Events with FAO participation
8 May 2017
More
8th May: Opening and key note address
This session will set the scene for the Technical Expert Meeting (TEM) 2017 and highlight how actions in urban environments and land use contribute to raising the mitigation ambition and fostering sustainable development.
Key note addresses:
Martin Frick, Director, Climate and Environment Division, FAO, Tomasz Chruszczow, SBI Chair, Carlos Fuller, SBSTA Chair
15:00 - 16:30 Chamber Hall
9 May 2017
More
9th May
Climate action to address loss and damage of vulnerable populations and build resilience
The Paris Agreement stresses the importance of climate action to reduce loss and damage. How to boost action to anticipate, absorb and reshape for climate resilience (along the UNSG A2R) will be discussed including forecast-based financing and integrated risk management.
Speakers: tbc
Representatives: Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, Samoa, Khadija Sami, Ministère Délégué de l’Environnement, Morocco
13:15 - 14:45 Berlin (112)
Thematic event: Support for accelerated actions
Global Peatlands Initiative: Advancing global efforts to protect peatlands from degradation
The Global Peatlands Initiative highlights the urgent need of countries to reduce the degradation of peatlands as a significant source of GHG emissions. Sharing concrete experiences, parties will exchange approaches that are advancing efforts to prevent the degradation and loss of peatlands.
18:30 – 20:00 Berlin (112)
Support for accelerated actions in urban environment and land use to drive mitigation ambition and facilitate sustainable developmentPanel discussion: Martial Bernoux, FAO, Chuck Kooshian, CCAP, Daniel Bongardt, GIZ, Felicity Creighton Spors, World Bank13:15 - 14:45 Santiago de Chile
10 May 2017
More
May 2017
Thematic event: Agriculture
Agricultural activities with climate and sustainable development benefits
This event showcases initiatives of developed and developing countries in agriculture sector that generate global climate and sustainable development benefits. In collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization
Moderated discussion
Moderator: Martin Frick, Director, Climate and Environment Division, FAO
Key note: Martial Bernoux, Natural Resource Officer, FAO – Major options to generate global climate and sustainable development benefits
11:30 - 13:00 Wein 1-2
Thematic event: Forestry and other land use
Activities related to forestry and other land use with climate and sustainable development benefits
This event showcases initiatives of developed and developing countries in the forestry and other land use sector that generate global climate and sustainable development benefits. In collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Moderated discussion
Moderator: Martin Frick FAO
Keynote presentation: Julian Fox, FAO10
11 May 2017
Agriculture and Climate Change - Paris and beyond
The 2015 Paris agreement was built on the basis of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). This event looks at the lessons that can be learned from SBSTA workshops, the implementation of the Paris Agreement and twhat lies ahead.
18:30 - 20:00 External event
12 May 2017
Adaptation/National Adaptation Plans and Nationally Determined Contributions - making them a win-win for farmers facing climate change, now!
Agriculture is a priority sector in most NDCs and climate finance can be used to build smallholder farmers’ resilience. Planning priority actions is useful in the short term.
18:30 - 20:00 Kaminzimmer (113) , Bonn, Germany
16 May 2017
Achieving the Paris Agreement through climate action in the land sector
This side event lead by FAO will focus on the role of agriculture and food security in Nationally Determined Contributions. It will address questions related to mitigation and adaptation and look at possible synergies between the two. It looks at ways in which countries can move from Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems to reporting under the transparency framework of the Paris Agreement.
13:15 - 14:45 Bonn (181)
Addressing agriculture, forestry and fisheries in NAPs - Country views
Countries exchange on progress in the formulation and implementation of NAPs based on the newly launched Addressing Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in National Adaptation Plans – Supplementary Guidelines which aim to guide policy makers in national adaptation planning in the agriculture sectors.
17:00 - 18:00 Climate Change Studio