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Food Systems Transformation and the future of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
18:15
– 19:00 GMT+2
The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) is the only formal mechanism through which agriculture and food security are considered with relation to climate change by the Parties to COP. It is critical that this process be continued and improved to facilitate implementable and effective policy change to help us meet both food system and climate change goals.
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Special Address by Agnes Kalibata
13:30
– 13:45 GMT+2
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A virtual field visit to farming and fishing communities in Malawi
16:30
– 18:00 GMT+2
Including a mix of recordings, videos, and live Q&A with food producer communities in Malawi
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Farmers and innovators at the center: Solutions for creating resilient food systems for tomorrow
15:00
– 15:50 GMT+2
Solutions, innovation, ideas to create resilient food systems
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Food Systems Pavilion Reception:
Food on the table at COP
19:30
– 21:00 GMT+2
This reception, opening the first ever food systems pavilion at COP, will explore how food and land use issues will be profiled at COP27, including political decisions to be taken, as well as new commitments and follow up commitments to be made. It will also be an opportunity to celebrate the opening of COP27 with the food systems community.
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Demo stage: Climate resilient production of staple crops to enhance food security
15:55
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ENHANCE
This opening day will set the stage and showcase the cooperation and steps needed to scale solutions and catalyze transformation in the food system to deliver climate resilient and low carbon food systems at scale, sustainable livelihoods particularly for young women and men, healthy and sustainable diets for all, while maintaining planetary boundaries and protecting all life on earth.
We are calling on leaders to adopt a holistic view of food systems, connecting nutrition goals with climate and other sustainability aims, to achieve human and planetary health.
Sessions will focus on, among others:
- Putting food on the table at COP
- Partnerships for food system transformation
- The path towards Sustainable Protein+ for Climate and Nature
- Advancing the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
Further information on Program and Speakers will be updated here soon.
Please check back for updates.
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13:45
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Designing food systems resilience in a warming world for global security
How both global and regional solutions can lessen risks, increase supply chain stability, and improve livelihoods
Innovators worldwide are strengthening food system resilience – from globally scalable sustainable proteins to community-driven bio-economies – but they need support to realize their full potential.
11:30
– 13:30 GMT+2
Partnerships for food system transformation
The interconnectedness of our food systems means there will be no single solution to transform the way we produce, consume and distribute food. To ensure a just and equitable transition all actors must work together to deliver holistic and ambitious solutions, resulting in positive tipping points.
18:15
– 19:00 GMT+2
Food Systems Transformation and the future of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture
The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) is the only formal mechanism through which agriculture and food security are considered with relation to climate change by the Parties to COP. It is critical that this process be continued and improved to facilitate implementable and effective policy change to help us meet both food system and climate change goals.
19:30
– 21:00 GMT+2
Food Systems Pavilion Reception:
Food on the table at COP
This reception, opening the first ever food systems pavilion at COP, will explore how food and land use issues will be profiled at COP27, including political decisions to be taken, as well as new commitments and follow up commitments to be made. It will also be an opportunity to celebrate the opening of COP27 with the food systems community.
15:00
– 15:45 GMT+2
Tackling food loss and waste to deliver food security and climate goals
Globally we waste ⅓ of all food produced, which equates to 27% of our calories. This session explores what a reduction in food loss and waste could mean for food security, health, inclusion and the environment. A diverse panel will discuss the solutions to achieve this.
11:00
– 11:45 GMT+2
A global food system to nourish a population of 10 billion by 2030 in a changing climate
This opening event tackles the question of what we want future food systems to look like: equitable, secure, resilient, sustainable. We propose ten critical transitions that would enable food and land use systems to nourish a global population of 10 billion by 2030 in a changing climate and explore how decision makers can drive positive tipping points to deliver food security for all.
13:00
– 13:45 GMT+2
Climate and Nutrition: we can’t have one without the other: a call to action for policy makers
Climate change will continue to present a major threat to food security and nutrition beyond the current crisis, yet when decision makers talk about climate, aspects of nutrition are often forgotten. This event is a call to action for the climate community to put food systems, nutrition, and a shift to healthy and sustainable diets at the heart of all action.
14:00
– 14:45 GMT+2
Shifting diets to deliver climate goals and nutrition security
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finds that comprehensive behavior changes have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40–70% by 2050. This event will explore these behaviors, and in doing so suggest ways that we can globally shift diets to deliver climate goals and nutrition security by better understanding the levers for comprehensive behavior changes.
18:00
– 18:45 GMT+2
Diversification through Indigenous, neglected and aquatic foods
This event showcases Indigenous, neglected and blue food as supplementary and alternative food sources as one solution to current crises. It will explore the importance of investing in and scaling up these solutions to tackle biodiversity, development and food security goals.
17:00
– 17:45 GMT+2
Recipe for sustainable, healthy, nutritious food: changing our consumption
Almost a third of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from the way we produce and consume our food. Tackling these emissions is pivotal to keeping 1.5 degrees alive. We deep dive into the food consumption emissions and how we can all change our food system to be more sustainable, healthy, and nutritious for people and planet.
16:00
– 17:00 GMT+2
Solving the protein dilemma through smart policy and financing:
The need for governments and investors to drive food system innovation
Policymakers, investors, and alternative protein industry leaders discuss the need to drive food system innovation to meet global climate, food security, public health, and biodiversity goals.
09:00
– 09:45 GMT+2
The Challenges and Opportunities to Mobilize Finance Solutions for Food System Transformation:
Opening Session
Food systems face financial gaps we must solve in order to fund adaptation for a climate resilient future. There are numerous challenges to this goal, including accessibility in financing, scaling SMEs to commercial levels, and more.
10:00
– 10:45 GMT+2
Financing a sustainable and just food system transition:
How leading financial institutions and value chain actors set concrete targets & take action
The Just Rural Transition (JRT) and the Good Food Finance Network (GFFN) will hold a joint event at COP27, highlighting the role of public and private financial institutions in raising the level of ambition in finance for sustainable and equitable food systems and discussing how finance, farmers, businesses, and policymakers can best work together to meet sustainability goals.
11:00
– 11:45 GMT+2
The do’s and don’ts of blended finance: An interactive conversation
Blended finance is a potential solution to many issues in funding climate resilient food systems. This session, hosted by Rabobank, will lay out successful uses of blended finance so far and potential paths forward.
13:00
– 14:15 GMT+2
Mobilizing Finance Solutions for Food System Transformation in Africa
Farmer-owned associations play a vital role in Africa’s food systems, but lack of financing hampers scaling efforts. We will address 4 critical questions relating to financial instruments, in order to transform agriculture outcomes in Africa.
14:30
– 15:15 GMT+2
The Role of Insurance as a Key Climate Adaptation Mechanism to Protect Smallholder Farmers
Crop insurance is a critical climate change adaptation tool. New innovations offer opportunities to broaden coverage to address increasing risk, but as only 20% of smallholder farmers are covered, larger structural reforms are required.
15:30
– 16:15 GMT+2
Building bridges between finance and development cooperation for the adaptation of food systems
Addressing climate change and transforming food systems requires a coordination of public and private forces. This session will provide recommendations on enhancing food system adaptation in country-level investment processes.
16:30
– 17:15 GMT+2
Climate Finance for Sustainable Transformation of Agriculture and Food Systems
Transforming food systems require a broad range of efforts and initiatives. This session brings insights from innovative initiatives in sustainable investment and climate financing that can boost the implementation of climate mitigation and adaptation in the agriculture and food sector.
18:30
– 19:15 GMT+2
Financing Food Security through innovative financial Instruments:
The Case of The Green Bond
Climate finance for adaptation is key for Africa, with pledges for the GCF just shy of $100billion about $83 billion raised. New and innovative financing mechanisms are needed for climate action especially food security. Investors are gradually greening their portfolios with ESG, Impact and Green Bonds. How can this be used for food security in Africa.
10:00
– 10:45 GMT+2
Producer-Driven Regenerative Solutions Across Geographies and Ecosystems
Co-host Session: FOLU and EDF
Unsustainable agricultural practices combined with the environmental impacts of crossing the planetary boundaries is resulting in widespread soil degradation and threatening food security. Sustainable food production, healthy ecosystems, and carbon sequestration are cyclically linked. This event will highlight this relationship and explore the potential for well-managed food production techniques to improve soil health, sequester carbon and improve biodiversity while also improving producer livelihoods across a variety of geographies and food production-linked ecosystems.
11:00
– 11:45 GMT+2
Carbon farming: its value and potential
Co-host Session: Rabobank
Carbon farming holds the key to mitigating climate change while enhancing soil health and nutritional value, so that agriculture is sustainable and can feed future generations. Carbon farming can reduce GHG emission from agricultural land, sequester additional carbon, regenerate degraded soils, increase biodiversity and ensure food & nutrient security for a growing global population.
12:00
– 12:45 GMT+2
Taste the soil: the silent Ally that feeds you
Demo stage
The session will demonstrate how soil health influences our lives and food. With concrete examples focusing on coffee and wine, it will also touch on the many innovations shaping African agriculture today, the essential role of farmers in preserving the link between soils and food and the policy measures that can support them.
14:00
– 15:45 GMT+2
Repurposing Public Support to Food and Agriculture to Enable a Just Rural Transition
Partner Session: Just Rural Transition
The Just Rural Transition (JRT), Food System Economics Commission (FSEC), and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) will hold a joint event highlighting opportunities for governments to take forward policy action to transition to more sustainable global food systems through the repurposing of public support to food and agriculture. This session will communicate the latest academic analysis on the hidden costs of subsidies, including an upcoming report by the Food System Economics Commission and IFPRI. It will also highlight the perspectives of key stakeholders including farmers organisations on policy actions that deliver positive outcomes for people, nature and climate.
16:00
– 16:45 GMT+2
Soils as an asset: Galvanizing public support to achieve our shared ambitions for NDCs.
Soil health continues to decline globally at an alarming rate despite our improved understanding of the interconnectedness of soil health, food production, climate, water and biodiversity. Recognizing the urgency for action and change, many actors are coming together to raise awareness about the central role of soils.
18:00
– 18:45 GMT+2
Creating win-wins on soil? Rewarding smallholder farmers for building soil organic carbon
Partner session: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
The panelists will discuss successful approaches by which smallholder farmers have been rewarded for boosting soil organic carbon. How can such efforts be scaled? What is the institutional architecture needed to overcome the transaction cost problem while protecting smallholders interests?
19:00
– 19:45 GMT+2
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: Climate proofing agricultural systems for better food security
Partner session: OCI
The need the clear: to ensure food security for the growing population, a sustainable food system is required. The question is how to scale it? This session will explore some practical solutions addressing the more critical needs and discuss what it takes to scale.
09:00
– 09:45 GMT+2
Boots on the Ground: What should the private sector do to boost regenerative agriculture?
Regenerative agriculture and soil health are the new magic words. Yet, large producers could not feel a bigger distance to the topic.
When talking about Farm to Fork strategies, the concept quickly faces a challenge in scale. And though new sustainable food systems bring new opportunities for operators in the food value chain, there is little trust from all sides.
Will regenerative agriculture prevail and actually restore soil health on a large scale? And how can the private sector, considering its influence, be an effective part of that journey?
Bringing together industry leaders, we will discuss the internal and external challenges in their respective supply chains to boost regenerative agriculture and improve soil health on a large scale.
13:00
– 14:00 GMT+2
Soil Health Resolution
Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH)
This session will contribute to the COP27 by bringing together diverse stakeholders from science, policy, development, conservation, and the private sector to garner support for scaling investments in soil health. The session will provide meaningful content and insights to the final statements coming out of the COP27.
13:00
– 13:45 GMT+2
Scaling Climate Resilient Agriculture and National Action Plans
This session will address key constraints to scaling climate resilient agriculture in national action plans including coordination and governance, technical capacity, financing, as well as access to innovative resources.
14:00
– 14:40 GMT+2
Food and agriculture systems can achieve the NDCs while meeting the needs of eaters and policy
This will explore the status and prospects of scaling climate-resilient agriculture in national action plans. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) need to be specific and urgent to make change now, not by 2050. What is happening on the ground to ensure that policymakers have the tools they need?
14:40
– 15:20 GMT+2
Building Nutrient-Dense Global Food Systems
Food and agriculture systems are responsible for roughly 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Dietary shifts can help improve human health and protect biodiversity while achieving climate goals—shifting to healthy and sustainable diets has been identified as one of biggest way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
15:30
– 16:15 GMT+2
Pastoralism and Rangelands Restoration:
Promising solutions to benefit our planet and people
It’s important to take a local view of traditional livestock systems in rangelands. This session highlights their resilience to climate change and efficiency against food insecurity while exploring new paths for greater adaptation.
16:20
– 17:15 GMT+2
The contribution of dairy to resilient food systems in East Africa
How can dairy contribute to a resilient food system? This question is faced by actors in the East African dairy sector, amidst other challenges such as food and nutrition security, rural economic development, and climate adaptation. NEADAP is developing a position paper on the role of dairy in food systems. The paper will be based on stakeholder discussions in six East African countries. In this session, a draft of the paper is introduced by Wageningen UR and discussed by experts from ILRI and the Rwanda National Dairy Platform.
17:30
– 18:15 GMT+2
Planting the seeds for a climate-smart future:
New business models and opportunities to scale solutions for a climate-smart future
Over the past decade, while significant progress has been made around the science on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), the scale of implementation has been deterred by ‘lock-ins’ within food systems. With just 8 harvests left until the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the urgency to act if we want to stay within 1.5 degrees, it is important to scale up CSA now to achieve its potential in terms of food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation.
18:30
– 19:15 GMT+2
Breaking Down Barriers for an Agriculture Breakthrough:
Putting the Breakthrough Report recommendations into action
The session will highlight the Agriculture Breakthrough recommendations on R&D investment priorities, climate finance, policy action and other public sector-led interventions in the agriculture sector, and the metrics and indicators needed to track progress globally on the adoption of climate-resilient, sustainable forms of agriculture. We'll focus on the next steps for putting those recommendation into action towards COP28 under strong UK leadership.
09:00
– 09:45 GMT+2
Plenary: Water and Aquatic Foods as Critical Components of the Food Systems Transformation
Both water and blue foods have been undervalued and overlooked in conversations about climate change and food security at both global and national levels. This plenary session will be setting the theme for the entire day by highlighting the importance of incorporating blue foods and water into food systems policy and decision making, with particular emphasis on their incorporation in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Action Plans (NAPs).
10:00
– 10:45 GMT+2
Co-Host Lead Session 1: Aquatic Foods as a Climate-Smart Source of Nutrition
This session aims to highlight the importance of blue foods for small-scale fishing communities and vulnerable populations, especially women and children. We will hear directly from small-scale fishers and aquaculturists about the current contributions of blue foods to their community’s food security and nutrition, and how they are adapting to climate change’s effects on essential sources of nutrition and livelihoods. We will also hear from a leading scientist in this field who will share a summary of the mounting evidence that aquatic foods could be key to meeting food and nutrition goals in the face of climate change in coastal countries around the world, as well as a summary of the challenges we must overcome to enable this.
11:00
– 11:45 GMT+2
Co-Host Lead Session 2: Sustainable governance and management interventions in aquatic food and water systems to ensure food and nutrition security in the face of climate change
Aquatic blue foods and water systems have enormous potential to contribute to achieving net-zero emissions from food systems and to support food security and livelihoods globally through provision of key micronutrients and protein to some of the most climate change vulnerable and food insecure communities in the world. Although climate change creates significant risks to the nutritional, economic, and cultural contributions of water and aquatic food systems, management reforms could mitigate many of the negative impacts of climate change. This session will bring several policy-makers and funders to discuss successful governance and management interventions for aquatic foods and water at the international, national, state, and local levels.
14:20
– 15:05 GMT+2
Climate-Aggravated Water Scarcity as a Food Security Issue
Climate change is exacerbating water scarcity around the world posing greater risk to food security. In this session, voices from different countries (farmers, implementers) will share their challenges and approaches to adapt to limited water availability in terms of quantity but also quality for different needs. Participants will further discuss institutional fabric required at various levels of government (community, county and state) and need for a regulatory function to avoid adverse effects of productive uses on water availability.
12:00
– 13:00 GMT+2
Innovation and Technology in Water and Aquatic Food Systems
There is no “one-size-fits-all” solution for resilient water and sustainable blue food systems, This panel will underscore the need for a multi-pronged approach to achieve goals for climate-resilient water and blue food systems. We will highlight a series of cutting-edge innovations and technologies from both sectors to improve the sustainability of water and blue foods while ensuring global food and nutrition security in the face of climate change.
13:15
– 14:05 GMT+2
From the Ground Up: Community-led approaches across blue foods, freshwater and agriculture
The Nature Conservancy
If we are to be successful in transitioning our food systems at the pace and scale required, it will be thanks---in large part---to the farmers and producers who made it happen. Community engagement, activation and leadership must be central to the myriad global transition approaches. Join us to discuss the centrality of community-led approaches, as well as some of the best practices – and even a few lessons learned – from panelists with experience the world over.
15:20
– 16:10 GMT+2
Water Data for Planning and Decision Making
This interactive session will explore multi-level water data needs and approaches for putting it to use. Date needs for decision making vary for functions and at different scales among users, from the farm to the river basin, from landowner to regulator. After spotlights on challenges and initiatives in different countries, the session will feature a participatory discussion to formulate water data related issues and takeaways. Topics covered will include democratization of data, institutional landscape, community engagement, and monitoring to create sustainable water and food systems.
16:25
– 17:10 GMT+2
Climate and Water Smart Agriculture: From the Netherlands and Egypt to the World
This session will share insights and lessons learned from Egypt-Netherlands cooperation on Climate and Water Smart Agriculture. Based on Dutch-diamond knowledge exchange, the session will validate and explore options for future cooperation on food systems knowledge and innovation to inspire climate and water smart practices, technologies and business cases to contribute to the FAST Initiative launched by the COP27 Presidency in Sharm El-Sheikh.
17:25
– 18:10 GMT+2
Pavilion Session 2: Global Salmon Initiative
Sea the Opportunity
The race to zero is on, and we know it needs to be done. But the question is how do we get there? Aquaculture already has a low carbon footprint, but continuous improvements need to be made to meet growth needs and ensure it remains a climate-friendly option. The changes required are across the global supply chain, and affect the whole industry. Recognizing that collective efforts could help accelerate change, over the last year the Global Salmon Initiative has been working in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund and Sustainable Trade Initiative to establish a common GHG emission accounting framework for the whole aquaculture sector from pen to plate. Prioritizing stakeholder collaboration and shared learning, this project is focused on establishing aligned, credible accounting and motivating ambitious mitigation efforts. Here we will discuss how its worked, what's been achieved and what this could mean for the wider food system.
18:25
– 19:10 GMT+2
Achieving Ambitious Food System Transformation in the Context of USAID's New Climate Strategy
A Listening Session
Do you want to provide advice and feedback into recommendations for how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) should support the transformation of food systems in the face of climate change? Please join USAID and experts drafting a key report that will inform USAID’s agriculture, nutrition, and food security Do you want to provide advice and feedback into recommendations for how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) should support the transformation of food systems in the face of climate change? Please join USAID and experts drafting a key report that will inform USAID’s agriculture, nutrition, and food security work on Monday, November 14th at 6:25 pm EET (11:25 EST). This listening session will seek input from COP attendees and the wider public on the preliminary findings of a study on systemic approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation in agricultural, nutrition, and food systems. The study results will inform program and policy decisionmaking by USAID.
19:15
– 20:15 GMT+2
Takeaway + Evening Reception
Join us from 19:15 - 20:15 on November 14th to close out the day with an overarching review of the day's events, main themes, and a reflection on the Food Systems Pavilion thus far. Refreshments will be served and there will be opportunities for discussion and mingling.
11:00
– 11:45 GMT+2
Adapting to transboundary climate risks in food trade
How can we better govern the global food system in a world where crises are the norm rather than the exception?
This event will explore how climate change creates risks for the global food system that interact with other drivers of instability to create major threats to food security worldwide. In an interconnected world, the impacts of climate change can cascade through international trade from one country to another, creating risks for both producers and consumers
18:15
– 19:00 GMT+2
Youth at the center of the food revolution
Taking forward the Actions 4 Change
Over the past two years Act4Food Act4Change has been working with over 200,000 young people around the globe to move forward the food revolution. In 2021, alongside global youth and other allies we brought forward a list of Actions for Change to major events such as COP26 and United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS). This year we launched a list of 10 Actions 4 Change voted upon by over 100,000 young people globally. These are the actions young people believe need to be taken to fix our broken food system and now we are here to showcase and empower the implementation of these actions at COP27.
10:00
– 10:45 GMT+2
Creating access
Options & Barriers for youth inclusion in food systems transformation.
Young people play an important role in addressing the climate crisis. However, barriers still exist for them to be included in the decision-making processes. In order to unlock the full potential of youth to contribute to food systems transformation, and contribute to a more sustainable future, this session will expose key barriers in the food and climate space that lead to incomplete youth inclusion in policy- and decision making processes, as well as promote options offered and made available by different stakeholders and organizations.
13:15
– 14:00 GMT+2
Accountability of NDCs, NAPs, and food systems:
From the youth lens
The message is clear – we must limit global warming to 1.5 °C for the future of our planet and human wellbeing. All parties have been called to take responsibility for assessing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and communicating their ambitious National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) for adaptation strategies and mitigation of potential drivers of emissions at the national level.
This plenary session has been put together to touch base on key limitations for youth engagement in policymaking and implementation while highlighting pathways to enhance meaningful youth participation in NDCs and NAPs with a firm stance on accountability demands from the national government.
14:15
– 15:00 GMT+2
Borrowing the earth from our grandchildren
What does behavior change for intergenerational justice mean to you?
This event will focus on methods of behavior change for climate action in agriculture and food systems, especially within the context of institutions, which can maintain the status quo– or with thoughtful management, be agents of change. This event focuses on the interface between youth, climate change, and food systems in organizations through interviews with leaders of two organizations.
15:15
– 16:00 GMT+2
Climate Crisis
Next steps for Youth in agri-food systems
Young people, as actors of change, have the opportunity to shake up the food system as they will be the food producers of the future. To create a sustainable environment for youth to thrive in, it is relevant to already focus on youth inclusion in the agri-food system today. This session will focus on youth led innovations in the agri-food sector as well as on empowering young entrepreneurs creating Agri-tech start-ups. Building on the work of these youth entrepreneurs, this session will 1) amplify the voices of young people, especially young women and minorities, 2) showcase innovative activities by youth in the food sector, and 3) display innovative youth-led solutions in agriculture.
16:15
– 17:00 GMT+2
A brainstorming session on Food Loss and Waste (#123 pledge) with youth and game-changing stakeholders
The way food is produced and consumed today results in high rates of food loss and waste (FLW). An estimated 14% of food is lost in the food supply chain from post-harvest up to wholesale included (FAO 2019). Meanwhile, 17% of food is wasted at retail and consumer level (UNEP 2021). But FLW has many impacts, such as wasted land and water resources, loss of biodiversity, loss of natural ecosystems and costs nearly USD 1 trillion per year in economic losses. All against the backdrop of rising food insecurity and malnutrition. And on top of this all, FLW is responsible for an estimated 8-10% of global GHG emissions (IPCC 2019), far higher than the emissions from commercial flights. Halving FLW could help realize the Paris commitments of countries (NDCs) and help companies in their race to NetZero, as FLW reduction has great potential for reduction of GHG emissions.
17:15
– 18:00 GMT+2
Delivering Transparency and Transformational Change in Food Systems
How the G7 Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative is working to meet young people’s demands for sustainable and resilient food systems
In support of the COP27 strapline ‘together for implementation’, this session will explore the G7 SSCI efforts to implement the corporate pledges of 22 global food and agriculture companies to improve the impact of their operations and supply chains. Company performance is annually reviewed, but action is still needed to make sure goals are met. So how can governments and companies respond to global youth activists’ call for change, and work together to create more transparent systems where those that don't move are held to account?
11:00
– 11:50 GMT+2
A restoration handbook
What does socially and ecologically responsible ecosystem restoration look like?
Through years of on-field research as well as engagement with experts, we have developed a restoration handbook that will guide practitioners, policymakers, and the civil society towards ecologically and socially responsible restoration. It addresses questions about identifying land for restoration, building partnerships, co-designing interventions, mobilising finance, and finally, scaling up restoration practices.
12:00
– 13:00 GMT+2
Launch of the Cookbook in Support of the United Nations
At the request of the organizers of the UN Climate Conference, COP 27, and the hosting Government of Egypt, Chef Manal Al Alem will be present at the Conference on November 16th at 12PM, at the Food Systems Pavilion for a discussion, book signing, and culinary demonstration in support of the newly released Cookbook in Support of the United Nations: For People and Planet. The Cookbook in Support of the United Nations: For People and Planet explores the fragilities of global and local food systems, exposing how average citizens can make a positive contribution discussing topics such as biodiversity, deforestation, food waste, and climate change. The book has nutrition and carbon calculations done on all of the recipes that are featured in the book and is printed on FSC certified paper from sustainable sources. This book has been produced as a collaboration between UN entities like the Food and Agriculture Organization, in consultation with EAT, UN Indigenous Peoples, UN Women, the Rockefeller Foundation, UNEP, and UNESCO. It features Kimbal Musk (Elon Musk’s brother), and 75 chefs, farmers, and indigenous peoples, including Chef José Andres, Manal Al Alem, Massimo Bottura (UNEP Goodwill Ambassador), Daniel Boulud, Grace Ramirez, Pierre Thiam, Virgilio Martinez, and Andrew Zimmern.
13:15
– 14:00 GMT+2
Inviting everyone to the table
How a diversity of nature-inspired food solutions and stakeholders can enable a global recovery for biodiversity
Agriculture today is both the biggest driver of biodiversity loss and the biggest opportunity. Transitioning quickly to a net-zero, nature-forward, and socially just food system requires everyone.
14:15
– 15:45 GMT+2
Zero-conversion food
Feeding a growing world in ways that enable recovery of biodiverse lands and waters
Explore how regions around the world are taking nature-based, science-driven, and community-informed approaches to producing food, creating sustainable livelihoods, and protecting ecosystems.
09:00
– 09:45 GMT+2
Collective action to deliver sustainable food and land use systems alongside a just rural transition
This opening session will give an overview of what ‘transformation of value chains’ looks like drawing from real-world cases and will provide discussion around what the role is for each actor in the value chain to help achieve a sustainable transition of the food and land use system.
13:00
– 13:45 GMT+2
Accelerating cross-sector supply chain action to halt deforestation in line with a 1.5°C pathway
The food system is estimated to cause up to 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change and is the leading cause of the continuing conversion of the world’s tropical forests, grasslands, wetlands and other remaining natural habitats. All IPCC pathways that limit warming to 1.5°C or well below 2°C require significant land-based mitigation, including ending deforestation and land conversion – thus decarbonising the land use sector is essential. To achieve this, collective action across value chain actors from the bottom-up is essential.
The panel will also offer a solutions-oriented discussion on how critical value chain players – such as farmers, financers, traders, input providers and other key value chain actors – can work together to unlock pain points in the food and land sector transformation and facilitate a just transition.
14:30
– 15:15 GMT+2
The Cool Move: A low carbon cold chain & agro-logistic accelerator program for Africa, at the intersection of food & energy
The lack of cold storage infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa is a critical bottleneck to the development of local value chains and a major contributor towards for food losses, especially in the rapidly emerging fruits, vegetables, dairy, livestock and fishery sectors. Currently, most local value chains suffer from poor cold chain infrastructure, lack of access to relevant and suitable financing mechanisms, lack of access to markets, knowledge and technology.
15:15
– 16:00 GMT+2
Can value chains become truly inclusive?
Project and policy opportunities that can empower smallholder farmers to build resilient livelihoods
This session will focus on the experiences of organisations working in Sub-Saharan Africa to make value chains work for both smallholder farmers and SMEs. The session will present experiences and recommendations on how to simultaneously address constraints of smallholder farmers and SMEs.
16:00
– 16:45 GMT+2
Decentralized Energy Interventions as a Catalyst to Augment Agri-Food Value Chains
This session seeks to highlight practical examples of how energy interventions along agri-food value chains can potentially improve and diversify farm and value addition earnings, reduce waste, and accelerate the energy transition towards climate resilience and sustainable practices.
17:00
– 17:45 GMT+2
Achieving an ambitious food systems transformation
Vision, pathways and processes
Food system transformation is urgent and requires change that covers multiple policy areas - environment, climate, health, trade, economy. However, most current approaches seek gradual, incremental, plans to evolve today's food system, primarily around climate action. We concretely aim to "socialise" ideas for starting with the vision for what a transformed system is, and working backwards from there to derive a pathway that is locally applicable. This requires driving political and market momentum for change and unblocking barriers to deliver.
This panel discussion will bring together global stakeholders and experts to discuss ways in which transformations can be brought about, and the sorts of coalitions that may be needed to enable and empower economy-wide transformation of food systems, markets and trade, policy and regulation to deliver the enhancements needed.
- How can food system transformation simultaneously address multiple goals: ensuring compliance with Paris-agreement emissions trajectories, protecting and restoring biodiversity and soils, enhancing nutrition of citizens, reducing pollution, increasing equity, and enhancing resilience to shocks?
- What visions exist for the way food systems may deliver such properties and how they might be brought about, given the multi-dimensional policy and market dimensions (including production, trade and consumption) across domains and sectors?
- What sort of pathways may exist at a global level that could act as guidelines for the development of domestic and multilateral action and coalitions?
18:00
– 18:45 GMT+2
Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation through Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains and Improved Forest Governance
From Commitment to Action
Official launch of a global new project in Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia and Zambia, supporting the commitments of the European Commission and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development towards deforestation-free agricultural value chains.