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The Facilitation Unit welcomes everyone to share any upcoming conferences, meetings, online events and workshops related to Climate-Smart Agriculture.   

Changing weather patterns in Kenya are increasingly being experienced within agricultural systems, including by farmers. In Kenya, there is particular concern with regard to the effects of climate change on tea – an extremely important sector for the economy. Tea producers already are facing reduced and erratic rainfall, a higher...

A new book brings together 30 articles, highlighting examples from more than 30 countries, showing that well-organized groups hold the key to a more sustainable and equitable world. 

LEAP Public Review: Environmental assessment tools and data in support of decision making for transition to more sustainable feed and livestock supply chains

Learn More About the 'Climate-Smart Agriculture' project What's it about, who is involved and how can you help? The Institute of International and European Affairs and the Royal Dublin Society Leadership Forum on Climate-Smart Agriculture will promote awareness and adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural policies and practices in Ireland, and work to establish...

We encourage you to take part in this event taking place on Tuesday 25 August 2015 at 9.00am Costa Rica time  The discussion will focus on the origins and scope of GACSA. The webinar will explore the reasons why countries have joined GACSA, their expectations and activities that will be taken...

Climate science for agriculture and forestry: Setting emissions targets to stay below 2°C We invite you to gain and share insights on an upcoming decarbonisation methodology for the agricultural and forestry sectors in line with climate science. On 25 September 2015, you can join our online stakeholder workshop that brings together companies,...

Dear Members of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture, The GACSA Annual Forum will take place in Rome, Italy from 20 to 22 January 2016. The Co-chairs have decided to set up an Ad-hoc committee to assist in the organization of the forum. The facilitation Unit will prepare the ToRs for...

The event will build upon two webinars and take place in October 2015. You can enroll now by clicking here  The content of the event is especially targeted to agriculture and climate change practitioners working on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in a field setting.The event is organized by FAO’s Mitigation of...

Eastern Africa sub-region experts deliberate on upscaling climate smart agriculture in the region. The Platform will support East African countries to address sub-regional issues related to Climate-smart agriculture scale up and will contribute to continental initiatives such as as the Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance and the AU/NEPAD goal of having 25 million...