FAO CB

Agriculture and Climate

Change After Paris?

Opportunities and Risks

D r. R e n é C a s t r o S a l a z ar

Assistant Director-General Climate, Biodiversity, Land

and Water

Rome 2017

The agricultural sectors:

Emissions reduction potential

In LAC impact to the economy reflects loss in exports of approximately

$50.000 million USD by 2050

(Vergara et al, CEPAL/BID 2014).

Climate Change will impact

differently the world and world’s

food production

• Corn, rice and

beans could

disappear from sub

regions such as

Central America

• Migration of corn,

soy, rice and wheat

further north

towards the top

hemisphere

PART II:

THE WORLD’S HOPE CHANGED IN PARIS

2015

Climate Change, the diplomatic challenge of the XXI century: Nature does not wait for

negotiators agreements.

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Ref: MINAE, Costa Rica, 2013

E - R - C = 0EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS COMPENSATION

Goal 202121.6 million tons of CO2 4.1 million tons of CO2 17.5 million tons of CO2

100% 19% 81%

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Costa Rican National level target:CO2 neutral by 2021

STRIPTEASE: The mistake of the past

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1950 ForestCoverage72%

1940 ForestCoverage75%

1961 ForestCoverage53%

1983 ForestCoverage26%

1977 ForestCoverage31%

1987 ForestCoverage21%

1997 ForestCoverage42%

2000 ForestCoverage 47%

2005 ForestCoverage51%

Countries’ committments

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