ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the opportunities and limitations for urban agriculture in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and provides information on some first-city projects, monitoring data and policies in this field. Urban agriculture considered a holistic set of activities that involve production systems such as horticulture, livestock, forestry and agroforestry and aquaculture. The chapter also draws the potential of urban agriculture and forestry for city climate change mitigation and adaptation undertaken by RUAF Foundation with Climate Change and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and UN Habitat. The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that many emerging climate change risks are concentrated in urban areas. It indicates that adaptation options exist in the areas such as water, food, energy and transport in urban areas. The chapter concludes with the identification of challenges for research and policy development regarding the potential for urban agriculture as a city climate change and disaster risk-reduction strategy.
