Decision 4/CP.23
Koronivia joint work on agriculture
The Conference of the Parties,
Recalling decision 2/CP.17, particularly paragraphs 75–77,
Having considered the reports to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice on the five in-session workshops on issues related to agriculture,1
1. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation 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;
2. Invites Parties and observers to submit,2 by 31 March 2018, their views on elements to be included in the work referred to in paragraph 1 above for consideration at the forty-eighth sessions of the subsidiary bodies (April–May 2018), starting with but not limited to the following:
(a) Modalities for implementation of the outcomes of the five in-session workshops on issues related to agriculture and other future topics that may arise from this work;
(b) Methods and approaches for assessing adaptation, adaptation co-benefits and resilience;
(c) Improved soil carbon, soil health and soil fertility under grassland and cropland as well as integrated systems, including water management;
(d) Improved nutrient use and manure management towards sustainable and resilient agricultural systems;
(e) Improved livestock management systems;
(f) Socioeconomic and food security dimensions of climate change in the agricultural sector;
3. Requests that any actions of the secretariat resulting from the provisions in paragraph 1 above be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources;
4. Also requests the subsidiary bodies to report to the Conference of the Parties on the progress and outcomes of the work referred to in paragraph 1 above at its twenty-sixth session (November 2020).
12th plenary meeting
17 November 2017
1 FCCC/SBSTA/2014/INF.2, FCCC/SBSTA/2015/INF.6, FCCC/SBSTA/2015/INF.7, FCCC/SBSTA/2016/INF.5 and FCCC/SBSTA/2016/INF.6.
2 Views should be submitted via the submission portal at http://www4.unfccc.int/sites/submissionportal/Pages/Home.aspx.
