The Expert Meeting on Agriculture and Food will support the IPCC's Seventh Assessment Report process by synthesizing the latest science on agriculture and food systems under climate change.

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.

On Food and Agriculture Day, key stakeholders in action to transform agrifood systems and mitigate super-pollutants combined forces to discuss ways to unlock the finance needed to deliver results for the climate.