Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) need robust information and evidence to access a proportionate share of climate finance needed to meet their livestock development potential, argues the Livestock Data for Decisions (LD4D) Climate Finance Solutions Group in a series of three new evidence briefs.
As a coalition of 20 international livestock and finance experts, the authors’ goal is to equip decision-makers ahead of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) and the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) to discuss how to unlock climate finance that helps livestock production reduce its emissions and support producers in adapting to more extreme and variable weather.
“More than 1.3 billion people rely on livestock for food security – and this number will only grow in the coming years. Supportive policies and more climate finance will help the sector finally unlock its full potential to reduce hunger sustainably,” said Carlos Gonzalez Fischer, a member of the group and Research Associate at Cornell University’s Department of Global Development.
