Background

Climate change impacts and risks are becoming increasingly complex and more difficult to manage.  Simultaneously, the world is facing the continued crisis of hunger and multiple forms of malnutrition.  A shift towards sustainable, climate resilient, food production and food choice would help reduce health and climate change costs by up to US$ 1.3 trillion , while supporting healthy diets in the face of climate change. Transformative policy, investment, and action for multiple SDG benefits are a must.

About this event

The event aligns with the COP27 vision to move from planning to implementation and showcases harmonization of efforts focused on win-win solutions. Through sharing experiences, challenges, and innovations with concrete recommendations for expanded action, the event will support moving rapidly from the vision of the I-CAN to timely, inclusive, and scaled action on the ground. 

The event will be held in the Food and Agriculture Pavilion sponsored by FAO/CGAIR/Rockefeller.  It will begin with a welcome and opening presentation reminding the audience of the importance of tackling climate and malnutrition challenges simultaneously. It will also highlight global and national partnerships and initiatives including especially the COP27 Presidency I-CAN.  The event will then move to a move dynamic discussion and dialogue. 

Speakers

• Zitouni Ould-Dada, Deputy Director Office of Climate, Biodiversity and Environment, FAO
• Carlo Fadda, Director, Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
• Nancy J Aburto, Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO (moderator)
• Brent Loken, Global Food Lead Scientist, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
• Tom Grasso, Vice President Climate Resilient Food Systems People and Nature Program, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
• Earlene Cruz, Founder and Director, Kitchen Connection
• Elizabeth Akaba, Ghanian Farmer working on nutrition-sensitive, climate smart agriculture
• Gerda Verburg, Scaling Up Nutrition Global Coordinator
• Ruobin Wu, Youth Constituency, Food Systems and Nutrition professional, FAO
• Nancy J Aburto, Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO

Organized by:

FAO

IFAD

Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

With support from Scaling Up Nutrition Movement

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP27 (Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC), will be the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference, to be held from 6 to 18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

About the Food and Agriculture Pavilion

CGIAR, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and The Rockefeller Foundation are collaborating to show how agrifood systems are part of the solution to the climate crisis under the first ever pavilion at the UN Conference of Parties dedicated to food and agriculture. In the pavilion, the three organizations will lead a unique program of events bringing together government and community leaders, farmers, academics and other experts who are taking decisions on innovative solutions to help countries take effective climate action.