This presentation was held by Sara Gräslund from Sida at the World Food Day 2016 event in Stockholm.

1. World Food Day 2016
Zero hunger in a changing climate
17 October, 2016 Sara Gräslund, INTEM/TEMA

3. Paris Agreement – Agenda 2030
Mutually reinforcing –
We need to move towards a zero carbon future – leaving no
one behind.
To get there
• Adaptation – to manage the risks
• Mitigation – to decrease the risks
• Co-benefits - adaptation- mitigation - development

4. Sida’s approach to climate change
•Integrate across sectors
•Can be main objective in any sector
•One of the largest bilateral donors per capita
•Many low-income countries foresee emission increase
– (I)NDCs – emission increase –lower increase with external finance
– Possibilites decrease emissions within land use – New Climate Economy
•Focus on adaptation
– What is adaptation? - as defined by the country / partner
– Since 2009

5. Sida climate change finance 2008-2015

6. Sida’s work in food sec &agriculture (1)
•Acknowledge links improved livelihoods, sustainable
management of natural resoruces and resilience to climate
change
– Decades supporting sustainable livelihoods
– Approach now promoted as resilience to climate change
•Opportunities in climate smart agriculture – potential win-win-win
•Portfolio - Global, regional, bilateral. In 2015: 757MSEK within agriculture,
forestry, fisheries and rural development.

7. Sida’s work in food sec & agric (2)
Focus areas
– Farming as a business
– Women’s strengthened role in
agriculture
– Productivity increase
– Land rights and tenure
– Specific climate change focus, e.g.:
• FAO - sustainable agriculture
• CGIAR, e.g. Scuba Rice
• IUCN Mangroves for the Future
• Swedish civil society organisations
• Coffee and climate –Private sector
Opportunities to further integrate
climate change across FS &
agriculture portfolio

8. Sida’s work – wider picture (1)
Food security and agricultural initiatives – complemented by
significant efforts in other areas, for example:
– Trade / market development / employment / economic growth
– Improved management of natural resorces (incl water; biodiviersity / ecoys
services)
– Improved access to water and sanitation

9. Sida’s work – wider picture (2)
–Humanitarian aid – Sida 5th bilateral donor. Shift from food to cash
–Social protection
•Key to protect most vulnerable to climate change – WB Shockwaves 2015
•Emphasized by FAO – State of Food Insecurity report 2015
•Sida increasing engagement (e.g. Tanz, Kenya, Zamb, Zimb, Moz, DRC)
–Bridging humanitarian – long term dev coop divide
•support initiatives on SP and resilience
•innovative finance – insurance systems connected to weather data to manage
risks from extreme weather events

10. Paris Agreement – Agenda 2030
Leaving no one behind in a zero carbon future
Huge challenge – need to step up efforts
- Political leadership / rights based / anti-corruption
- Gender equality
- Adaptation and the most vulnerable in focus – incl mobilization of other
finance
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