May 28, 2010, 2:31 pm
| May 31, 2010 | to | June 11, 2010 |
The second round of negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010 will take place from 31 May-11 June, in Bonn, Germany. In preparation for these meetings, the UNFCCC Secretariat has posted, inter alia, the Chair’s text to facilitate negotiations among parties at AWG-LCA 10, which maintains the general structure of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWGLCA) presented to 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) with a combination of thematic decisions and a broad decision covering: a shared vision; provisions on mitigation and finance; and reference to the thematic decisions. The UNFCCC Secretariat has also published the AWG-LCA scenario note (pdf).
Looking ahead to COP 16, the UNFCCC Secretariat has published a note by the Executive Secretary on arrangements for intergovernmental meetings. This document addresses three main topics: COP 16 and the sixth session of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 6); future sessional periods; and organization of the intergovernmental process. Under the fi rst item, information on the sessions is provided, including an organizational scenario and possible elements of the provisional agendas. Regarding future sessional periods, the document addresses arrangements for additional sessions of the Ad Hoc Working Groups in 2010, as well as preparations for COP 17 and COP/MOP 7. Guidance by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation is also invited regarding the dates for the four regular sessional periods in 2014 and 2015.
On the organization of the intergovernmental process, the document focuses on engagement of observer organizations. This document will be considered by the 32nd session of the SBI, which will convene from 31 May-9 June 2010, in Bonn as well.
The text to facilitate negotiations among Parties prepared by the Chair of the AWG-LCA and the scenario note by the Chair on the tenth session of the AWG-LCA are now available. The documentation to facilitate negotiations among Parties prepared by the Chair of the AWG-KP is available here.
Download the Overview Schedule (167 kB) and learn more here.
May 28, 2010, 1:55 pm
“Land Day” is a forum for engaging policy makers on the cause pursued by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). It is a one-day event, held in close proximity but parallel to a particular intergovernmental or multilateral environmental meeting of relevance to this cause.
Land Day 2 will be held on 5 June 2010, on the margins of the 32nd session of the subsidiary bodies (SB32) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change taking place from 31 May to 11 June 2010 in Bonn, Germany. 
Land Day 2 has three objectives:
1. To increase understanding among SB32 participants of the links between unsustainable use of land on the one hand, and worsening climate change on the other, so that land and soil are recognized and incorporated as important factors in adaptation and mitigation measures, especially at COP16 of the UNFCCC in Mexico and thereafter;
2. To demonstrate the redoubled commitment of the three Rio Convention secretariats to strengthen and tighten their cooperation through synergetic implementation of their respective action programmes – the NAPAs, NAPS and NBSAPs – at country level;
3. To reinvigorate the commitment made by countries for the implementation of the 2007 Bali Action Plan (BAP) as the main vehicle for generating concrete recommendations, supported by concrete examples and evidence, on food security, land and water management for the drylands, these being indispensable elements of the global climate change adaptation agenda.
For more information visit Land Day 2.
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May 17, 2010, 11:40 am
On 22 April 2010, the Platforom for Agrobiodiversity Research took part in the Design of the MICCA Pilot Projects workshop held at FAO in Rome, Italy. The focus of the workshop was to gain insights from projects and projects in FAO and other institutions regarding the pilot project design, specifically to define concrete outputs, the working approach and selection criteria.
The final report of the MICCA workshop on the design of the pilot projects is now ready. Towards the end of June the technical framework document to guide the MICCA working approach and selection of projects should be final. Download the full workshop report.
Read additional information about Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA).
April 28, 2010, 8:51 am
The Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research encourages you to participant in a survey designed by the FAO MICCA project (Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture). MICCA aims to support efforts to mitigate climate change through agriculture in developing countries and move towards carbon friendly agricultural practices. Hence, we hope to capture and contribute information about projects dealing with agrobiodiversity, which along with mitigation, have an adaptation component and rely on farmer and indigenous knowledge. 
In this survey MICCA wants to identify existing agricultural projects, which have a mitigation component, ie that either reduce, avoid or absorb/sequester greenhouse gases through agricultural practices. They are interested in projects that have a clear carbon offset objective and are designed as a project for the carbon market. However, if your project is (still) not targeted to enter the carbon market, but entails activities, which mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, we would also like to encourage you to fill out the survey.
If you have any questions, please send an email to micca [at] fao.org. Together with MICCA we very much appreciate the time and effort you take to fill in this questionnaire. We hope that you will see this as an opportunity to promote smallholder mitigation strategies and prevent experience and knowledge from being lost. Thank you very much for participating in the FAO MICCA survey to identify ongoing agricultural mitigation projects.
February 23, 2010, 4:01 pm
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released an information note on the potential role for agriculture in the post-Copenhagen process.
The note highlights that no formal action was taken on the establishment of a Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) work programme on agriculture despite consensus, and that there was no mention of agriculture or food security in the Copenhagen Accord. It also underlines that in indicating their intention to associate themselves with the Copenhagen Accord, 11 of 27 developing countries stated that they planned to adopt mitigation actions in the agriculture sector as part of their nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs).
The note underscores the potential role of agriculture under negotiations on reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) under the Ad-hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA), and outlines three potential time-lines for beginning work within the SBSTA on agriculture. The note also outlines complementary work on agriculture and climate change under other intergovernmental bodies. To learn more, read the full Information Note (pdf) or visit the FAO Climate Change Website.
November 5, 2009, 12:23 pm
The twin battles to improve food security for a growing world population and contain climate change can be fought on the same front – the world’s farmland, FAO said in a new report released today.
Read the full report, Food Security and Agricultural Mitigation in Developing Countries: Options for Capturing Synergies, launched during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks. Learn more about FAO climate change related news and links.
On 5 November 2009, on the side during Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009, FAO convened a side event on “Options for Agriculture on the Road from Copenhagen“. This event examined options for action in moving ahead with mitigation in agriculture after Copenhagen.
