Program of World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) at COP 21

UNFCCC Paris-Le Bourget

Monday 30 November – Friday 11 December

Exhibition booth, official conference venue at the Le Bourget site

Booth no 003

Tuesday 1 December

12:00-13:30

Making green economy work: exploring the potential of mitigation actions in Indonesia

Side event hosted by the Government of Indonesia

Speakers: Sofyan Djalil (Minister for National Development/ Planning, Indonesia), Yun Yunus Kusumabrata (Special Advisor to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia), Pascal Pacaud (AFD Head of Asia Department), Helmut Dotzauer (GIZ), Sonya Dewi (World Agroforestry Centre).

Moderator: Syamsidar Thamrin (Ministry of Development Planning, Indonesia)

Venue: Indonesian Pavilion, Blue Zone

Presentation by Sonya Dewi: Smallholders role in green economy: challenges and opportunities

Blog: Agroforestry, climate change and Indonesia’s green economy

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 2 December

10:45-12:15

 

Land Day: Land Degradation Neutrality as a solution to climate change

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 

 

Ecosystem-based adaptation

Side event hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre

Speakers: Dennis Garrity (Drylands Ambassador, UN Convention to Combat Desertification), Edmund Barrow (IUCN), Larwanou Mahamane (African Forest Forum), Winnie Khaemba (African Centre for Technology Studies), Margaret Kroma (World Agroforestry Centre), Peter Minang (World Agroforestry Centre), Lalisa Duguma (World Agroforestry Centre), Meine van Noordwijk (World Agroforestry Centre),

Moderated by Ravi Prabhu (World Agroforestry Centre)

Venue: Rio Pavilion, Green Zone

Blog: Fixing the ecosystem is an integratl element of dealing with climate change

Presentations

Winnie Asiti: Policy aspects of ecosystem-based adaptation

Lalisa Duguma:  Ecosystems services and climate change: towards integrated response services

Meine van Noordwijk: Cool trees as basis for farmers' mitigadaptation

Dennis Garrity: Agroforestry and ecosystem-based adaptation

Margaret Kroma: Gender implications of climate change and ecosystem degradation

Wednesday 2 December

12:20–13:50

EverGreen Agriculture and Land Restoration

Side event hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre

Speakers: Monique Barbut (UNCCD Executive Secretary),Dennis Garrity (World Agroforestry Centre), Shantanu Mathur (IFAD), Chikakula Miti (COMESA), Ravi Prabhu (World Agroforestry Centre), Randall Purcell (World Food Program), Lori Pearson (CRS), Cheikh Mbow (World Agroforestry Centre), Matthew Reddy (WBCSD)

Moderator: Dennis Garrity, Drylands Ambassador, UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Venue: Rio Pavilion, Green Zone

Blog: Let’s green our farms to save the earth, say experts at the Paris COP21

Presentation by Dennis Garrity: Evergreen agriculture and land restoration

Wednesday 2

December

14:00-15:30

Ecological rainfall infrastructure: a new perspective on how forests and trees matter for climate

Side event hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre

Speakers: Dennis Garrity (Drylands Ambassador UN Convention to Combat Desertification), David Ellison (WeForest), Eduardo Somariba (CATIE), Daniel Murdiyarso (CIFOR) Meine van Noordwijk (World Agroforestry Centre), Peter Minang (World Agroforestry Centre), Ravi Prabhu (World Agroforestry Centre)

Moderator: Cheikh Mbow (World Agroforestry Centre)

Venue: Rio Pavilion, Green Zone

Blog: Rainfall: a new way to look at trees for climate mitigation

Presentations:

Meine van Noordwijk: Ecological rainfall infrastructure: investment in trees for sustainable development

David Ellison: Why forests matter for water, energy and climate: what we think we know

Daniel Murdiyarso: Seeing the forests as well as the trees

 

Wednesday 2 December

15:00-16:30

 

 

  Farmers' Day at COP 21

Partnering to scale up climate-smart agriculture in Africa: from policy to tangible impact

Speakers: Martin Bwalya (NEPAD), Chikakula Miti (COMESA), Chris Armitage (World Vision), Todd Rosenstock (World Agroforestry Centre), Kisilu Musya (farmer representative), Abdulai Jalloh (FARA-CORAF/WECARD)

Moderated by Lindiwe Sibanda (FANRPAN)

Venue: Observer Room 3

Blog: Partnering to scale-up climate-smart agriculture in Africa

Wednesday 2 December

16:45-18:15

Agroecology as a viable source to create a climate resilience and a sustainable food system

Side event hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)

Speakers: André Leu (IFOAM – Organics International), Cristina Tirado (UCLA, Chair of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences Task Force on Nutrition and Climate Change), Alexandre Meybeck (FAO), Hans R. Herren, Biovision and Millennium Institute), Peter Minang (World Agroforestry Centre), Meine van Noordwijk (World Agroforestry Centre), Cheikh Mbow (World Agroforestry Centre),

Moderator: Ravi Prabhu, World Agroforestry Centre

Venue: Observer Room 3

Presentations:

Hans R. Herren: Global policy background on inclusive sustainable agriculture and its relevance for climate change

Cheikh Mbow and Meine van Noordwijk: The agroforestry nexus in the Sustainable Development Goals

André Leu: Agro-ecology and trees on farm: climate resilience, food and nutrition security

Cristina Tirado: Agroecology, nutrition and health

Blog: “It’s time to stop talking and start acting” : Agroecological farming for people and the planet

Thursday 3 December

15:00-17:00

Land and forest governance at multiple levels in supporting climate change mitigation: lessons learned from the tropics

Side event at the Indonesian Pavilion

Speakers: Dr. Medritzam (Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning Agency), Dra Hana Hikoyabi (Indonesian Development Planning Agency), Sonya Dewi (World Agroforestry Centre), Belinda A. Margono (Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry), Rizaldi Boer (Centre for Climate Risk and Opportunity Management, Bogor Agricultural University), Peter Minang (World Agroforestry Centre).

Moderated by Meine van Noodwijk (World Agroforestry Centre)

Venue: Rio Pavilion, Blue Zone

Blog: The process of influencing policy on climate change action in Indonesia

Presentations:

Peter Minang: REDD+ Readiness across countries: time for reconsideration –

Sonya Dewi: Strengthening capacities for informed mitigation action planning across Indonesian provinces 

Dr. Medritzam: Lessons Learnt From Unilateral Process of Reducing Emissions From Land-based Sector in Indonesia 

Hana Hikoyabi: Climate Change Land-Based Mitigation Planning and Implementation in Jayapura Regency, Papua, Indonesia 

Belinda A. Margono: A nested information system on greenhouse gas emissions (SIGN SMART) - Belinda A. Margono

Rizaldi Boer Integration of Land-based Sectoral Program and climate-change mitigation policies 

Video: Developing Indonesia's Climate Mitigation Policy post 2020 through RAN-GRK Review

Thursday 3 December

17:00-18:30

 

Joint IDR-IDRC-IFDD high level roundtable

Moderated by Cheikh Mbow, Senior Scientist, World Agroforestry Centre

Venue: IDRC Pavilion, Blue Zone

Friday 4 December

16:15-17:15

Food security innovations that that serve smallholders adaptation to climate change

Side event hosted by the European Union and IFAD

Venue: EU Pavilion, Blue Zone

Saturday 5 December

14:00-15:30

Implementing INDC in data- and tool-scarce countries

Side event hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre

Speakers: Reuben Sessa (FAO), Eric Toensmier (Perennial Solutions), Henry Neufeldt (World Agroforestry Centre), Cheikh Mbow (World Agroforestry Centre)

Venue: Africa Pavilion, Blue Zone

Blog: Overcoming hurdles - agroforestry as a means to reaching national climate targets in Africa

Presentations:

Alexandre Meybeck: Harnessing mitigation adaptation co-benefits in INDCs

Eric Toensmeier: Carbon farming in the tropics and INDCs

Henry Neufeldt: Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) support to INDCs in Africa

Cheikh Mbow: Carbon sequestration -potential of agroforestry in Africa

Tuesday 8 December

14:00 – 15:00

Ogun State, Nigeria: Forest Landscape Restoration Project

Side event hosted by the Ogun State, Nigeria

Speakers: Peter Hoddinott (Larfarge), H.E., Senator Ibikunle Amosun (Governor of the Ogun State), Adepeju Adebajo (Lafarge Africa), Henry Neufeldt (World Agroforestry Centre), Richard Eckrich, (Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority)

 

Tuesday 8 December

15:00

National statements and statements from intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations

Side event hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre

Speakers: Tony Simons (World Agroforestry Centre), among others

ICRAF Statement to the UNFCCC COP21 High Level Session, Paris, December 2015

Wednesday 9 December

13:15–14:45

Climate change and the role of markets and trade: leveraging co-benefits

Side event hosted by the UN Conference on Trade and Development, World Trade Organization and the International Trade Centre

Speakers: Roberto Azevêdo (WTO), Arancha González (ITC), Joakim Reiter (UNCTAD), Tim Groser (Minister of Trade and Climate Change, New Zealand), Mahama Ayariga (Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ghana) (Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia),(Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia (Development Bank of Latin America,CAF), Margarita Astralaga (IFAD),Henry Neufeldt (World Agroforestry Centre)

Venue: Observer room 12, Blue Zone

Blog: Don't trade away the climate

Friday 11 December

12:30-13:30

 

Agroforestry and REDD+ in Africa

Side event hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre

Speakers: Stephen King’uyu (Ministry of Environment, Water & Natural Resources, Kenya), Tefera Mengistu (Ministry of Environment and Forest, Ethiopia), Emmanuel Nuesiri (Climate Change Governance Expert), Endeshaw Kassa (Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus), Lalisa Duguma (World Agroforestry Centre) and Florence Bernard, (World Agroforestry Centre)

Venue: Africa Pavilion, Blue Zone

Blog: Agroforestry as an effective means to implementing REDD+ in Africa

Presentations:

Lalisa Duguma: Agroforestry and REDD+ in Africa- potentials, challenges and the way forward

Endeshaw Kassa: Land use transformation hillside farming

Florence Bernard: REDD+ and agroforestry potential in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Global Landscape Forum (GLF)

 Palais des congrès de Paris, 2 Place de la Porte Maillot, 75017 Paris

Saturday 5

December

15:30-17:00

Odds and ends for restoring landscapes through agroforestry

Discussion forum hosted by the World Agroforestry Centre

Speakers:

Sarwono Kusumaatmadja (Advisory Council for Climate Change, Indonesia), Fabiola Muñoz-Dodero(Peruvian National Forest and Wildlife Service), Bernard Giraud (Livelihoods Fund), Dennis Garrity (World Agroforestry Centre), Lalisa Duguma (World Agroforestry Centre), Steward Maginnis (IUCN) 

Moderated by Ravi Prabhu (World Agroforestry Centre)

Presentation by Lalisa Duguma: Odds and ends of rehabilitating (restoring) degraded landscapes

Saturday 5

December

15:30-17:00

Shaping sustainable supply chains of the future: How to create links between smallholder farmers, companies sourcing raw materials, and the environment

Discussion forum hosted by Livelihoods Fund, Danone and Mars Inc.

Speakers: Tony Simons (World Agroforestry Centre), Barry Parkin (Mars Inc), Bernard Giraud (Livelhoods Fund), Dominique  Roque (Ferminich), John Gethi (Brookside Dairy, Kenya), Laurent Auguste (Veolia), Manoj Kumar (Naandi Foundation, India), Marco Cerezo (Fundaeco, Guatemala), Pascal de Petrini (Danone), Wangu Mutua (VI Agroforestry)

Blog: Private companies partner with small producers to create sustainable supply chains of the future

Sunday 6 December

09:00-18:00

Nature and Climate Change Pavilion

World Agroforestry Centre exhibition booth no. 24b

10:30 - 11:00 Forests and Food: Addressing Hunger and Nutrition across Sustainable Landscapes - meet the authors session

13:55-14:40 Bionenergy in the landscape: an expert exchange

Presentations

Henry Neufeldt: Developing sustainable wood fuel cooking systems

Arend van der Goes: The REDD+ compatible wood fuel value chain approach

Promode Kant: Integrating bioenergy production in tropical forest landscape management of densely populated developing countries 

15:45-16:30 Climate Smart Landscapes: Key Ingredients for impact at scale

Blog: Balancing development and emission reduction strategies: the case of Efoulan, Cameroon

Peter Minang: Linking development pathways and emission reduction at local levels: An analysis of feasibility in the Efoulan municipality, Cameroon

Bhaskar Vira: A case example of developing multi-functional climate smart landscapes.

Richard Mcnally: The role of multistakeholder processes in climate smart landscape development

Dai Nghia Tran: Stimulating public and private for climate smart landscape in Vietnam

Gender Perspectives Pavilion

Bioversity, CIFOR and World Agroforestry Centre exhibition booth no. 3

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Pavilion

Coordinated by LPFN (The Landscape for People, Food and Nature) Secretariat

Sunday 6 December

16:30-18:00

Fueling a debate: sustainable wood energy as a restoration option?

Discussion forum hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Speakers: Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt (BMZ), Klaus Ackermann (GIZ), Koffi Apedjagbo (GIZ), Mary Njenga (World Agroforestry Centre), Steve Sepp (ECO Consulting Group).

Moderated by Cora van Oosten (Wageningen University and Research Centre)

Presentation by Mary Njenga: Agroforestry for sustainable wood energy

Blog: Trees for wood energy and land restoration