With this briefing, CIDSE aims to examine recent developments of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA). As a continuation of the previous publication, “Climate-Smart Agriculture: The Emperor’s New Clothes?”, the briefing intends to shed light on the concerns that this initiative is continuing to pose, with a special look at this year’s important climate talks in Paris, and the risks that this concept keep gaining ground among the different international political processes.