Agroecology in climate change policy: leverage points for transformative action

Orion Tao. 2021. Agroecology in climate change policy: leverage points for transformative action. Galway : NUI Galway, 38 p. Mémoire MSc : Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security : National University of Ireland Galway

Encadrement : Spillane, charles ; McKeown, Peter ; Le Coq, Jean-François

Résumé : The practice of agroecology is based on embedding holistic agronomic practices within an integrated context linking agricultural policies and practices to social and economic justice and nutrition and food security. This systematic approach centering people and their needs and knowledge has the potential to engender transformative change in food systems and beyond. As climate change continues to challenge agricultural production systems worldwide, and exacerbate existing inequalities, agroecology offers the potential to reorient widespread approaches to agriculture focused on production of high input commodity crops toward a focus on community food security and environmentally beneficial resource management. Because of the potential that agroecological approaches offer to climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as helping to meet other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is critical to understand whether and where policies supporting agroecology are in place. The Paris Agreement created a context in which international climate change commitments can be assessed through the National Determined Contributions (NDCs); using these as a benchmark for understanding the role of agroecology in signatories' national policy goals provides a way to understand whether and how agroecology is present in international policies. Further investigation into policy processes supporting agroecology at the national and sub-national level provides a framework for understanding potential leverage points for further policy integration between national and international agriculture-related climate commitments.

Mots-clés libres : Agro ecology, Policy, Climate

Auteurs et affiliations

• Orion Tao, NUI Galway (IRL)

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