Havana, April 4 (Prensa Latina) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today in Havana the conclusion of a capacity-building project to address climate change (CBIT AFOLU).
This training, which benefited the nation’s economy, ended after four years of implementation, according to this Friday’s note.
This initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture, with technical assistance from FAO and funding from the Global Environment Facility, was instrumental in better preparing the country’s agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector to respond to environmental challenges and the demands of the Paris Agreement.
Implemented since 2021, CBIT has strengthened national technical capacities to measure, assess, and report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals in the AFOLU sector.
As a result, the country has, for the first time, an Information System on Climate Change in Agriculture (SICCA), which functions as a platform where various stakeholders collaborate to systematize information on climate change, monitor the progress of climate goals, and facilitate data-driven decision-making.
This system will serve as a recording and reporting tool to systematize climate change mitigation and adaptation actions in agriculture. It will also be essential for reporting at the sectoral and national levels in the context of national plans, policies, and commitments on these issues.
From the SICCA platform, users can also access the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management System for the AFOLU sector; the Measurement, Reporting, and Verification System for climate finance and mitigation actions; and a Monitoring and Evaluation System for adaptation actions.
At the end of the project, the agricultural, forestry, and other land use sectors also had an Agrarian Climate Action Plan, a strategic framework that integrates adaptation and mitigation measures into the development programs for the agricultural, livestock, and forestry sectors within the context of the State Plan for Addressing Climate Change in the Republic of Cuba.
This initiative is known as Task Life and fulfills expectations related to the future of agriculture in this nation.
As part of the project, FAO, with funding from the GEF, also provided equipment and technology for more precise measurement of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture, strengthening national capacities for the development of GHG inventories.
With CBIT AFOLU, Cuba is able to produce more timely reports that allow for transparent monitoring of the implementation of its mitigation measures for submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and meet the requirements established in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement, they emphasized.
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