Agroecology is increasingly promoted as a means to transform food systems globally, yet the evidence for generating large-scale impacts on climate change adaptation and mitigation in developing countries has been unclear.

This session summarizes the quality and strength of evidence regarding (i) the impact of agroecological approaches on climate change mitigation and adaptation in low-and-middle-income countries, and (ii) the programming approaches and conditions supporting large-scale agroecological transitions.

The session includes panelists from notable, large-scale initiatives for agroecology and invites them to comment on the review findings and their experience about what is necessary to scale up agroecology programs.

Substantial evidence is available for agroecology’s impacts on climate change adaptation and only modest evidence for impacts on mitigation, mostly for carbon sequestration. Farmer co-creation and sharing of knowledge supported farmers’ capacity to adapt to local conditions, improving both adaptation and mitigation.

Agroecology and climate change rapid evidence review identifies knowledge gaps critical to understand and inform future public and private investment in research, development and deployment of agroecological approaches.

The webinar is part of series of webinars  to set a path for transformation in agricultural innovation systems, in the lead up to COP26 called Transforming Agricultural Innovation for People, Nature and Climate. The webinar is co-organized by The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).