Katarina Kahlmann’s Post

Smallholder farmers are on the frontlines of climate change, but are getting only 1% of climate financing? The math isn't mathing. These and other insights from TechnoServe's Katarina Kahlmann and Tony Siantonas in their latest article.

🌾Key messages from Youth Adaptation Forum on Climate Resilient Agriculture are out! 🌾 1️⃣ Up to 60% of the global youth population resides in rural areas. This makes rural youth pivotal in driving climate-resilient agriculture initiatives, implementing sustainable land management practices, and advocating for policy coherence. 2️⃣ Empowering youth in agriculture can increase farm productivity and reduce the vulnerability of rural communities to climate change impacts. With targeted support, youth can lead the way to more resilient agrifood systems. 3️⃣ Climate change is a youth issue because most countries in which the youth population accounts for a sizeable share of the total population also depend heavily on agriculture – a sector that is highly exposed to climate change. Watch the recording of the forum and find out more here https://lnkd.in/eBUdsT-f #Youth4Adaptation

🌍 Climate Action is a Human Right! 🌱 As we face the escalating impacts of climate change, it’s essential to recognize that environmental sustainability and human rights go hand in hand. The climate crisis is the defining challenge that humanity faces. It is closely intertwined with the inequality crisis. It has cascading impacts on food security, population displacement and migration, health, energy, water, livelihoods. Every single one of the Sustainable Development Goals is affected. For millions of smallholder farmers and rural communities worldwide, a changing climate threatens not just their livelihoods but their right to food, water, and a stable future. All stakeholders (national governments, local authorities, international community, private sector, individuals etc) should be committed to empowering farmers with regenerative practices that not only protect the land but uplift communities. By investing in sustainable, nature-positive farming, we can drive change that respects both the environment and the people most affected by its degradation. Resource platforms should also enable fair access to resources, knowledge, and climate finance, promoting resilience and creating opportunities for those on the front lines of climate change. Human rights and environmental justice must remain at the heart of climate solutions. Let’s work toward a future where climate action uplifts every voice and every community. 💚 #ClimateJustice #HumanRights #Epidaurus #AgroRegenerations #RegenerativeAgriculture #SmallholderEmpowerment #SocialImpact #ClimateActionNow

🌱 Smallholder farmers only receive a shocking 0.3% of global climate financing⁉️ That can't be right. Working with One Acre Fund over the last few years has really opened my eyes to the inequalities around food security and funding gaps around the world. We have to support smallholder farmers (who, by the way, grow a third of the world's food) and close the funding gap. A strong farming community in any country can be and often is the backbone to stronger economies. It's entrepreneurial farmers who lead in climate resilience and must be given the funds to grow. This #COP29, let's all raise awareness and ensure world leaders know that investing in smallholder farmers is #ClimateFinance's best deal!

"It’s 2024 and I’m suspicious of “solutions”. Solutions to what, exactly? The excess greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that have already seen us breach the 1.5 degree limit set by the Paris Agreement? The ocean acidification that’s bleaching corals en masse? The rampant deforestation and habitat destruction that’s seen half of the world’s wilderness turned into farmland? How about the economic system with its limited prescription of value that converts what is priceless into profit? The political gridlock on climate thanks to our addiction to fossil fuels? The record-breaking profits of those energy companies with plans to double global extraction? Or the debt bondage that keeps the global south trapped in poverty? The political hierarchy that means the world’s most war-mongering country calls the shots? How about resource scarcity for an energy transition? How about water shortages? Genocide?" Rachel Donald https://lnkd.in/eKHZdMAR

💰 It's time for a climate finance reset at #COP29! The New Collective Quantified Goal (#NCQG) presents a critical moment to channel more resources toward food systems transformation. 🌱 Food systems receive just 2.5% of climate finance, despite contributing to one-third of global emissions. Here’s how climate finance can drive change: ✅ Scale up investments in resilient food systems ✅ Align funding with ambitious climate targets ✅ Support frontline communities—farmers, fishers, and Indigenous Peoples ✅ Transition to sustainable practices like agroecology and regenerative agriculture Explore more in this new report: https://lnkd.in/ebQwDUv3 #ClimateFinance #FoodSystems #SustainableAgriculture #COP29 #ClimateAction

Help us advocate for smallholder farmers by voting for Opportunity International's panel submission for this year's SOCAP Global conference! Despite the scientific community’s growing consensus that regenerative and adaptive practices help combat climate crises, there is still hesitation to invest in these transformations due to rising costs and global instability. So how do we address that risk? How can we bring more capital to the table despite the confluence of geopolitical and climate-related crises? This panel will explore the intersection of climate resilience, #regenerative #agriculture, and social #equity, focusing on dismantling barriers that prevent vulnerable populations, especially smallholder farmers and women, from accessing necessary resources and finance for climate adaptation.  Make their voices heard by making YOUR voice heard—vote at: https://lnkd.in/gpi8DSTp

This staple food is responsible for 12% of the world’s #methane emissions. Learn more about the World Economic Forum’s GAEA initiative, which aims to unlock funding for climate and nature solutions by forging new partnerships between philanthropists and the public and private sectors: https://ow.ly/RCMy50SmxF7 Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Philanthropy Asia Alliance #Rice #Decarbonization #ClimateChange #Emissions How can we foster collaboration to address two of our most critical shared global challenges: the climate crisis and biodiversity loss? Follow #AMNC24 to join the discussion at our Annual Meeting for the New Champions from 25-27 June.

Research which will reduce methane emission as well as increase yield of rice, which is staple food of 3•5 billion people on our planet !!! have a look at the shared #post #rice #paddy #agriculture #climatesmartagriculture #emission #methane #gwg #pollution #carbonfootprint #staplefood #research

I grew up on rice/paddy cultivation land, and reminiscing about 'a small drop of dew on a paddy grain' (“একটি ধানের শীষের উপরে একটি শিশির বিন্দু”) inspired by Rabindranath Thakur, is a way of life. It's not easy to believe (especially for an Agri-Allied farming family) that our little rice/paddy field is one of the primary causes of greenhouse gas emissions. AND it is hard to part ways with an ever-green, enchanting paddy field. So what about rice/paddy's inherent diversity (and diverse ecosystem) in controlling methane emission? . . There is evidence of this in scientific reports. Can this be used to create disruptive technology (and innovation) other than the one described here? #kaiza, #kaizatech #kaizaip