Civil society organizations’ from Northern and Southern countries have issued a statement on the “Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture”.
“We warmly acknowledge the efforts of the FAO to specifically address agroecology and we praise the UN organization for hosting an International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition.
The IPCC 5th Assessment Report’s Working Group II shows that impacts of climate change on crop and food production are already evident in several regions of the world. A Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA) is about to be launched at the Ban Ki Moon Climate Summit the 23rd of September. This Alliance has missed the mark on how to realistically achieve resilience to climate change within agriculture. Most importantly, the final Framework Document relating to the proposed Alliance does not mention either agroecology or the IAASTD report”
