About Turquoise Nexus Initiative:
- It is aimed at integrating food security, water management and climate adaptation into national climate plans.
- It is unveiled by Turkey’s upcoming COP31 Presidency and Food and Agriculture Organization.
- It will help developing countries align NDCs and Paris Agreement efforts with farmer-inclusive strategies and improved climate finance.
- It is a proposed programme under FAO’s multistakeholder Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership which was launched by the COP27 Presidency in 2022 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Key facts about FAST Partnership
- The FAST Partnership is a multi-stakeholder partnership that aims to catalyze and accelerate the transformation of agriculture and food systems by 2030 for people, climate, and nature.
- FAST is the most consistent COP-to-COP mechanism for agrifood systems.
- The three pillars of FAST are:
- Access to finance: enhance country capacities to identify and access climate finance and investment.
- Knowledge and capacity: develop analyses and voluntary guidelines, support capacity development across stakeholders.
- Policy support and dialogue: ensure agrifood systems are fully embedded and prioritized in climate change policies.
