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: |
Wednesday 2 December 15:00-16:30
| 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)
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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 |
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 | 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 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 |