Climate Change and Mitigation in Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: Investments and Actions (Rome, 19-20 April 2010)
The FAO Investment Centre Division, through the Collaborative Program FAO - World Bank in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), organized a workshop on the 19 & 20 April 2010 on Climate Change and Mitigation in Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The objectives of the event were threefold: (i) Provide a forum to exchange information on FAO’s technical work, countries’ actions and experiences and International Financial Institution’s (IFIs) operations and strategies on Climate Change on Mitigation (ii) Increase awareness among IFIs and FAO professionals of the relevance of Climate Change and Mitigation issues of investment project design in the region (iii) Explore how to consider Climate Change mitigation measures into IFIs operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The workshop was divided into five thematic blocks: I. The Context: What Is The Status On Climate Change And Mitigation In Agriculture; II. Mitigation Strategies And Actions In Agriculture; III. Mitigation Strategies And Actions In Livestock; IV. Mitigation Strategies And Actions In Forestry; V. Financing Mitigation Action: National Programs And Carbon Markets. The workshop brought together scientists that provided the latest knowledge on the subject, representatives from International Development Agencies that presented information relating to strategies, programs and projects that are being developed in the region, and representatives from countries in the region that reported the needs of their States in relation to problems of Climate Change a s well as the solutions that are required.
For workshop material, please see below:
I. THE CONTEXT: WHAT IS THE STATUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND MITIGATION IN AGRICULTURE |
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Climate Change and Mitigation in Agriculture in the World |
Pete Smith |
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Climate Change and Mitigation in Agriculture in LAC |
Daniel Martino |
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Research Role on Agricultural Mitigation: |
Idupulapati Rao |
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Estimating mitigation potential of agricultural projects: an application of Ex-ante Carbon Balance Tool (EX-ACT) in Brazil |
Giacomo Branca/Katia Medeiros |
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II. MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS IN AGRICULTURE |
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Technical information and recommendations |
Theodor Friedrich/Ammir Kassam |
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Conservation communities |
Beto Borges |
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Experiences in Colombia |
Diana Jimena Pereira Bonilla |
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Green Agroindustries-FIRCO |
Marie Helen Collion |
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III. MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS IN LIVESTOCK |
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Technical information and recommendations |
Pierre Gerber |
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Livestock research and Climate Change, EMBRAPA experience |
Luis Barioni |
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World Bank’s livestock strategy and actions |
Cornelis de Haan |
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IV. MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS IN FORESTRY |
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Technical information and recommendations |
José Antonio Prado |
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Climate Change Mitigation in Forestry – Mexico Experience: |
José Manuel Bulás |
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World Bank’s Forestry and Mitigation Strategy and actions |
Laurent Debroux/ Erick Fernandes |
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V.FINANCING MITIGATION ACTION: NATIONAL PROGRAMS AND CARBON MARKETS |
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PES in Agriculture |
Leslie Lipper |
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BioCarbon Fund in Agriculture |
Rama Reddy |
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Private Capital Market Perspectives in Agriculture |
Michael Coren |
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VI.WORKSHOP VIDEOS |
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Zhihong Zhang, GEF |
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Theodor Friedrich, FAO |
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Peter Smith, University of Aberdeen |
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José Antonio Prado, FAO |
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Eric Fernandes, World Bank |
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César Falconi, FAO |
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José Bulas, Mexico |
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Beto Borges, Forest Trends |
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