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Taking Forward Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture: Implications for Africa
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Following the ground-breaking decision at COP23 last year to advance work in the area of agriculture in the context of UNFCCC climate talks, Parties and observers now have two years to work on "bold actions" needed in agriculture before more specific ones are agreed upon in 2020. At this event… -
Pre-SBSTA/SBI48 Strategy Meeting on Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture: EAC Climate Change Negotiators' Workshop
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The EAC Secretariat in partnership with Partner States and with support from CUTS International, Geneva convened this EAC Climate Change negotiators' workshop in order to develop a common position and prepare an EAC submission to UNFCCC on the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture. The resulting regional submission proposes a roadmap… -
Burundi Climate Workshop: Developing a UNFCCC Submission on Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
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One of the remarkable results of COP23 was that it ended a long stalemate on agriculture in climate talks, by adopting an action-oriented work program on agriculture and food security. Under this Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, the world agreed to work over the next few years on a series… -
Ensuring Sustainability through a Nexus Approach: Climate Change, Trade and Food Security
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This session facilitated a dialogue among experts, practitioners and negotiators from the domains of trade, climate change, natural resource management, agriculture and food security who threw light on the nexus between these domains to help inform a more inclusive policy making as well as synergetic negotiations in the WTO and… -
East Africa: Five Countries, Five Policy Pathways to Sustainable Agro-Processing
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At these five national meeting in East Africa, participants considered the way forward in ensuring that key agro-industrial policies promote climate-aware, trade-driven and food security-enhancing agro-processing. They will discussed the early findings of research studies in this regard, and continued engaging policy-makers through advocacy. Participants were also briefed on the…
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MSME International Day: What Sustainable Way Forward For EAC Agro-Food MSMEs?
Written on Wednesday, 27 June 2018 00:00 Read more...
Agro-food micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the East African Community (EAC) face the adverse consequences of climate change and at the same time may negatively impact the environment. As environmental challenges have been thoroughly addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), their achievement could bring substantial benefits to… -
Tanzania Sustainable Industrial Development Policy: Call to Include Climate Change, Food Security, and Trade Concerns
Written on Friday, 25 May 2018 00:00 Read more...
Recognising the caveats in the current Sustainable Industrial Development Policy (SIDP), the government of Tanzania through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment is at the early stage of thoroughly reviewing the SIDP. The review should lead to a new and comprehensive industrial policy that provides for synergies of agro-processing… -
Taking Forward Gender in Trade Agreements: Any Role for the WTO?
Written on Thursday, 08 March 2018 00:00 Read more...
In some developing countries, female business ownership can be as low as 3-6%, and the progress to close the gender gap on women’s economic integration has been very slow. With the current rate, it would take around 170 years to reach gender equality (WTO, 2017). However, it seems that Free… -
Review of Uganda’s National Industrial Policy: Case for Synergies with Climate Change, Food Security, Gender and Trade
Written on Wednesday, 10 January 2018 00:00 Read more...
With the current industrial policy expiring this year, the government of Uganda through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperative is in the final stages of consultations and drafting the new industrial policy, where agro-processing should be given particular attention given its potential. Importantly, synergies of this sector with cross-cutting… -
Agriculture Breakthrough at COP23: How to Build on this Progress?
Written on Thursday, 30 November 2017 00:00 Read more...
Agriculture has been absent from COP decisions for years despite the undeniable interlinkages between climate change and agriculture. However, at the last COP in Bonn in November 2017, negotiators seemed to have finally understood the criticality of addressing agricultural issues for both adaptation and mitigation purposes. The implementation time (or…
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