Abstract
International agri-food system programmes are increasingly seeking to mainstream climate action across their portfolios. A wide range of methods and tools exists, but there is no “ready-to-use” tool that allows a cost- and time-effective climate risk assessment for specific agri-food systems and the development of adaptation hypotheses.
The Climate Risk Planning & Managing Tool for development programmes in agri-food systems (CRISP) is an easy-to-use tool for projects planners and implementers which considers the specific characteristics of agri-food projects in a changing climate. The web-based tool is freely available and can be used in supporting development projects in rural development, agriculture and food and nutrition security in the planning as well as implementation phases. It contributes to the development of more resilient and sustainable societies by supporting practitioners to better understand and address climate risks in the agri-
food sector.
The tool:
- Uses the impact chain methodology (based on the GIZ Vulnerability Sourcebook and its Risk Supplement) to identify factors relevant to climate risk in the context of the given agri-food system and provides context-specific structured guidance, knowledge and resources.
- Helps to identify starting points for climate risk management (e.g., highlighting potential cascading impact chains, vulnerability factors and context-specific underlying drivers).
- Assists agri-food projects to articulate and evaluate adaptation hypotheses that can be tested and subsequently used to help guide the project along its evolution, from the planning phase onwards.
- Provides actionable knowledge on climate risks in the agri-food sector based on semantic knowledge graphs encoding scientific literature and subject-matter expertise.
- Links complementary, already available tools and approaches to implement climate
actions.
The CRISP tool was developed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in cooperation with Eurac Research, The Alliance of Bioversity International, the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.
Objectives and target group of the session
The interactive session aims at familiarising practitioners and researchers with the content and advantages of the CRISP tool. Participants will be able to test a pre-release version of the tool and provide feedback before its official launch in autumn 2023. We specially invite project planners and implementers of agri-food projects to participate, share practical insights and reflect upon potential use cases of the CRISP tool.
Session outline and format. The session will include opening remarks, followed by an introduction of the tool and its usage.
We will demonstrate how to navigate and work with the tool based on a use case example. Afterwards, participants will test a pre-release version of the tool either by using a specific individual case or a fictional case study provided by the session facilitators. Finally, we will debrief the user experience and collect feedback in a guided discussion. The session will conclude with closing remarks.
Name and contact data of authors
Maike Voss (maike.voss@giz.de), Till Below, Alina Gassen – Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Kathrin Renner, Massimiliano Pittore – Eurac Research
Laura Cramer, Osana Bonilla-Findji – Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Alessandro Mosca, Francesco Corcoglioniti – Free University of Bozen/Bolzano
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