This document summarizes a meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change. It discusses how the Commission's recommendations can help guide CGIAR research to achieve food security amidst climate change. The 7 recommendations include integrating agriculture and food security into policies, sustainably intensifying production while reducing emissions, targeting vulnerable populations, reshaping food access and consumption, and reducing loss and waste in food systems. Specific CGIAR research programs are highlighted that align with each recommendation.

1. Achieving food
security in the face
of climate change
The Commission on
Sustainable Agriculture and
Climate Change
Highlighting CGIAR Innovation
CGIAR Heads of Communications Meeting, Rome, 20 March 2012

2. Photo: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
How can the
Commission help
CGIAR
communications?
 High credibility and visibility
 7 recommendations, each with
2-5 specific sub-actions – great
“hooks” for CG messages
 Stand-alone products to use
freely, e.g. “safe space” concept
and animation

3. Prof Molly Jahn
Dr. Adrian Fernández Special Advisor to the Sir John Dr Marion Guillou Prof Lin Erda Dr Nguyen Van Bo
Advisor on Sustainability, Chancellor and Provost for Beddington President, Institut Scientifique Director, Research Centre President, Academy of
Metropolitan University, Sustainability Sciences, Commission Chair, de Recherche Agronomique of Agriculture and Climate Agricultural Science,
Mexico University of Madison- United Kingdom (INRA), France Change, Chinese Academy Vietnam
Wisconsin, USA of Agricultural Sciences
The Commissioners
Dr Carlos Nobre Prof Takalign Mamo Prof Judi Prof Bob Scholes Dr Rita Sharma Dr. Mohammed Dr Megan Clark
National Secretary, Ministry State Minister and Wakhungu Fellow, Natural Resources Secretary, National Asaduzzaman CEO, Commonwealth
of Science, Technology and Minister's Advisor, Ministry Executive Director, African and the Environment, Advisory Council Research Director, Scientific and Industrial
Innovation, Brazil of Agriculture, Ethiopia Center for Technology Council for Scientific and (Prime Minister's Institute of Research Organisation
Studies (ACTS), Kenya Industrial Research Office), India Development Studies, (CSIRO), Australia
(CSIR), South Africa Bangladesh

4. Communication &
Engagement
 Focus on global policy processes (UNFCCC,
RIO+20, G20)
 Commissioners act as link to
national/regional policy processes
Photo: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
 In 2011 - 2012 Commissioners sharing
messages via high- level presentations and
bilateral interactions
Irrigation channel, Bangladesh.
 Targeted media campaign around report
launches (Nov ’11 and Mar ’12)
 Ongoing outreach & engagement during
2012

5. Successes to date
Media coverage
Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
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6. Successes to date
Dissemination
• 2000 downloads from 90
countries.
• Over 1000 hard copies of report
distributed at key events
• 16,000 unique pageviews of
Commission website
Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
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7. Commission on Sustainable
Agriculture and Climate Change
Photo: P. Casier (CCAFS)
7 recommendations

8. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
Recommendation 1:
Integrate food security and
sustainable agriculture into global
and national policies
CIFOR: Enhancing the role of forests in mitigating
climate change.
• Contact: Louis Verchot
ICARDA: Social, Economic and Policy Research (SEPR)
• Contact: Aden Aw-Hassan
IWMI: Water and Society
• Contact: Mark Giordano

9. Photo: E.Phipps (CIMMYT)
Recommendation 3: Sustainably
intensify agricultural production
while reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and other negative
environmental impacts of agriculture
AfricaRice: Sustainable ICRAF: On-farm productivity
productivity enhancement • Contact: Fergus Sinclair
• Contact: Paul Kiepe
CIMMYT: Conservation
Agriculture Program
• Contact: Bruno Gerard

10. Photo: UNDP
Recommendation 4: Target
populations and sectors that are
most vulnerable to climate
change and food insecurity
CIP: Potatoes in specific areas ILRI: Reducing the vulnerability
(tropical, subtropical high- of marginalized systems and
/lowlands, sweet potato). peoples.
• Contact: Andre Devaux • Project contact: Tom
ICRISAT: Resilient Dryland Randolph
Systems.
• Contact: Peter Craufurd

11. Photo: IJ Clark
Recommendation 5: Reshape food
access and consumption patterns to
ensure basic nutritional needs are
met and to foster healthy and
sustainable eating habits worldwide
Bioversity: Nutrition.
• Contact: Bruce Cogill
IFPRI: Diet Quality and Health of the
Poor.
• Contact: Purnima Menon
IITA: Agriculture & Health.
• Contact: Dave Watson

12. Photo: L Cheung (USDA)
Recommendation 6: Reduce loss and
waste in food systems, particularly from
infrastructure, farming practices,
processing, distribution and household
habits
CIAT: Linking farmers to markets.
• Contact: Mark Lundy
IRRI: Adding value.
• Contact: Martin Gummert
Worldfish: Improved value chains.
• Contact: Patrick Dugan

13. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
Safe Operating Space animation