From vision to action: Leading the way in climate action

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From vision to action: Leading the way in climate action

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In a world teetering on the brink of irreversible climate crisis, “addressing this crisis is undoubtedly a top global priority if not THE global priority of the 21st century.” Agriculture has become risky in the face of climate change – from the destruction of vast rainforest areas to land degradation due to unsustainable practices and water depletion. While some of these challenges are unnerving, there are also enormous opportunities. The In pursuing this ambitious endeavour, the Alliance acknowledges the pivotal role played by multi-stakeholder partnerships in the fight against climate change. Armed with this understanding, the Alliance builds strategic partnerships with governments, stakeholders, and beneficiaries, forging collaborations that span landscapes, countries, and regions. Through this intricate model of co-design and co-delivery, the Alliance develops integrated solutions that harmonise societal needs with environmental imperatives. This concerted effort paves the way for a sustainable future and emboldens a shared commitment to safeguarding our planet for future generations. The Alliance Strategy 2020-2025 defines how to  Central to this change is the To achieve this, the Climate Action Lever is creating a nurturing environment for innovation with purpose, based on transformation and the acceleration of science and the use thereof, strategically positioning the Alliance at the forefront, addressing a pivotal gap by providing precise, well-researched, and actionable solutions for governments, development agencies, financial partners, and stakeholders within the intricate realm of climate change. This comprehensive approach resonates across scales, underscored by a systemic lens that embraces the intricacies of food systems. The empowerment extends to ensuring that climate action research findings guide the alignment of national strategies, investments, and operations to reduce the impacts of climate change and variability, promote low-emissions pathways, and formulate and implement effective climate policies. The Alliance has facilitated different projects that aim to identify gaps, improve coordination, and trigger timely responses to drive and accelerate impact on climate action. Our strategic focus in Africa revolves around catalysing investment actions, amplifying the reach of climate services, nurturing partnerships, and developing methodologies for priority setting and policy design. In Kenya, the Additionally, our collaborative effort extends to curriculum co-development, underscoring our commitment to disseminate knowledge and co-create impactful solutions on the ground. In partnership with the Many low-income and middle-income countries are climate hotspots, highly exposed to extreme climate events. Designing policy pathways to mainstream initiatives or practices that disrupt unsustainable structures and have the potential to transform food systems, is a way of impeding climate change. Building resilience and the capacity to adapt to climate shocks require work and dialogue across scales, levels, and sectors. The Alliance, through the There are many forms and uses of insurance index-based in Kenya, but crops and livestock are mostly covered. Although index insurance is highly regarded as an important risk mitigation measure in low-income agriculture, implementation and adoption of insurance schemes face technical and operational challenges. InACRI These processes empower farmers, communities, and policy planners to develop and implement bottom-up, integrated climate risk management interventions, matching global-level data with community level-needs. The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) is an unincorporated multi-stakeholder partnership steered by a Donor Steering Committee. It focuses on increasing the overall transparency capacities of countries, including the capacity to assess the contribution of climate policies and actions on countries’ development objectives, and providing appropriate methodological information and tools to support evidence-based policymaking. In Kenya, ICAT aims to strengthen the capacity to implement adaptation actions effectively and efficiently while monitoring and reporting climate action in the agriculture sector at national and sub-national levels. The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT are implementing the Through on-ground experience and research, the Alliance, through ICAT, builds capacity for policies that bring together local and available tools to enable governance for resilience, and gender and social equity. Equipped with a growing number of science-driven tools and services, Alliance seeks to provide technologies, innovation, and opportunities that give the ecosystem a chance for a better life and scaling-up solutions that generate lasting impacts for livelihoods and the environment, thus championing the climate action movement, as Gro Harlem Brundtland states: “Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”