AGENDARead the summary of the day here  10:00 Welcoming Remarks
10:05 SESSION A - Implementing Climate-Smart Agriculture - Brief overview of the climate-smart agriculture approach Presentation
Peter Holmgren, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO - A call to action on climate-smart Agriculture
Pieter Mulder, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Republic of South Africa - Needs for strengthening climate-smart agriculture at country level Presentation
John J. Mussa, Director Land Resources Conservation Department, Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security - Malawi - Transitioning to climate-smart agriculture Presentation
Leslie Lipper, Economic and Social Development Department, FAO
Panel on Climate-Smart Implementation at Country Level - Faipule Foua Toloa, Titular Head of Government of Tokelau (Ulu o Tokelau)
- Alexandre Meybeck, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, FAO
- Saveis Joze Sadeghian, Climate Change Finance Advisor, Global Mechanism of the UNCCD
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Session B
Knowledge for Forestry, Agriculture and Fisheries - The Global Forests Resources Assessment (FRA) Remote Sensing Survey Presentation
Adam Gerrand, Forestry Department, FAO - Presentation of the Global Partnership Climate, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Pacfa) Strategic Programme Presentation
Cassandra De Young, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO - Data Sources and Guidelines for Climate-Smart Solutions Presentation
Marja-Liisa Tapio-Bistrom, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department and Susan Braatz, Forestry Department, FAO
Panel on Sharing Knowledge to Improve Linkages between REDD+ and Climate-Smart Agriculture - Peter Aarup Iversen, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Climate and Energy, Denmark
- Peter Saidu Turay, Technical Adviser to the Government on REDD+ and Climate Change Related Matters, Sierra Leone
- Giovanni Rum, Senior Programme Officer, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat
- Dorothée Herr, Marine Programme Officer, Global Marine and Polar Programme, IUCN
16:00 Tea break 16:30 SESSION C Moving Forward - Managing Ecosystems for Sustainable Livelihoods and a Green Economy- Launch of the FAO report "Energy-smart agriculture for people and the climate" Presentation
Ralph Sims, Massey University, New Zealand - Adaptation: from genetic resource to disaster risk reduction Presentation
Alexandre Meybeck, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, FAO - Greening the economy through agriculture -towards Rio+20 Presentation
Peter Holmgren, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO
17:30 Q&A
18:00 Reception |
