Making finance flow to adaptation in small-scale agrifood systems. The role of the third long-term goal of the Paris Agreement.

Abstract

This paper is the second in a pair of reports exploring how climate-resilient development can be supported through the implementation of the third long-term goal of the Paris Agreement, Article 2.1(c). As identified in the first paper, acknowledging the importance of climate-resilient development within Article 2.1(c) requires that implementation does not focus solely on climate change mitigation, but equally supports adaptation and sustainable development for all (Robertson et al., 2023). This paper looks at how this could be done in the context of small-scale agrifood systems, which play a key role in climate-resilient development, support the livelihoods of 2–3 billion people and supply up to 70% of food consumed in low- and middle-income countries (IFAD, 2021b).