ClimBeR @ COP27

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With COP27 being called an ‘implementation COP’, we need to have actionable discussions on how to move from planning Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) on paper towards action on the ground. This session will highlight ongoing work that demonstrates: (1) how Parliaments can become more engaged in helping achieve NDC targets and (2) the ability of well-formulated long-term strategies to provide an overarching future vision of climate resilience and contribute to low carbon economies in Africa.

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By 2050, up to $50 billion will be needed yearly for climate change adaptation in Africa. The scale of the challenge requires a transformative response: incremental action is not enough. This event will define transformative adaptation and explore its most promising actions in African agriculture.

Sithembile Mwamakamba, Director of Policy Research and Analysis, FANRPAN

Making agriculture and food systems climate-resilient is a priority for African Union member states, a goal articulated in a newly ratified Climate Change and Resilient Development Strategy. In this event, speakers will share how they will support this vision over the next 10 years.

The global scale and complexities of food insecurity calls States to prioritize the policy actions needed through multi-stakeholder dialogues. Representatives from the public and private sector put forward policies for food systems transformation through regenerative agriculture and climate action.

The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) is the only agenda item focusing on agriculture and food under the UNFCCC. It represents a critical opportunity to drive the transformation of agricultural and food systems in the context of tackling climate change. COP27 represents a key milestone for agriculture in the UNFCCC. Parties are expected to complete the Koronivia roadmap, and report on progress made over the past five years. Parties are also expected to engage in discussions about the future of agriculture and food systems in the UNFCCC, with the view of establishing a new mandate for the “Koronivia successor.” To maintain momentum around the KJWA and support discussions among Parties on the future of agriculture in the UNFCCC, WWF, FAO, CGIAR, Biovision and IICA are organizing a dinner for the “Koronivia family” on Tuesday 8 November, during the first week of COP27.

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Joined by key stakeholders, CGIAR, Planet Tracker and AGNES will give an overview of countries exposure to climate risk and nature dependency, discussing opportunities for innovative financial instruments, for the design of a GCF proposal for East Africa, to enable climate change adaptation.

Science-based approaches and technology for climate resilience are well ahead in Africa and the Middle East. But are they enough? The audience and speakers at this event discuss key components that are often overlooked but vital for fully comprehensive and effective climate-resilient food systems, including enabling policies and financial incentives that drive the adoption of innovative approaches and technology.

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This session will discuss how the water industry can adapt, optimize and prioritize its response to water risk globally, in tandem with opportunities for the public sector and private insurance industry to improve, through public-private partnerships, the efficiency of the catastrophe insurance product – in particular, scaling and increasing the catastrophe insurance penetration in Asian and African countries, both at the macro (government) level and micro (households, SMEs) level.

Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing the adverse impacts of climate change with floods, droughts, heat waves, etc. To better deal with these hazards, it is imperative to inform populations (victims) and decision-makers with quality information (reliable and precise). In Africa, not only are data becoming rarer and rarer, but the majority remain unreliable (availability, representativeness) in community zones affected by climate change. 

In this panel, different experiences will be presented on the production of data by IRI and the development of climate services for the benefit of communities in Senegal, Mali, Ghana and Colombia as well as humanitarian actions by NORCAP. 

Data offers a new angle for development practitioners to observe, analyze and use large-scale evidence related to the impacts of shocks and stressors over time, and inform resilience-building processes. With the continuous advances in data science and earth observation technologies, scientists are working more closely with communities and policymakers to inform decision-making processes and influence positive change. This session will highlight the latest advances in featuring data and knowledge in assessing and mitigating climate and water-related disaster risks. 

Youssef Brouziyne, ClimBeR Governance 4 Resilience 

This session will reveal the science and thus specificity of transformative adaptation through showcasing 3 transformative adaptation visions in a ‘Pecha Kucha’ style presentation (storytelling through images). These visions will show us – through images – what the science tells us about transformative adaptation and thus the specific actions that can be taken to accelerate a global food systems transformation.

COP27 takes place against the backdrop of an unstable world, but it offers an opportunity to foster collaboration between public research, institutions, NGOs, and businesses. This event will explore how the private sector can act as a climate solutions provider and help accelerate the process.

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This panel discussion brings together senior representation from the GEF, Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, CGIAR and from national governments to explore vision, strategies, challenges and gaps to achieve long-term resilient agricultural development in the developing world. The moderated discussion will seek to draw out the thrust of how multilateral funds such as the GEF, partnerships such as GRP, large foundations, innovation research organizations and developing countries are visioning and delivering on this critical theme. The panelists will seek to identify areas that are missing from their collective effort, yet are needed, to achieve the vision of long-term resilience.

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In a new era of risk, the compounding burden of climate change, food insecurity and conflict impacts the most vulnerable. The event will explore the challenges this poses for humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors and the solutions needed to address these interconnected crises.

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West Africa is recognized as one of the region’s most vulnerable to climate change. In this region, agricultural sectors are particularly subject to the adverse effects of climate change and its subsequent impact on the economy of rural households. The provision of climate information services is one of the best strategies for coping with climate variability in the region and strengthening the resilience of populations.

The Africa Adaptation Initiative, in partnership with the CGIAR, and Adaptation of African Agriculture initiative, will support 23 African countries to initiate a Pan-African Regional Readiness Programme building the capacity needed to develop transformational climate interventions for agriculture through a GCF grant.

Colombia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) will present CSICAP, a project that aims to safeguard livelihoods, increase productivity and improve profitability in nine of the country’s strategic agri-food value chains. The project, funded by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), also aims to reduce the impacts of climate change and variability and contribute to the agriculture sector’s mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.

This exciting roundtable discussion is an Implementation Lab aiming to answer the question: “How do we ensure that the political commitment to strengthen resilience and upscale adaptation to impact on climate change for food systems is reaching the most vulnerable communities on the ground?”

Teniendo en cuenta la relevancia del sector agrícola y alimentario en América Latina y su vulnerabilidad a las consecuencias adversas del cambio climático, el propósito de este evento es compartir cómo países, como Colombia, Ecuador y Perú han comenzado a implementar iniciativas climáticamente inteligentes como parte de una estrategia nacional para cumplir sus objetivos de una economía de bajas emisiones y resiliente al clima. Al mismo tiempo, este tipo de iniciativas requiere tecnología, conocimiento e información específica para los cultivos a los que se dirige.

Climate-Smart Initiatives for Adaptation and Sustainability in the Agricultural Sector

This high-level event with government ministers from around Latin America and the Latin American Development Bank will highlight initiatives, projects and programs in the agricultural sector that increase resilience against the adverse effects of climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and are more sustainable.

The session will highlight the Agriculture Breakthrough recommendations on R&D investment priorities, climate finance, policy action and other public sector-led interventions in the agriculture sector, and the metrics and indicators needed to track progress globally on the adoption of climate-resilient, sustainable forms of agriculture. We’ll focus on the next steps for putting those recommendations into action towards COP28 under strong UK leadership.

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Metrics and frameworks to track women’s (and men’s) progress on climate change adaptation and mitigation are urgently needed. This interactive panel will engage key stakeholders, including farmers and funders, to discuss the development of inclusive metrics and monitoring frameworks.

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At COP27, the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture will determine agriculture’s future in climate talks. Yet research from University of Leeds shows the working group has not prioritized justice. Audience and speakers will discuss just agricultural transformation in the UNFCCC and beyond. This event will be followed by a cocktail hour.

Rebecca Sarku, ClimBeR Policy Pathways, University of Leeds

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Turning the Glasgow outcome into action, COP27 creates opportunities to mobilize action, advance on climate action and provide openings for innovation. This is important for the region as it is facing multiple internal and external challenges to sustain, manage and secure scarce natural resources: food and water. In fact, Arab States is one of the most water scarce and most food-import dependent region in the world. With current global food supply disruptions, and exponentially growing climate change impacts, there is an urgent need to increase adaptive capacity in the region to natural and anthropogenic shocks, putting socio-economic development and human security at risk.  

This event will feature a synthesis of the outcomes of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2022 side event on science and innovation for African Agriculture. It will focus on climate change impacts on agriculture and food security in Africa and discuss future research-for-development strategies for climate change adaptation and sustainable intensification of African agriculture. 

This side event will showcase the experiences of a varied set of actors active in the space of anticipatory action in land, water, and food systems to identify examples of what has worked where, key challenges to operationalizing anticipatory action systems, and identify what is needed to improve the efficacy of anticipatory responses, particularly for reducing climate-related displacement and involuntary migration. 

This side event will serve as a space to share good practices, lessons learned and showcase climate security nexus pilot approaches in fragile settings, mainly the Arab States. It will provide a space for knowledge sharing among practitioners and decision-makers, aimed at exploring and scaling up integrated approaches that can strengthen climate security through tangible results on the ground. 

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The frequency and intensity of climate shocks coupled with raising violence and conflict increasingly affect the food security of millions of people worldwide. This session will discuss how to strengthen the resilience of food systems and innovative interventions, including anticipatory actions, to reduce both climate and conflict threats. 

Failure to acknowledge the role of climate as a “threat multiplier” jeopardizes the efficacy of national efforts to improve resilience capacities and achieve SDGs, especially in fragile settings. This panel will discuss concrete food systems solutions to achieve “climate resilience peace”.

Frans Schapendonk, ClimBeR Climate Security