It aims to increase and accelerate global innovation research and development (R&D) on agriculture and food systems in support of climate action.
The United States and the United Arab Emirates, with endorsement from the United Kingdom’s COP 26 Presidency, and with support from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, and Uruguay, have announced plans to launch the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), at President Biden’s Leaders’ Summit on Climate on April 23, 2021.
The goal of AIM for Climate, which will be advanced at the UN Food Systems Summit in September 2021 and launched at COP26 in November 2021, is to increase and accelerate global innovation research and development (R&D) on agriculture and food systems in support of climate action.
AIM for Climate will catalyse greater investment in agricultural R&D and innovation to help to raise global ambition and underpin more rapid and transformative climate action in all countries, including by enabling science-based and data-driven decision and policy-making. Investments in agricultural innovation and R&D can enhance existing approaches and deliver new ways to sustainably increase agricultural productivity, improve livelihoods, conserve nature and biodiversity, and adapt and build resilience to climate change, all while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and sequestering carbon.
By COP26, AIM for Climate will:
- Demonstrate collective commitment to investment in agricultural innovation and R&D for climate-smart food systems by its participants over the next five years;
- Outline a framework to discuss and promote priorities across international and national levels of innovation, in order to amplify participants’ investments; and
- Identify chief scientists as key focal points for international cooperation on climate-related agricultural R&D
