CGIAR Knowledge and Innovation to end hunger by 2030

“CGIAR Knowledge and Innovation to End Hunger by 2030 - Transforming food, land and water systems to ensure food and nutrition security in a climate crisis,” is a virtual event that will highlight CGIAR’s climate-focused Initiatives and help jumpstart the creation and development of new Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C) Innovation Sprints, highlighting examples of work that can be scaled up with more partnerships/funding.

Tentative agenda

Topic	Speakers
Opening Remarks	Rob Bertram, Chief Scientist, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Introduction to CGIAR’s climate Initiatives	Ana Maria Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Lever Director, Climate Action, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT Louis Verchot, Principal Scientist-Landscape Restoration, Multifunctional Landscape, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT Santosh Nepal, Researcher, Water Resources and Climate Change, IWMI Polly Ericksen, Program Leader, Sustainable Livestock Systems, ILRI Maha Al-Zu’bi, Researcher, Agricultural Water Solutions, IWMI
Panel Discussion	Moderator: James Stapleton, Head of Communications and Public Awareness, CIP Panelists: Bernard Kimoro, Livestock Climate Change Specialist, State Department for Livestock, Kenya Ousmane Ndiaye, Director, Meteorological Office, Senegal Susheel Chandra Acharya, Department of Water Resources and Irrigation, Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Kathmandu, Nepal Michiko Katagami, Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asia Development Bank (ADB)
Audience Q&A
Closing remarks	Rachael Mcdonnell, Deputy Director General – Research for Development, IWMI-CGIAR

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