FAO project

This (FAO) project on the attribution of climate change impacts in agriculture aims to develop a method to identify and quantify the losses in agriculture attributable to climate change. The focus is on cereal harvests, which are a fundamental component of food (in)security in many developing countries. The project combines climate attribution, yield modeling and known methods for quantifying losses and damages to advance the scientific understanding of climate impacts in agriculture. The research results may be important for disaster risk management and may one day also support the International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

This project on climate impact attribution in agriculture (FAO) aims to develop a methodology to identify and quantify agricultural losses attributable to climate change. The focus is on crop yields as a crucial aspect of food (in)security in many low- and middle-income countries. The project aims to bring attribution science, crop modelling, and existing loss and damage quantification methods together. The project outcomes will advance the scientific understanding of climate impacts in agriculture and produce findings that may help to inform disaster risk reduction efforts and eventually support the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).