UTC+2 (Cairo, Lusaka, Harare)

Forests and trees for transformational adaptation

Nov 12, 2022 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Digital Room 1

Description

FAO is collaborating with partners to enhance the role of forests and trees in climate change adaptation policy and action. This session will highlight a new FAO technical paper that discusses the policy implications of a set of principles for leveraging forests and trees for transformational adaptation. Speakers will highlight key messages and case studies from the paper in the context of COP27, including the potential of forests and trees to contribute to mitigation and adaptation synergies, and disaster risk management.

Speakers

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Juan Carlos Jintiach

Executive Secretary

Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC)

Amy Duchelle

Senior Forestry Officer & Team Leader Climate Change & Resilience

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Lalisa Duguma

Scientist

World Agroforestry

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Giacomo Fedele

Adaptation Strategy Director

Conservation International

Vincent Gitz

Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA)

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Antoine Libert

Climate Resilience Specialist

FAO

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Adriana Patricia Yepes Quintero

REDD+ & Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) expert

Latin America Cluster REDD+/NFM, FAO

Koko Warner

Manager of the Vulnerability Subdivision

UNFCCC, Nairobi Work Programme

Organizations

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)