Reflection report: Linking national climate adaptation and mitigation policies and community-based research : An exploration in case studies in the Global South

Samenvatting

This reflection report explores the link between national climate adaptation and mitigation policies (NDCs, NAPAs, and NAMAs) and community-based research in the context of food and nutrition security for low-income groups in rural-urban food systems in the Global South including Kenya, Ghana, and Uganda. It aims to gain better insights and provide suggestions for future research and activities that could enhance the connection between national ambitions and community-based research. Through desk study, mapping analysis, and interviews, it is shown that there is a challenge to build a strategic and practical link between the overall national plans/ambitions with the community-based innovations and processes. Substantiating grassroot innovations, processes, assessment of their impact and contribution to a structural change in the food system in line with climate targets is needed in the future.