Alvaro Lario

International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD)

President

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Description

Alvaro Lario will take office as the seventh President of IFAD on 1 October 2022. Lario brings 20 years of experience in the private sector, academia and international financial institutions, including as Associate Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Controller of the Financial Operations Department at IFAD. Under his stewardship, IFAD became the first United Nations Fund and the only UN body and specialized agency other than the World Bank Group to enter the capital markets and obtain a credit rating, enabling the Fund to expand resources mobilization efforts to the private sector. Before joining the Fund in early 2018, Lario was the Treasury Capital Markets Lead and Principal Portfolio Officer at the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group. Earlier positions include various roles in the private sector asset management industry and in academia. Lario received a PhD in financial economics from the Complutense University of Madrid and was awarded a master of research in economics from London Business School. He also holds a master’s degree in finance from Princeton University.

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11:20 AM EAT - 12:05 PM EAT

Plenary

Land, Food and Climate: African solutions for food and climate resilience

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GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM (GLF)

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach to create sustainable landscapes that are productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient and considers five cohesive themes of food and livelihoods, landscape restoration, rights, finance and measuring progress. It is led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members. Charter members: CIAT, CIFOR-ICRAF, CIRAD, Climate Focus, Conservation International, Crop Trust, Ecoagriculture Partners, The European Forest Institute, Evergreen Agriculture, FAO, FSC, GEF, GIZ, ICIMOD, IFOAM - Organics International, The International Livestock Research Institute, INBAR, IPMG, IUFRO, Rainforest Alliance, Rare, Rights and Resources Initiative, SAN, TMG-Think Tank for Sustainability, UNCCD, UNEP, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation part of Wageningen Research, World Farmer Organization, World Agroforestry, World Bank Group, World Resources Institute, WWF International, Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL)