Latin America and the Caribbean It faces significant threats and challenges in climate and environmental issues. Recent reports on climate change show how water shortages, droughts, floods, hurricanes and soil degradation have become part of the common scenarios.
In the next 11 years, it is estimated that 40% of the total area of the city Latin America and the Caribbean will reach or exceed the temperature threshold of 2 degrees, which will translate into changes in the regime rainfall and temperature, and thus the impact on production and in village life.
By 2050, unless urgent steps are taken climate and development there could be millions of people migrating for climate reasons.
What is at stake today is our ability to achieve food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean, all in a scenario of ecological crisis.
Also, get stronger regional climate action, especially in the agricultural sector, the source of a wide range of solutions that contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, is urgent.
Between July 19 and 21 Annual assembly of the Platform for Climate Action in Agriculture, PLACAa body established as a space for articulation and relevant collaboration for Latin American and Caribbean Ministries of Agriculture to promote climate action and progress towards common goals.
He appointed at the meeting Mexico in the new presidency (replacing Costa Rica), and Argentina as co-chair.
With representatives of 15 countries of the region, 6 affiliated institutions and the Secretariat that they make up Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and for OFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)coordination role mechanism in these times is essential.
SALARY of the thematic working group They have promoted interdisciplinary technical spaces for collaboration, such as the identification of low-cost technological solutions that already contribute to improving the sustainability of agri-food systems through mitigation and adaptation actions. This is just one example of the activities that the platform develops.
So we already have more than 60 concrete, innovative and applicable solutions, such as holistic planting systems, regenerative livestock, low-cost soil moisture sensors, meliponaries for bee conservation, planting in holes for eroded soils, among others.
But we can’t just stay there. Faced with the challenge of climate change, we invite all the countries of the region to join this Platform and thus continue to co-create solutions for the benefit climate actions in agriculture.
From the FAO we will continue to support and give continuity of work of PLACA. These innovative and real alternatives, which farmers and actors in agri-food systems are already applying and which can be expanded in different territories, are proof that agriculture in the region makes a unique contribution and has great potential to respond to the challenges brought by climate change. The author of this article is Coordinator of the FAO Regional Initiative for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Source: Panama America
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