The project “Climate-Smart Livestock Production and Soil Restoration in Uruguayan Grasslands” (GCP/URU/034/GFF), known as “Livestock and Climate”, has been underway since March 2019. Guide to Estimating Damage and Loss due to Extreme Weather Events in the Agricultural Sector Video: Adaptation Challenges in the Food and Agricultural Sector – W. Oyhantcabal, Uruguay The agricultural sector, especially livestock, plays an important role in the Uruguayan economy, accounting for 7% of GDP and 70% of the country`s total exports. Ministerio de Ganaderia, Agricultura y Pesca (MGAP) The Nationally Determined Contribution (hereinafter NDC) aims to comply with the provisions of the Paris Agreement and promote adaptation and mitigation measures in Uruguay. The PAN-AG is working in partnership with research institutes and universities to develop and implement an impact assessment framework for agricultural sectors, which is expected to generate evidence-based results on adaptation options and serve as a contribution to national adaptation planning. Uruguay continues to participate in the Heavy-Duty Diesel Initiative, the Agriculture Initiative, the Household Initiative and the National Planning Support Initiative (NPAS) of the CCAC Secretariat. Within the Sustainability and Climate Change Unit of the Bureau of Agricultural Planning and Policy (OPYPA) of the YMPE, the NDC and NAP processes were conducted in a coordinated manner. The NAP process for agriculture generated inputs for the formulation of the NDC Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system, and this formulation was considered for the development of the adaptation indicators contained in the NAP for agriculture. The preparation and implementation of the Agriculture NAP is one of the agricultural adaptation measures included in Uruguay`s first NDC. MORE+ El presente trabajo ha sido elaborado como parte del apoyo de la Iniciativa Global de Ahorro de Combustibles (GFEI) al Gobierno Uruguayo en el desarrollo de una Estrategia para la Eficiencia. Spanish and English results documents of the 2018 event, “Diálogo de alto nivel técnico en el margen del Segmento de Alto Nivel de la Semana del Clima para América Latina y el Caribe”. In 2016, THE SUPPORT OF THE CCPA also led Uruguay to invite an expert from the Chilean Office of Sustainable Heating and New Technologies of the Chilean Ministry of environment to participate in a workshop and exchange experiences in the areas of air quality rehabilitation and sustainable heating. At that time, Uruguay had already begun to assess the heating of residential buildings as a threat to air quality in the broad sense and to cooperate with the municipalities of the Metropolitan Area of Montevideo (Montevideo, Canelones and San José).
Climate Week in Latin America and the Caribbean boosts climate protection (09.10.2019) Over the past decade, agricultural sectors have experienced a period of rapid growth, intensification and modernisation. However, agricultural production remains highly exposed to climate change and variability, with floods and droughts becoming more intense over the same period. PNA-Agro proposes a strategy for 2050 and an action plan for 2025, with adaptation measures in four dimensions: production systems, ecosystems and natural resources, livelihoods and institutional capacities. The aim is to clarify which agricultural, forestry and fisheries activities need to adapt, in which regions of the country and how producers can effectively reduce their vulnerability and build resilience to future climate uncertainties. The next step is to implement this plan. Case study in Uruguay: Securing livelihoods and promoting resilience through national adaptation plans The AG-NAP in Uruguay supports the development of a protocol on damage assessment (05/06/2018) In Uruguay, the AG-NAP focused on supporting the formulation of the agricultural NAP by: strengthening an impact assessment framework; Cost-benefit analysis of adaptation options; the production of statistics on rural areas disaggregated by sex; identification of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of adaptation in agriculture; and modelling of climate change scenarios. Between 2018 and 2019, Uruguay received support from the CCPA for a consulting firm to help it define a roadmap for sustainable heating in the residential sector of the Montevideo metropolitan area. This work lasted about a year and a half and ended with a workshop in Montevideo in March 2019 and a final report with the main contributions to the roadmap, separated by main themes. This workshop was an important step in the coordinated work with the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines (MIEM) on energy issues, which continues to this day. Advocacy for gender-equitable adaptation planning in Uruguay: the importance of sex-disaggregated data In cooperation with the SARAS2 Institute, a guide for the ex-ante evaluation of adaptation alternatives was developed.
This guide is intended to support the integration of cost-benefit analysis of adaptation alternatives at the policy level. NAP-Ag is also working with the Ministry of Agriculture`s Bureau of Agricultural Programs and Policies to analyze irrigation alternatives in rice and cereals. In 2016, the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), with the support of the NAP-Ag programme, began developing a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for the agricultural sectors. Launched in 2019, the Agricultural NAP (ANP-Agro) is a strategic tool that will help the country meet the national adaptation and mitigation commitments set out in its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, as well as contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To address the challenges that climate change poses to the agricultural sectors, Uruguay has developed a number of related policies, strategies and plans. NAP-AG works directly with the Department of Sustainability and Climate Change (USyCC), the Office of Agricultural Programming and Policy (OPYPA) of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) and other national institutions involved in the process. Peer-to-peer exchange on adaptation measures in agriculture and food security with Latin American and Caribbean countries Uruguay joined the coalition in 2014 to support activities to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (PCLPs) and contribute to the country`s ongoing efforts to combat urban air pollution and climate change in the short term. Uruguay, represented by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment (MVOTMA), expressed interest in national awareness of PSCPs and SLCP mitigation activities and in expanding the available information that can support these activities. The importance of sex-disaggregated data to support women`s adaptation planning in agriculture (30/04/2019) To address these challenges, Uruguay is implementing a series of adaptation measures underpinned by a progressive policy framework that will increasingly integrate adaptation strategies into its national and subnational planning and budgeting processes with the support of the NA-Ag programme. El objetivo de este documento es recopilar los resultados obtenidos (gráficos y tablas) en la primera fase de análisis de las emisiones de BC en Uruguay. Esta información de base será utilizada. As part of the conceptualization of the National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change for the Agricultural Sector (PNA-Agro and Action Plan for 2025), a matrix of 32 indicators was developed to serve as a policy monitoring mechanism.
The identification of indicators was carried out by seeking synergies with the NAP-Agro and other existing indicators in the NDC and the SDGs to monitor progress in the implementation of the four dimensions of adaptation identified in the plan, namely the production system (9 indicators), ecosystems and natural resources (9 indicators), livelihoods (9 indicators), institutional capacity (5 indicators). .
