriculture vs. Agroecology: nomenclature hype or principle divergence?
(a) A decade of CSA: what are the achievements, the challenges and the bottlenecks? (b) What practical implications for smallholder farmers, agriculture and the environment?
Presentation by Bruce Campbell - Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Many companies see the need and are now seeing the business case and profit results for environmental and social sustainability programs and initiatives. A typical progression is for organizations to look at internal initiatives (i.e., energy efficiency), followed by downstream usage of products or services and reuse, recycling and disposal of products. For maximum beneficial impact, organizations need to leverage the supply base. However, not everyone has the power of Wal-mart, GE or IBM to require suppliers to engage. This presentation is an overview of a practical roadmap for extension of sustainability programs upstream to suppliers that companies of various size and status can follow to make progress and move up the curve toward supply chain sustainability.
- The document discusses managing sustainability data for businesses, which has become complex due to data from various sources. It provides an overview of sustainability reporting trends and drivers for tracking this data.
- Key challenges with using spreadsheets are discussed, such as reconciliation between years and generating real-time reports. Enterprise software is presented as an alternative, with features like automatic reporting and data validation.
- Case studies are presented on how companies like Stonyfield Farms and Seventh Generation developed sustainability metrics and programs to track performance and identify areas for improvement. Developing a business case for automation is recommended to gain management approval.
Decoding the review of EU's Non-Financial Reporting DirectiveCDSB
Video: https://youtu.be/Y8lvZKmluMM
Companies in the European Union with over 500 employees are required to comply with the Non-Financial Reporting Directive and disclose non-financial information on environmental issues. However, reporting to date hasn’t been sufficient both in terms of quantity and quality, and the EU Green Deal has made it clear that environmental and climate disclosure must improve. As a result, the Commission is reviewing the Non-Financial Reporting Directive, with a public consultation underway until May 2020.
Should large companies and financial institutions expect major changes? Given the ambitious EU Green Deal commitments and the gaps in reporting to date, it certainly seems so.
CDSB's Managing Director, Mardi McBrien, EU Policy Officer at Frank Bold, Joanne Houston, and CDSB's Policy and External Affair Director, Michael Zimonyi, joined this special policy-driven webinar to address:
- what may likely change in terms of environmental and climate reporting;
- who may be affected and how;
- what didn’t work and why; and
- what needs to be improved for the Directive to deliver on its intended purpose.
Upscaling climate smart agriculture for poverty alleviation: ESPA-EBAFOSA wor...Marije Schaafsma
This presentation summarises the main findings of a synthesis of ESPA research on agriculture, relevant to the question: how can CSA be adapted and scaled up to include the most vulnerable people?
Jim Halter Sustainability Presentation 2011Jim Halter
The document discusses the need for sustainability given the depletion of natural resources and increasing population and waste. It outlines how Waste Management responded by creating sustainability teams to transform operations and culture. The teams focused on optimizing material value, efficient transportation, sustainability practices, and municipal partnerships. This led Waste Management to implement metrics and benchmarks to track progress, and establish a vision of meeting environmental responsibilities while driving business opportunities and shareholder return through sustainability.
World Resources Institute hosted a launch event on 21 November 2014 for two new Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standards to inform government climate change strategies.
Building on previous GHG Protocol standards, the Policy and Action Standard helps evaluate the effectiveness of specific policies or measures in achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions, empowering policymakers and analysts to better assess and communicate their progress. The Mitigation Goal Standard takes a bigger picture view, enabling governments to determine their emissions trajectory and whether their policy portfolio aligns with reaching their climate goals. Both standards are applicable for all levels of government.
Find out more at http://www.wri.org/events/2014/11/launch-and-training-workshop-greenhouse-gas-protocol
The document discusses sustainable competitive advantage and 2Degrees, a global community for sustainable business. It provides an overview of 2Degrees' scope and members working to build sustainable competitive advantage through collaboration, zero waste initiatives, service innovation, and resilience. The document also outlines a three phase sustainability journey from compliance to commercializing to reinventing sustainability and provides an audit tool to assess organizational progress and scope for advantage.
Sodexo outlines its plan to promote social and environmental commitments through its "Better Tomorrow Plan". The plan focuses on contributing to local communities, developing employees, promoting health and well-being, and protecting the environment. Sodexo provides services in 80 countries, employs over 400,000 people, and serves 75 million consumers daily. The document discusses Sodexo's strategies to integrate social responsibility into its operations and engage stakeholders to build its reputation.
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The Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project works to deliver a climate-smart African future driven by science and innovation in agriculture.
AICCRA does this by enhancing access to climate information services and climate-smart agricultural technology to millions of smallholder farmers in Africa.
With better access to climate technology and advisory services—linked to information about effective response measures—farmers can better anticipate climate-related events and take preventative action that help communities better safeguard their livelihoods and the environment.
AICCRA is supported by a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank, which is used to enhance research and capacity-building activities by the CGIAR centers and initiatives as well as their partners in Africa.
About IDA: IDA helps the world’s poorest countries by providing grants and low to zero-interest loans for projects and programmes that boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor people’s lives.
IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the world’s 76 poorest countries, 39 of which are in Africa.
Annual IDA commitments have averaged about $21 billion over circa 2017-2020, with approximately 61 percent going to Africa.
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Mengpin Ge, Global Climate Program Associate at WRI, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Sabrina Rose, Policy Consultant at CCAFS, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was given on 27 October 2021 by Krystal Crumpler, Climate Change and Agricultural Specialist at FAO, during the webinar "Achieving NDC Ambition in Agriculture" organized by CCAFS, FAO and WRI.
Find the recording and more information here: https://bit.ly/AchievingNDCs
This presentation was meant to be included in the 2021 CLIFF-GRADS Welcome Webinar and presented by Ciniro Costa Jr. (CCAFS).
The webinar recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/UoX6aoC4fhQ
The document discusses plant-based proteins as a potential substitute for animal-based proteins. It notes that plant-based proteins are growing in popularity due to environmental and ethical concerns with animal agriculture. However, plant-based meats also present some health and nutritional challenges compared to animal proteins. The document analyzes opportunities and impacts related to plant-based proteins across Asia, including leveraging the region's soy and pea production and tailoring products to Asian diets and cultural preferences.
Presented by Ciniro Costa Jr., CCAFS, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
Presented by Marion de Vries, Wageningen Livestock Research at Wageningen University, on 28 June 2021 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Webinar on Sustainable Protein Case Study: Outputs and Synthesis of Results.
This document assesses the environmental sustainability of plant-based meats and pork in China. It finds that doubling food production while reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 73% by 2050 will be a major challenge. It compares the life cycle impacts of plant-based meats made from soy, pea, and wheat proteins and oils, as well as pork and beef. The results show that the crop type and source country of the core protein ingredient drives the environmental performance of plant-based meats. The document provides sustainability guidelines for sourcing ingredients from regions with low deforestation risk and irrigation needs, using renewable energy in production, and avoiding coal power.
This document summarizes a case study on the dairy value chain in China. It finds that milk production and consumption have significantly increased in China from 1978 to 2018. Large-scale dairy farms now dominate production. The study evaluates greenhouse gas emissions from different stages and finds feed production is a major contributor. It models options to reduce the carbon footprint, finding improving feed practices and yield have high potential. Land use is also assessed, with soybean meal requiring significant land. Recommendations include changing feeds to lower land and carbon impacts.
This document summarizes information on the impacts of livestock production globally and in Asia. It finds that livestock occupies one third of global cropland and one quarter of ice-free land for pastures. Asia accounts for 32% of global enteric greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, with most emissions coming from India, China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Rapid growth of livestock production in Asia is contributing to water and air pollution through nutrient runoff and emissions. The document discusses opportunities for public and private investment in more sustainable and climate-friendly livestock systems through technologies, monitoring, plant-based alternatives, and policies to guide intensification.
Presentation by Han Soethoudt, Jan Broeze, and Heike Axmann of Wageningen University & Resaearch (WUR).
WUR and Olam Rice Nigeria conducted a controlled experiment in Nigeria in which mechanized rice harvesting and threshing were introduced on smallholder farms. The result of the study shows that mechanization considerably reduces losses, has a positive impact on farmers’ income, and the climate.
Learn more: https://www.wur.nl/en/news-wur/show-day/Mechanization-helps-Nigerian-farms-reduce-food-loss-and-increase-income.htm
Presentation on the rapid evidence review findings and key take away messages.
Current evidence for biodiversity and agriculture to achieve and bridging gaps in research and investment to reach multiple global goals.
The document evaluates how climate services provided to farmers in Rwanda through programs like Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) and Radio Listeners’ Clubs (RLC) have impacted women and men differently, finding that the programs have increased women's climate knowledge and participation in agricultural decision making, leading to perceived benefits like higher incomes, food security, and ability to cope with climate risks for both women and men farmers.
This document provides an introduction to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Busia County, Kenya. It defines CSA and its three objectives of sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and income, adapting and building resilience to climate change, and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions. It discusses CSA at the farm and landscape scales and provides examples of CSA practices and projects in Kenya. It also outlines Kenya's response to CSA through policies and programs. The document describes prioritizing CSA options through identifying the local context, available options, relevant outcomes, evaluating evidence on options' impacts, and choosing best-bet options based on the analysis.
1) The document outlines an action plan to scale research outputs from the EC LEDS project in Vietnam. It identifies key activities to update livestock feed databases and software, improve feeding management practices, develop policies around carbon tracking and subsidies, and raise awareness of stakeholders.
2) The plan's main goals are to strengthen national feed resources, update the PC Dairy software, build greenhouse gas inventory systems, and adopt standards to reduce emissions in agriculture and the livestock industry.
3) Key stakeholders involved in implementing the plan include the Department of Livestock Production, universities, and ministries focused on agriculture and the environment.
Discovery of An Apparent Red, High-Velocity Type Ia Supernova at 𝐳 = 2.9 wi...Sérgio Sacani
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PPT on Sustainable Land Management presented at the three-day 'Training and Validation Workshop on Modules of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies in South Asia' workshop on April 22, 2024.
Mending Clothing to Support Sustainable Fashion_CIMaR 2024.pdfSelcen Ozturkcan
Ozturkcan, S., Berndt, A., & Angelakis, A. (2024). Mending clothing to support sustainable fashion. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference by the Consortium for International Marketing Research (CIMaR), 10-13 Jun 2024, University of Gävle, Sweden.
BIRDS DIVERSITY OF SOOTEA BISWANATH ASSAM.ppt.pptxgoluk9330
Ahota Beel, nestled in Sootea Biswanath Assam , is celebrated for its extraordinary diversity of bird species. This wetland sanctuary supports a myriad of avian residents and migrants alike. Visitors can admire the elegant flights of migratory species such as the Northern Pintail and Eurasian Wigeon, alongside resident birds including the Asian Openbill and Pheasant-tailed Jacana. With its tranquil scenery and varied habitats, Ahota Beel offers a perfect haven for birdwatchers to appreciate and study the vibrant birdlife that thrives in this natural refuge.
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: CENTRIFUGATION SLIDESHARE.pptxshubhijain836
Centrifugation is a powerful technique used in laboratories to separate components of a heterogeneous mixture based on their density. This process utilizes centrifugal force to rapidly spin samples, causing denser particles to migrate outward more quickly than lighter ones. As a result, distinct layers form within the sample tube, allowing for easy isolation and purification of target substances.
JAMES WEBB STUDY THE MASSIVE BLACK HOLE SEEDSSérgio Sacani
The pathway(s) to seeding the massive black holes (MBHs) that exist at the heart of galaxies in the present and distant Universe remains an unsolved problem. Here we categorise, describe and quantitatively discuss the formation pathways of both light and heavy seeds. We emphasise that the most recent computational models suggest that rather than a bimodal-like mass spectrum between light and heavy seeds with light at one end and heavy at the other that instead a continuum exists. Light seeds being more ubiquitous and the heavier seeds becoming less and less abundant due the rarer environmental conditions required for their formation. We therefore examine the different mechanisms that give rise to different seed mass spectrums. We show how and why the mechanisms that produce the heaviest seeds are also among the rarest events in the Universe and are hence extremely unlikely to be the seeds for the vast majority of the MBH population. We quantify, within the limits of the current large uncertainties in the seeding processes, the expected number densities of the seed mass spectrum. We argue that light seeds must be at least 103 to 105 times more numerous than heavy seeds to explain the MBH population as a whole. Based on our current understanding of the seed population this makes heavy seeds (Mseed > 103 M⊙) a significantly more likely pathway given that heavy seeds have an abundance pattern than is close to and likely in excess of 10−4 compared to light seeds. Finally, we examine the current state-of-the-art in numerical calculations and recent observations and plot a path forward for near-future advances in both domains.
The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
Authoring a personal GPT for your research and practice: How we created the Q...Leonel Morgado
Thematic analysis in qualitative research is a time-consuming and systematic task, typically done using teams. Team members must ground their activities on common understandings of the major concepts underlying the thematic analysis, and define criteria for its development. However, conceptual misunderstandings, equivocations, and lack of adherence to criteria are challenges to the quality and speed of this process. Given the distributed and uncertain nature of this process, we wondered if the tasks in thematic analysis could be supported by readily available artificial intelligence chatbots. Our early efforts point to potential benefits: not just saving time in the coding process but better adherence to criteria and grounding, by increasing triangulation between humans and artificial intelligence. This tutorial will provide a description and demonstration of the process we followed, as two academic researchers, to develop a custom ChatGPT to assist with qualitative coding in the thematic data analysis process of immersive learning accounts in a survey of the academic literature: QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper. In the hands-on time, participants will try out QUAL-E and develop their ideas for their own qualitative coding ChatGPT. Participants that have the paid ChatGPT Plus subscription can create a draft of their assistants. The organizers will provide course materials and slide deck that participants will be able to utilize to continue development of their custom GPT. The paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus is not required to participate in this workshop, just for trying out personal GPTs during it.
Mechanisms and Applications of Antiviral Neutralizing Antibodies - Creative B...Creative-Biolabs
Neutralizing antibodies, pivotal in immune defense, specifically bind and inhibit viral pathogens, thereby playing a crucial role in protecting against and mitigating infectious diseases. In this slide, we will introduce what antibodies and neutralizing antibodies are, the production and regulation of neutralizing antibodies, their mechanisms of action, classification and applications, as well as the challenges they face.
Mechanisms and Applications of Antiviral Neutralizing Antibodies - Creative B...
WBCSD CSA Workshop - Introductions and Scene-setting
1. Impactful and
Measurable Progress
on CSA
in Corporate Value
Chains
Workshop
27-28 March 2018Smarter Metrics Workshop | Burlington 1
A1: INTRODUCTIONS
AND SCENE-SETTING
Day 1 | 27 March 2018 8:30-10:00
2. WELCOME TO THE DAVIS CENTER OF UVM !
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3. SESSION AGENDA – A1: INTRODUCTIONS AND SCENE-SETTING
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8:30-
10:00
Welcome to UVM
Introducing the hosts
Getting to know each other
A local flavor – Ben & Jerry’s
About the training workshop
WBCSD & Climate Smart Agriculture
CSA in the global context – CCAFS presentation
4. YOUR HOSTS FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS
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CGIAR CCAFS
Meryl Richards
Science Officer
Flagship on
Low Emissions
Development
CGIAR CCAFS
Osana Bonilla-Findji
Science Officer
Flagship on
CSA technologies and
practices
World Resources Institute
Kai Robertson
Lead Advisor
FLW Protocol
PwC
Jim Stephenson
Assistant Director
Sustainability & Climate
Change
WBCSD
Dalma Somogyi
Manager - CSA
WBCSD US
David Bennell
Manager - Food, Land &
Water/Member Relations,
5. WHO’S WHO?
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Tell us your name
Where are you from?
• Geographically
• Organization
What brings you here?
• Choose a word from the cloud
• Tell us what you expect from the
event
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Cheryl Pinto
Global Values Led Sourcing Manager
7. EVENT AGENDA
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Day 1 | Tuesday 27 March
08:30-10:00 AM
A1: Introductions and scene-setting
Coffee break 10:00-10:15 AM
10:15-12:30
A2: Reflecting on pre-training exercise
Lunch 12:30-13:30
13:30-15:00
B1: Measuring climate resilience
Coffee break 15:00-15:15
15:15-17:00
B2: Applying climate resilience metrics in companies
17:10
Vans depart
18:00-21:00
Reception and dinner
Day 2 | Wednesday 28 March
8:30-9:30
C1: Measuring GHG mitigation
9:30-12:00
C2: Applying GHG mitigation metrics in your company
COFFEE BREAK (DURING SESSION C2) 10:00-10:15
Lunch 12:00-12:45
12:45-14:15
D1: Food Loss and Waste (Overview)
Coffee break 14:15-14:30
14:30-15:30
D2: Applying the FLW protocol in your company
15:30-16:00
Wrap-Up and Next Steps
16:10
Vans depart
8. Smarter Metrics Workshop | Burlington 827-28 March 2018
ANTI-TRUST STATEMENT
Please be mindful to avoid any discussion in any conversation of competitively
sensitive topics, such as:
• Pricing, costs. DO NOT exchange information / agree with competitors on prices
and conditions.
• Bid strategies. DO NOT exchange information on how you intend to respond to
a tender
• Future capacity additions or reductions. DO NOT share other sensitive market
information or specific information on commercial matters with your
competitors.
• Customers. DO NOT communicate market information directly to competitors.
• Output decisions. DO NOT exchange individualized confidential business data of
the past 12 months.
9. CSA TRAINING WORKSHOP – OUR CHARTER
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Be on-time and keep to
time
Be present
Contribute actively to
discussions where you
can
Enjoy a safe space for
open discussion
Be respectful of others’
opinions and actively
invite debate and be open
to challenge
Exercise the ‘law of two
feet’ i.e. if you are finding
that you aren’t getting
value from an activity do
something about it - don’t
let your time be wasted!
If you have a call or other
commitment let the
facilitators know in good
time so they can adjust
plans as needed
Have fun :)
10. WBCSD has five programs, including
Food Land and Water
Climate Smart Agriculture is a project within
WBCSD’s Food Land and Water Program
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) as part of WBCSD
11. 2. RESILIENCE
Adapting and building resilience
to climate change
1. PRODUCTION
Sustainably increasing agricultural
productivity & incomes
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is has three ‘pillars’
3. MITIGATION
Reducing absolute and/or
intensity of GHG emissions
• We need 50% more food for 9
billion people by 2050
• Agricultural communities and value
chains are extremely vulnerable to
climate change
• Agriculture is responsible for 25% of
global GHG emissions
• Addressing these issues is a priority
for business continuity from a risk
and production perspective
Agricultural Challenges Today Climate-Smart Agriculture has 3 ‘pillars’
90% of countries have agriculture as key part of their NDCs for mitigation and adaptation
under Paris Agreement, meaning CSA is a government priority
12. Soft Commodities Forum
(SCF)
Retail FinanceProcessing and brandsCommoditiesProduction & Inputs Global
Partners
Our CSA members and partners work across the global value chain
12
13. CSA road test regionsCSA Action Areas
WBCSD’s CSA Project ambition statement and action areas
• Make 50% more nutritious food available
• Strengthen the climate resilience of farming communities
• Reduce commercial agricultural GHG emissions by 50%1
By 2030, the CSA project has the
ambition to:
• Prioritising tangible CSA solutions and key global policies
• Driving regional implementation
• Enabling scale-up
How is this achieved?
4. Zero
deforestation
2. Scaling
up Finance
1. Smallholder
Resilience
3. Monitoring
performance
Brazil
North AmericaIndia
Ghana &
West AfricaASEAN
5. Food Loss
& Waste
14. Make 50% more
food available
and strengthen the
climate resilience of
farming
communities
Reduce agricultural and
land-use change
emissions from
commercial agriculture
•By at least 3.7 Gt CO2 eq/yr by
2030 (50%).
•By 2050: achieve a 65%
emissions reduction.
OUR CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE STATEMENT OF AMBITION
-50%
+50%
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15. FOOD LOSS AND WASTE IN WBCSD
WBCSD Projects
addressing FLW
External initiatives
on FLW supported by
WBCSD
GLOBAL
AGRI-BUSINESS ALLIANCE
CLIMATE SMART
AGRICULTURE
FOOD REFORM
FOR SUSTAINABILITY
AND HEALTH
16. PRODUCTIVITY
OUTCOME: 50% more
nutritious food available
ACTIVITYe.g.raiseyields
RESILIENCE,
INCOMES &
LIVELIHOODS
OUTCOME: climate resilient
agricultural landscapes and
farming communities
ACTIVITYe.g.transferskills
MITIGATION
OUTCOME: food GHG emissions
30% lower & land use change
emissions eliminated
ACTIVITYe.g.haltforestconversion
WBCSD’S AMBITIONS ON 3 PILLARS OF CSA
18. PILLAR 1 PRODUCTIVITY STOCK-TAKE
GLOBAL INDICATORS COMPANY INDICATORS
5
5.5
6
6.5
7
7.5
8
8.5
9
9.5
10
Billionstonnes
Global food production:
current trajectory
vs WBCSD ambition
Stock-take WBCSD target Current trajectory
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
DuPont PepsiCo Starbucks
(2010)
Starbucks
(2015)
Unilever Diageo
Palm Coffee All
-80%
-60%
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Diageo (2011) PepsiCo Kellogg Syngenta Yara Average
Take-home: we are on target;
but more reporting effort should go on demonstrating
output per input and nutritious food access for poor
Percent materials sustainably sourced
Percent change in waste to landfill 2010-2015
19. PILLAR 2 RESILIENCE, INCOMES & LIVELIHOODS STOCK-TAKE
COMPANY INDICATORSGLOBAL INDICATORS
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Cent.
Asia
E. Asia LAM Oceania SEA S. Asia SSA World
SDG 1. % of population living below 1.90 US dollars
a day
2002
2012
Take-home: need to
(a) collect some basic activity data e.g.
on farmer net income and number
of farmers provided capacity
building services
(b) test or show that CSA activities lead
to positive Pillar 2 outcomes
Women’s empowerment in agriculture index (2015)
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20. PILLAR 3 MITIGATION STOCK-TAKE
GLOBAL INDICATORS
Take-home: we are way off target; food systems need urgent emissions reductions, including
in company Scope 3 emissions
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
MillionstCO2e
Global agricultural emissions:
current trajectory vs WBCSD ambition
Stock-take WBCSD target Current trajectory
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
CP Foods Olam Starbucks PepsiCo Coca-Cola Syngenta Kellogg
Company
Yara DuPont Diageo
KgCO2e/USD
Emissions
intensity
(Scopes 1&2)
2010 2015
COMPANY INDICATORS
21. AA3 CHALLENGES FOR COMPANIES
Data availability Data collection Harmonization
22. LEARNING COMMUNITY ON RESILIENCE AND
MITIGATION
• Develop an active learning community on measuring
resilience & mitigation
• Kick-off in person event (N.America), setting up the
learning community
• Series of 2-3 webinars during the course of the year
• In between attendees tasked with basic coursework
to apply learnings to their own company.
• Scaled up to road-test countries’ offices post 2018
23. NEXT STEPS – ADDRESSING CHALLENGES
Data
Harmonization
• How can we align efforts
with countries and
international organizations?
Data collection
• How can we enhance
capacity for collection of
CSA relevant data?
Data
availability
• How do we address data
gaps?
• How can we enable
confidential data sharing?
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Dr. Lini Wollenberg
Flagship Leader for Low Emissions Development