Time: 

Session 1:  12 October 2021   18:00 - 19:30 (CEST) - watch the broadcast
Session 2:  13 October 2021   10:00 - 11:30 (CEST) - watch the broadcast
Session 3:  14 October 2021   15:00 - 16:30 (CEST) - watch the broadcast
Session 4:  28 October 2021   13:00 - 14:30 (BST) - watch the broadcast
Session 5:  29 October 2021   13:00 - 14:30 (BST) - watch the broadcast
Session 6:  30 October 2021   13:00 - 14:30 (BST) - watch the broadcast

Mandate
Through decision 4/CP.23 ‘Koronivia joint work on agriculture’ the COP requested the SBSTA and SBI to jointly address issues related to agriculture, including through workshops and expert meetings, working with constituted bodies under the Convention and taking into consideration the vulnerabilities of agriculture to climate change and approaches to addressing food security. 

Parties set out a road map of work under the Koronivia joint work on agriculture, as contained in annex I of FCCC/SBI/2018/9 and FCCC/SBSTA/2018/4, including six workshops to be held sequentially up until COP 26. The SBSTA and the SBI requested the secretariat to organize these workshops in conjunction with specified sessions, and encouraged admitted observers to participate in these workshops. The six workshops have been completed, further information on each workshop is available on the UNFCCC Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture website.

At SB50, the SBI and the SBSTA requested the secretariat to organize an intersessional workshop in addition to the workshops mandated in the Koronivia road map to contribute to delivering the outcomes of the KJWA, taking into consideration the vulnerabilities of agriculture to climate change and approaches to addressing food security, and to prepare a report on the workshop. They took note of the importance of issues, including but not limited to farmers, gender, youth, and local communities and indigenous peoples. They requested the secretariat to take into account the following elements when organizing the workshop: 

     a) Sustainable land and water management, including integrated watershed management strategies, to ensure food security; 

     b) Strategies and modalities to scale up implementation of best practices, innovations and technologies that increase resilience and sustainable production in agricultural systems according to national circumstances. 

The workshop had initially been scheduled to take place in Bonn from 3 to 5 March 2020, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The workshop has now been organized in two parts. 

The first part on element a) was held virtually virtually in conjunction with the May–June 2021 Climate Change Conference sessions of the subsidiary bodies (from 31 May to 17 June 2021). 

The second part on element b) will be organized in three virtual sessions between 12 and 14 October, and three in-person sessions in the pre-sessional period of COP26 in Glasgow, from 28 to 30 October.

Participation
On invitation only 

Concept note and agenda
Concept note and agenda

Report
Report