Spotlight: Youth Agricultural Champions Tackle The Climate Crisis

Young farmers united to tackle key challenges in locally-led climate adaptation. Let’s amplify their efforts by making sure leaders see their efforts.

What to know:

  • Smallholder farmers are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, putting the future of our food at risk.
  • Twenty youth agricultural champions teamed up to identify challenges and solutions for locally-led adaptation.
  • We want to make sure decision makers see this important information ahead of COP29 – will you help us send them a copy?

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The climate crisis is disrupting every part of our lives—from devastating floods to scorching droughts and wildfires. Smallholder farmers, who produce a third of the world’s food, are taking the hardest hit, with their livelihoods on the line. We need urgent action to protect them and secure the future of our food.

One crucial step is directing climate finance where it’s needed most—smallholder farmers. With more funding for climate adaptation, we can boost their resilience, safeguard their future, and strengthen global food security.

Over the summer, under the auspices of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, twenty young dedicated farmers and agripreneurs united to draft a Demand Paper on locally-led adaptation for smallholder farmers. In early September, the Youth AgriChampions presented the demand Paper at the African Food Systems Forum, outlining the top three challenges smallholder farmers face in adapting to the climate crisis and three key demands for the international community. 

Now, we need your support to ensure  more leaders hear their voices, especially as the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) approaches. Will you help us amplify their demands by sharing this crucial paper with decision-makers?

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