Addressing agriculture in climate change negotiations: A scoping report

Abstract

This Report was developed in the context of the “Global Dialogue on Climate Change and
\nAgriculture,” a project facilitated by the Meridian Institute that began in August 2010. The
\nMeridian Institute is an internationally recognized, nonprofit organization that facilitates
\nneutral and independent policy dialogues and assessments. The Global Dialogue is a program
\nintended to provide relevant information and opportunities for productive engagement and
\ndiscussion among government negotiators, experts, stakeholders, and others involved and
\ninterested in climate change and agriculture. For this report, the Institute convened a team of
\ninternational, independent expert authors, and facilitated the work of the author team as well as
\na series of informal dialogues with a broad range of country negotiators, nongovernmental
\norganizations, and agricultural experts.
\nThe report is intended to provide context and analysis for addressing agriculture in
\ninternational climate negotiations with the aim of helping to inform climate negotiators and
\nother stakeholders by identifying options and unpacking issues of interest; and not to express
\nopinions or be prescriptive. To achieve this objective, the report was guided by an iterative
\nprocess comprised of dozens of individual interviews from August to December 2010, and two
\nin-person group consultations convened February 15-17, 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa,
\nand April 11-13, 2011, in Bangkok, Thailand.