Description: The workshop is convened by UNEP in collaboration with FAO and other UN Agencies, governments, research institution, NGOs, scholars, Donors, Local governments etc.The key objectives of the workshop are: - Aggregate the lessons shared into common solutions for food security and climate change adaptation across country application, in building the capacity of the practitioners, supporting policy processes at all levels as well as empowering countries in undertaking bigger actions. - Share information on targeted ecological actions that provide opportunities for addressing perennial food insecurity in Sub Saharan Africa. -Identify key challenges and bottlenecks hindering the scaling-up of ecosystem based adaptation practices, and how can they be overcome