CGIAR Seminar Series | Post COP28 Priorities for Advancing Food Systems Transformation

As the fifth policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this virtual event will take stock of food systems–related outcomes from COP28 and outline priorities for advancing them at both the international and country level in a concrete and meaningful manner.

Please join a distinguished set of speakers from CGIAR, international organizations, and the policy community for this discussion on advancing both adaptation and mitigation of food systems, which will place a particular focus on climate finance and policy priorities.

Timecodes:
00:00 -- Opening Remarks by Roula Majdalani, Climate Change Advisor, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
01:42 -- Taking Stock of COP28 Outcomes with Felicitas Röhrig, Senior Policy Officer, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
05:46 -- Taking Stock of COP28 Outcomes with Aditi Mukerji, Director, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform of the CGIAR
13:10 -- Taking Stock of COP28 Outcomes with Kristofer Hamel, Head, Food Systems, COP28 Presidency; UAE Climate Change Special Envoy
21:03 -- Advancing on Climate Change Finance with Geeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World Bank
29:00 -- Advancing on Climate Change Finance with Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI
39:45 -- Country level Policy Priorities and Needs with Boaz B Keizire, Head of Policy and Food Systems, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) representing Agnes Kalibata, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
46:02 -- Country level Policy Priorities and Needs with Qingfeng Zhang, Senior Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Asian Development Bank
54:52 -- Preparing for COP29 and COP30 with Nigar Arpadarai, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan; Member of Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan
1:02:50 -- Preparing for COP29 and COP30 with Eduardo Brito Bastos, Agronomic Engineer (ESALQ/USP)
1:08:42 -- Preparing for COP29 and COP30 with Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director of Partnerships & Advocacy, CGIAR; Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
1:17:51 -- Q&A
1:34:47 -- Closing Remarks