AIM launched

At the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, the U.S. and  the United Arab Emirates launched the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), Nov. 2. 

AIM for Climate included 48 non-government partners and 31 countries including Azerbaijan, Australia, Bahamas, Bandladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Israel, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, U.S., United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Ukraine and Vietnam.

According to a White House Press Release AIM for Climate has three main objectives to increase investments into climate-smart agriculture,  to support framework to amplify impact of investments and to establish structures to be used for exchanges between climate stakeholders. 

President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. will put a $1 billion investment into to climate based agriculture in the next five years. AIM for Climate has gathered $4 billion in investments as of Nov. 2.

The mission’s partners are using investments to develop new food system innovations and science that focus on being climate-smart.