This Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has identified ecosystem resilience as a common objective across the three Rio Conventions (the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD; the Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD; and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC). The STAP anticipates that the development of common indicators of resilience (which covers the related concepts of adaptation and transformation) represents an opportunity to align approaches and common objectives, contribute to integrated strategies, and support common reporting between the Rio Conventions. The approach proposed in this report covers the set of concepts relating to the resilience, adaptation, and transformation of agroecosystems, in the face of climate change, a range of slow drivers or shocks, to meet the objectives of maintaining or enhancing food production, livelihoods and/or other ecosystem services. The purpose of this effort is to synthesize the scientific understanding of resilience in agroecosystems, and, if feasible, propose indicators that could be applied by nations at the appropriate scale.
