Upcoming event: Panel Discussion and Student Debate on Climate Resilience
On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, FAO is organizing a Panel Discussion and Student Debate on Climate Resilience - Integrating Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Agriculture Sectors that will take place on Friday, 13 October 2017 (14:00-17:00) at the Palais des Nations, Room XXVII, Building E.
Ms Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Director, of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva will moderate the panel which comprises four experts of climate change and disaster risk reduction:
- Ms Shoko Arakaki, Chief, Regional Programme Coordination and National Implementation Support, UNISDR
Ms Sylvie Wabbes, Emergency and Resilience Officer, FAO Headquarters
Ms Sophie Baranes, Coordinator, Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative (CADRI)
Mr Sandeep Sengupta, Global Coordinator of IUCN’s Climate Change Portfolio
Agenda
- 14:00 - 14:45 Opening Session
- 14.45 – 15.00 Setting the scene: Background, structure of the debate, and introductions
- Wirya Khim, Natural Resources Officer, FAO Geneva
- 15.00 – 15.30 Debating the proposition: That there will be no sustainable food security without tackling climate and disaster risks together!
- Bern University of Applied Science Vs The Graduate Institute
- 15.30 – 16:00 Debating the proposition: That Climate Resilience [i.e., integrating DRR, and CCA and the 3 dimensions (social, economic and environmental) of sustainable development] is key to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)!
- University of Geneva Vs École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - TBC
- 16.00 – 16.20 Coffee Break
- 16.20 – 16.50 Result announcement and judges’ feedbacks and Q&A
- 16.50 – 17.00 Award presentation and photo session
- 17.00 – 17.05 Closing Remarks by FAO
For further information, please contact [email protected]
For registration (until 10 October 2017) please write to [email protected]