Back

Improving Food Security for Vulnerable Communities in Small Island Developing States through Improved Anticipation and Management of Climate Risks

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share a range of economic and sustainable development challenges, including low availability of resources, small but rapidly growing populations, remoteness and a susceptibility to weather and climate extremes. The effects of climate change, in particular, such as increasing temperature and rainfall variability, greater frequency of extreme weather events and a rise in sea levels, are expected to affect human health and safety, agricultural production and, ultimately, food security. The project aimed to advance the integration of agricultural sectors into national climate change priorities, in particular the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), in an effort to ensure sustainable and resilient domestic food production and food security and nutrition for the most vulnerable communities, including women and young people. In particular, the project worked towards improving the capacities of the target countries to ( i ) use analytical techniques to assess risks, vulnerabilities and impacts of climate change in the agricultural sectors and (ii) create enabling policy environments to mainstream climate change, resilience and food security concerns and to undertake climate actions.

Associated spaces


Something wrong with this information? Report errors here.