The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Regional Program for Southeast Asia (CCAFS-SEA) recently concluded a collective engagement and communication program workshop at the Agricultural Genetics Institute in Hanoi, Vietnam on 29-30 May. The workshop participants drew insights from best practices of CGIAR member-centers, developed a roadmap to actively engage partners, and draw an overall communication plan to support the implementation of CCAFS research agenda and priorities. Presented by Vanessa Meadu

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CCAFS Global Engagement &
Communication Strategy
Vanessa Meadu, Torben Timmermann and Sonja Vermeulen
Workshop for a Collective Engagement and Communication Plan for
CCAFS – SEA
29 May 2014

2. 2
CCAFS C&E Objectives
• Provide a credible and authoritative platform for
scientific information, knowledge and tools on
agriculture and food security under climate
change.
• Engage actively at all levels to facilitate user-
driven research, science-based dialogue,
knowledge sharing, and evidence-based policy,
among key partners.

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Major objective:
Getting climate change into agriculture policies…
…and agriculture into climate change policies

4. 4
From Global to National
Global
CSA Alliance
UNFCCC, IPCC, SBSTA
Committee on Food Security
Regional / National
NEPAD/CAADP programs on climate &
agriculture
National Adaptation Planning (NAP)
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation
Actions (NAMA)

5. 5
Collective communications

6. 6
Working together: Themes, Regions
UNFCCC COP19 – Warsaw, 2013 KMC4CRP meeting - Addis, 2013

7. 7
When Colombia met Senegal
South-south exchange, 2013
Working together: Centers

8. 8
Photo: S. Kilungu
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Kenya
Aim: Build on ongoing policy engagement to raise awareness of
climate impacts on agriculture and Kenya’s response.
CGIAR scientists from different centers involved

9. Photo: C. Schubert
UNFCCC COP19, Warsaw (Nov 2013)
Aim: develop the potential of climate smart agriculture approach to
inform National Adaptation and Mitigation plans and future UNFCCC
agreements

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Global synthesis

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CURRENT PRIORITIES

12. CCAFS global policy landscape 2014
CSA Alliance
 Three themes: Knowledge,
Enabling Environment &
Finance
 Linking global and regional:
e.g. CAADP
 Multi-stakeholder: e.g. 5-6-7
launch Sept 2014
UNFCCC
Bonn SBSTA
Lima COP
2015

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2014 major forums
April 3 – IPCC WG II report release event with IFAD, DFID, World Bank, Willis
and ISU - London
April 14 – IPCC WG III report release event with World Bank and others –
Washington DC
June – UNFCCC SBSTA – Bonn side event on Climate-Smart Agriculture in
Africa
Date TBC – National Adaptation Plan workshop - Mali
September 23 – Launch of CSA Alliance at Ban Ki-moon Climate Summit –
New York
September 25 – CGIAR Development Dialogues – New York
December – UNFCCC COP20 – Lima

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Looking ahead
Support further
integration of
communications and
engagement into
regional impact
pathways

15. Thank you!
Cảm ơn!
v.meadu@cgiar.org
ccafs.cgiar.org
@cgiarclimate