Editor’s choice
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A new UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) white paper reports that climate extremes are major drivers of “agrifood” crises, with systems bearing the greatest losses from climate shocks. It highlights the need to invest in sustainable, resilient agrifood systems to cut emissions and boost climate adaptation. Kevin Hicks, a co-author of Chapter 4 on crops, explores air pollution–climate interactions and their effects on crop productivity.
This white paper reports on the latest scientific findings related to agriculture, food systems and climate change. It builds on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Land and the contributions of Working Groups II and III to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report.
Although not exhaustive, it examines what is new (since 2018) and what still needs to be researched in terms of agriculture and agrifood systems, as well as the impacts, adaptation and mitigation of climate change. The paper aims to bring together, in one place, information that can be used by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), other United Nations agencies, the global research community and the IPCC.
One objective is to synthesize information that could inform future IPCC reports on interactions between agriculture, food systems and climate change. The paper will inform the agenda and discussion topics for a meeting of the IPCC to be held at FAO headquarters in Rome in 2026.
Project / A scientifically robust and policy-relevant framework to identify and assess priority measures that maximize the multiple-benefits for air quality and climate.
Project / SEI researchers and partners will create three assessments on economics, agriculture and food systems, and nitrous oxide to aid decision-making on SLCPs.
Project / The project incorporates SLCPs and other air pollutants into the GLEC Framework on emissions tracking for businesses.
Perspective / Biochar looks simple, but its role is not.
Perspective / SEI researchers call for integrating agroecology and degrowth to reshape knowledge, redistribute power and enable just food system change.
Journal article / The article explores how Kigali’s urban greening and marshland reorganization affect farmers’ livelihoods and vulnerabilities across social groups.
