Climate
Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
The UNFCCC's 2017–2022 joint work programme addressing agriculture's role in both causing and solving climate change, named after a village in Fiji.
Definition
The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) was a UNFCCC process established by decision 4/CP.23 at COP23 (Fiji, 2017) under the SBSTA and SBI to advance discussion of agriculture and climate change. It addressed six topics — soils, nutrient use, water, livestock, methods for assessing adaptation, and the socioeconomic and food-security dimensions of climate change across agricultural sectors — through workshops and party submissions.
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What it means
Agriculture had long been marginal in climate negotiations despite its dual role as an emissions source and a food-security necessity.
Koronivia gave the sector its first dedicated, structured platform under the Convention, producing conclusions across all topics by COP26 (2021) and intersessional conclusions in 2022, before being succeeded at COP27 (2022) by the four-year Sharm el-Sheikh joint work (SJWA) on implementation of climate action on agriculture and food security.
How it is used
The KJWA's conclusions guide national agricultural climate policy, adaptation planning and submissions under the SJWA; it is cited in climate-smart agriculture and food-systems work.
Why it matters
It moved agriculture from the periphery to a recognised place in the UN climate regime and laid the groundwork for the current implementation-focused agenda.
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