Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture (SCALA)
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Announcement comes at COP29 event co-organized by UNDP and FAO
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Women across Colombia are making significant contributions as educators, peace builders, entrepreneurs, and cultural and community leaders.
How the SCALA Programme is partnering to advance gender equality and climate resilience in Costa Rica
SIDS are looking to engage the private sector as a key partner for investment opportunities while working towards achieving their SDGs.
Costa Rican cattle and coffee farms are enhancing carbon sequestration and soil health with the RECSOIL initiative. Learn more.
SCALA Mongolia is mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment into its climate policies to strengthen sustainable agriculture and land use.
UNDP Somalia is addressing sorghum, maize, and sesame value chain challenges and engaging stakeholders to cultivate climate resilience.
The NAP Expo 2024 stressed the importance of inclusive, multistakeholder engagement for effective, transformational climate adaptation strategies.
SCALA's round table in Egypt discussed engaging the private sector to drive climate action in the livestock and dairy sectors.
With the Climate Action Review Tool, countries like Uganda and Mongolia can promote climate resilience across all levels of society.
The impact of inclusive, cross-scale stakeholder engagement to drive transformative climate adaptation strategies was a key topic at the event.
SCALA strengthens gender-responsive climate action in agriculture by integrating women's roles and needs into national frameworks.
Colombia's Sumapaz and Chingaza regions provide essential resources while playing a crucial role in environmental and biodiversity conservation.
SCALA supports Mongolia's NDC implementation by bridging knowledge gaps, building climate action capacity and promoting inclusivity and transparency.
Colombia is leveraging long-term collaborations and transformative actions under the CAEP and SCALA programmes to build climate resilience.
The private sector plays an essential role in enhancing climate-resilient food systems through innovation and strategic partnerships.
The SCALA programme spoke to the importance of private sector engagement to boost inclusive climate action in agriculture and land use at COP28.
The SCALA programme organized a side event in the NDC Partnership pavilion at COP28 which brought together multiple stakeholders.
The SCALA programme held its first mid-term exchange workshop at FAO Headquarters in Rome. Check out the outcomes.
Senegal is stepping up climate reporting through capacity-building in NDC monitoring and evaluation. Read how.
How do we create the change we need? Food systems offer a key opportunity both for adaptation and mitigation actions.
Africa Climate Week 2023 focused on climate adapting agrifood systems and ensuring food security in Africa.
The SCALA programme's side event at the 8th APAN Forum set out to scale up climate ambition for resilient land use and agriculture systems.
The cultivation of guajiro beans by the Wayúu people is one of 15 traditional practices across various regions of Colombia that is being documented in the initiative “Traditional Territorial Practices and Techniques” for adaptation.
This photo story captures how UNDP and FAO assess agriculture and water systems to build the resilience of farmer and pastoral communities.
A workshop brought together multiple stakeholders to discuss innovative climate solutions for Egypt’s National Adaptation Plan.
As part of translating the updated NDC/NAP priorities into actionable climate solutions, SCALA embarked on a scoping mission in Ethiopia.
As part of translating the updated NDC/NAP priorities into actionable climate solutions, SCALA embarked on a scoping mission in Ethiopia.
This event aimed to generate concrete recommendations that foster enhanced coordination, and cooperation across sectors and to promote effective climate change.
At the NAP Expo, policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders exchanged knowledge, experiences, and best practices in climate change adaptation.
The SCALA hackathon was a popular event with interest from 76 applicants from 16 countries demonstrating the eagerness of youth in the region to take climate action.
The SCALA programme sat down with Mr. Sanjeev Kar to learn about how it can support Nepal in initiating transformative climate action.
Participants learned about good practices and gained a better understanding of practical steps to adopt a climate-resilient food security perspective.
Three countries working to empower women and overcome gender barriers with concrete activities at their national, district, and farm levels.
The SHARP+ tool identifies the main climate and non-climate-related hazards and their impacts on farming systems and households.
The SCALA programme sat down with Mr. Nelson Lozano to learn more about Colombia’s priorities for climate action and the activities being implemented.
The Hackathon was a 2-day virtual event hosted by the SCALA programme.
Countries are taking the necessary steps to better arm their sectors with the capacity, technologies and financial resources to adapt to climate change.
Discussions emphasized the need for multi-stakeholder collaboration to harness the potential of agrifood systems with examples from Africa.
This side event featured key stakeholders to discuss the SCALA programme’s activities and progress towards supporting adaptation planning.
The event was attended by developing country Party representatives and international organizations engaged in advancing adaptation reporting.
During the event, participants became familiar with the requirement to compile specific parts of the Biennial Transparency Report.
Gender inequity is a powerful barrier to climate action because it prohibits participation in making changes and adapting to climate change.
The week unified a continental voice on the urgency of implementation of climate adaptation and solidified actions that will be brought to COP27.
The SCALA program sat down with Mr. Pongthai Thaiyotin and Ms. Benjaporn Chakranon.
Achieving climate-related goals in land use and agriculture requires nothing less than the transformation of food and agricultural systems.
The Government of Egypt has partnered with FAO and UNDP to accelerate climate solutions in the most vulnerable sectors.
The session introduced SCALA's step-by-step guidance and a tool highlighting practical steps that country planners can take to enable transformative approaches to NAP/NDC planning.
Ninety percent of the world’s cocoa beans are grown and harvested on small, family-run farms in West Africa.
Smaller companies face both financial and capacity barriers. Micro, small and medium enterprises have limited financial resources and instruments to pursue climate actions.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has now published contributions by all three of its Working Groups to the Sixth Assessment Report.
In Ethiopia, changes in rainfall patterns are affecting smallholder farmers that are highly dependent on rain-fed agriculture and natural resources.
Climate change, nutrition and agri-food systems are major – but often separate – areas of work in countries, at institutions and for development and support programmes.
The event was tailored to all interested participants from government stakeholders, private sector actors, and all practitioners working on adaptation/mitigation strategies in the agrifood sector.
The momentum to address gender inequality in response to climate change is greater than ever as shown in the commitments made at COP26.
The FAO-UNDP SCALA programme launched a Technical Assistance Facility to enhance private sector engagement in climate action.
SCALA programme sat down with Mr. Ts. Bolorchuluun, Head of the Department of Policy Implementation and Planning at the MOFALI in Mongolia.
The SCALA programme sat down with Dr. Prum Somany, Director at the DIC about how Cambodia plans to accelerate its adaptation and mitigation goals in the agriculture and land use sector.
The SCALA programme sat down with two technical advisers from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment to unpack the opportunities and objectives of the programme.
The SCALA team sat down with the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries to understand the challenges related to scaling up actions in the cattle corridor landscape.
The SCALA programme is organizing a semi-virtual side event at the Multilateral Development Banks Pavilion at the COP26.
The SCALA programme sat down with the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock to unpack the opportunities and challenges in this process as part of a new interview series.
The SCALA Programme organized a session on “Engaging businesses in climate resilient agriculture in Africa” at the Africa Climate Week 2021.
The latest IPCC (AR6) Report paints a dire picture of our current climate and a world expected to surpass global warming levels of 1.5°C in the next few decades unless immediate steps are taken.
With fewer resources to meet increasing demands of growing global populations and changing consumption patterns, food security will only become more challenging in the future.
Exactly 100 days before the COP26, SCALA organized a virtual session on “Accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement through climate-resilient food systems”.
The session aimed to highlight the opportunities to mitigate climate change and build climate resilience through regenerative food systems.
The world is still grappling with the profound economic, social, and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to food security, poverty reduction and sustainable development across the world.
Why implementing a systems-wide approach and boosting private sector engagement in agriculture and land-use is part of the climate solution.
To bridge the gender gap, FAO and UNDP work with countries to empower women and achieve gender equality in the agriculture sector for a more sustainable future that will benefit all.
€20 million programme funded by Germany will boost agriculture sectors’ role in addressing climate change impacts and reaching targets for low-carbon climate-resilient development.