Agriculture Advantage 2.0 at COP24 | Closing session: Stepping up food systems transformation under a changing climate
- Begin
12.12.18
- End
12.12.18
- Organiser
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
- Location
Hotel Monopol, Katowice, Poland
- Challenges
The different sessions of Agriculture Advantage 2.0 highlight opportunities and emerging examples of transformative actions in food systems, in response to climate change. The closing session will present key messages which emerged from the different sessions, and also discuss additional issues which are crucial for transformation, including synergies with actions to improve public health, actions which focus on demand and consumption, gender and youth dimensions, the role of subsidies, and fisheries and aquaculture opportunities.
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Tentative program
Speaker | Agenda | Duration |
| Bruce Campbell, Director, CCAFS | Welcome, objectives of the event series, outline of the session | 10 mins |
| Session 1: The missing links to drive paradigm shifts in food systems Moderator: Mi Nguyen, Deputy Permanent Representative of Canada to the FAO | ||
| Sam Bickersteth, Executive Director, Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health | Climate change, agriculture, and public health, realising synergies | 10 mins |
| Bee Wilson, Food journalist and Author (TBC) | Towards sustainable consumption pathways | 10 mins |
| Sophia Huyer, Gender and Social Inclusion Leader, CCAFS (TBC) | How can a food systems transformation empower women and youth? | 10 mins |
| Martien van Nieuwkoop, Director, Global Agriculture Practice, World Bank | Leveraging agricultural subsidies for a food systems transformation | 10 mins |
| Michael Philips, Director of the Aquaculture and Genetic Improvement, WorldFish (TBC) | Role of fisheries and aquaculture for a food systems transformation | 10 mins |
| Moderated Q&A and discussion | 30 mins | |
| Coffee break | 30 mins | |
| Session 2: Realising a food systems transformation: What next? Moderator: Bruce Campbell, Director, CCAFS | ||
| Bruce Campbell, Director, CCAFS | Setting the scene | 10 mins |
| Jacques Wery, DDG-Research, ICARDA | Scaling up next generation technologies to tackle the climate challenges in agriculture | 10 mins |
| Victoria Hatton, Senior Policy Analyst, International Policy Division, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand | Scaling up enabling policies for food systems transformation | 10 mins |
| Ilaria Firmian, Environment and Climate Knowledge Officer, IFAD | Investing in climate action in agriculture: what next? | 10 mins |
| Ishmael Sunga, CEO, SACAU | Recarbonizing the earth’s soil | 10 mins |
| Janie Rioux, Senior Specialist, Agriculture, GCF (TBC) | Financing a food systems transformation: Opportunities for action | 10 mins |
| Moderated Q&A and discussion | 30 mins | |
| Bruce Campbell, Director, CCAFS | Closing remarks | 10 mins |
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This event is part of the Agriculture Advantage 2.0 event series at COP24, a collaborative effort of more than 15 organizations with the mission to transform agricultural development in the face of climate change. Click here to see the series of events at COP24.