SHARED VISION FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE

ASTANA2026

SHARED VISION

FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE

Session 1.2. Central Asia: Regional Cooperation and the COP30 Outcomes

Presentation: Fast Partnerships for Fast Action

22 April 2026

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Adaptation

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Stemming from a COP27 Initiative, the FAST Partnership

aims at improving the quantity and the quality of climate finance to agrifood systems.

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It operates as a

COP-to-COP mechanism

to support concrete actions at the nexus of climate, finance and agrifood systems

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Finance to agrifood systems stagnates despite growth overall

While flows to all sectors increased by 12%, flows to agrifood systems saw just a 1% increase from the previous year

Finance flows are not reaching key food producing sectors

Livestock, Fisheries and Crop production received only 4% of international public finance

Increasing climate finance for agrifood systems is not simply about quantity, quality matters.

Existing climate finance mechanisms remain largely inaccessible to small scale farmers and vulnerable populations

The landscape of international public finance for agrifood systems is changing

Multilateral development banks have a more prominent role across regions

The FAST Partnership continues to track climate-related development finance flows going to agrifood systems to support its Members to operate evidence-based decisions

Unlocking the potential of agrifood systems transformation requires better alignment between country priorities, farmers and financial institutions

Climate-related development finance trends to Europe and Central Asia

Climate-related development finance to agrifood systems

trends to Europe and Central Asia

ACCESS TO FINANCE

KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY

POLICY SUPPORT AND DIALOGUE

The FAST Partnership as a platform for coordinated action

A structured, multi-stakeholder governance ensuring continuity, ownership, and alignment across countries and institutions.

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COP Presidency Action Agenda initiatives are anchored under the Partnership as flagship programmes, including

COP29 Harmoniya Initiative

COP30 RAIZ Accelerator

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As of January 2026, the FAST Partnership Task Force hosts the Secretariat of the Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment (SAFIN) Network

Co-chairs: Azerbaijan, Brazil , Egypt

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Board Members

Dominican Republic, Fiji, Germany, New Zealand, Senegal, Türkiye, Uruguay

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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), World Rural Forum (WRF) , World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD)

Members

Burundi, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Togo, United States of America, Viet Nam

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African Development Bank, Ban Ki-moon Centre, The Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture (AAA), The international "4 per 1000" Initiative (4p1000), Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Global Methane Hub (GMH), The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Institut Francophonie, International Organization of Migration (IOM), League of Arab States, Platform of Latin America and the Caribbean for Climate Action on Agriculture (PLACA), University of Lebanon - Faculty of Agriculture, Children and youth constituency of the UNFCCC (YOUNGO)

Observers

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom, EU

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International Agri-Food Network (IAFN), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), World Bank

FAST Partnership Members

3 Pillars of the FAST Partnership to improve �the QUANTITY and the QUALITY of climate finance to agrifood systems�