In sharing the latest science on agriculture and food systems to give targeted inputs to the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report, experts urged moving beyond simply identifying adaptation options and focusing also on adaptation effectiveness, residual risks, adaptation limits, and the cost of inaction.

After 12 years of negotiations, delegates could not agree on measures to enhance the Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing. Decisions on farmers’ rights and conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture set the path for intersessional work.

Global Crop Diversity Day 2025 will explore innovative solutions to future-proof the global genebank system, including cryopreservation and the promotion of opportunity crops.