FAO at COP26. Agenda01 Nov
Time Venue Title Type of side event Leads
10:00-11:00 Uk Pavilion Forests and People: How can REDD+ support Indigenous and Local Forest Communities, and what have we learned so far?
REDD+
10:30-12:00 Green Zone, Tower Base North, auditorium (in person only)
An Inter-generational Conversation Among Women and Youth in the Climate Change & Agriculture Arena
Pavilions and other side events
FAO
14:00-15-30 Peatlands Pavilion, Blue Zone, Hall 4, SEC (hybrid)
Peatlands in climate commitments - Exchange of experience on NDC and Long-Term Strategies
Pavilions and other side events
FAO, UNEP and GPI REGISTER HERE
03 Nov
Time Venue H/L engagement Title Type of side event Leads
11:30-12:45 Multimedia Studio 1 (virtual)
Opening remarks DDG Semedo
UN System side event
FAO Director-General Unlocking investments to deliver equitable nature -based solutions for a green, healthy and resilient future
WFC side event FAO, WFC, WCS EU, DG INTPA Forest 4 Climate & People project REGISTER HERE
11:30-12:45 Multimedia Studio 3 (hybrid)
FAO Director-General Video message
Ambition from the frontlines: recognizing champions with the climate promise
UN System Side event
12:30-14:00 WWF Panda Hub Pavilion (hybrid)
Raising climate ambition and actions for agriculture and food systems: Boosting Koronivia
Pavilions and other side events
FAO, WWF, IICA, CGIAR REGISTER HERE
13:15-14:30 Multimedia Studio 3 (hybrid)
Opening Remarks/ Closing DDG Semedo
Accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement through innovative climate resilient agri-food systems
UN System Side event
FAO
14:00-15:00 Resilience Hub Money where it matters: financing nature at the local level ICCCAD, Forest Farm Facility and IIED
15:00-15:15 Agriculture’s Ambition – delivering food security, resilience and mitigation in a changing climate
Forest Farm Facility (FAO & partners), NFU, Agricord, CFA and DBV
FAO at COP26 Glasgow, 31 October – 12 November 2021
FAO at COP26 Glasgow, 31 October – 12 November 2021
Time Venue H/L engagement Title Type of side event Leads
9:00-17:00 Virtual Transforming our world: Children’s voices for 2050 FAO supports WM in Zero Water Day REGISTER HERE
11:30-12:45 Multimedia Studio 2 (hybrid)
FAO Director-General Raising ambitions on climate action in the global dairy sector to achieve the Paris Agreement
UN system side event
12:00-13:30 Virtual event FAO Director-General Renewable energy for agri-food systems: towards Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement
Pavilions and other side events
FAO and IRENA REGISTER HERE
12:00-13:30 CAFI-COMIFAC-GIZ Pavillion (Blue Zone) (hybrid)
Central Africa: has deforestation peaked? Early insights Pavilions and other side events
FAO contributes REDD+/NFM REGISTER HERE
14:45-16:00 Benelux Pavilion (hybrid) Financing forest action: investing in forests to address the climate crisis
UN-REDD side event
05 Nov
9:00-10:30 Bute Hall, University of Glasgow Global Lanscape Forum: leveraging the power of forests and trees for climate resilience
Pavilions and other side events
FAO and CIFOR-ICRAF REGISTER HERE
9:30-11:00 IFAD Pavillon The future of food systems: game-changing innovations for inclusive transformation
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads
13:15- Curtail deforestation: how to measure progress? REDD+ tools and methodologies
FAO, FRA-GFOI-NFM, UNFCCC
14:30-17:15 Action Room 1, Blue Zone UNFCCC Marrakech Partnership Ocean Action Day MPGCA Action Events
UNFCCC Marrakech Partnership ocean group
15:00-16:15 Clyde Auditorium (175 pax) Ocean Action = Climate Action UN System event FAO co-leads
15:00-16:15 DESA Pavilion (Virtual)
Advancing implementation of the Paris Agreement through making progress towards the Global Forest Goals
Pavilions and other side events
FAO contributes
18:30-19:45 Multimedia Studio 2 (hybrid) Sustainable mountain tourism and food systems to support recovery from COVID-19 in mountains
UN System side event
Time Venue H/L engagement Title Type of side event Leads
13:30-16:30 Marrakech partnership for Global Climate Action event on land use
IUCN, FAO, CDP, the Land Use Group of the Marrakesh Partnership, and the High-Level Climate Champions
15:00-16:15 tbc Transforming land-use systems with nature and health at the center of the climate solutions and global recovery
MPGCA event FAO and MPGCA
15:00-16:15 Lomond Auditorium (144 pax)
FAO Director-General CPF High-level Dialogue: Upscaling Actions to Turn the Tide on Deforestation
UN System Side event
Decarbonisation in action – turning climate change into an opportunity for agribusiness
Pavilions and other side events
EBRD and FAO
tbc Virtual event FAO Director-General Agriculture Innovation Mission (AIM) for Climate Pavilions US and UAE. FAO contribute
16:00-17:00 Cryosphere Pavilion Event on Indigenous Peoples and Food Security in the Arctic Region
Pavilions and other side events
FAO
16:00-17:30 Green Zone Cryosphere Pavilion
Act before it is too late: combating climate change and its impacts on fisheries in polar oceans
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads
18:15-19:30 BENELUX-EIB Pavilion (hybrid)
Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture: what next? Lessons learnt and perspectives
Pavilions and other side events
FAO
18:30-19:45 Forth Room Advancing a human rights-based approach to climate action for people and planet
UN System Side event
Time Venue Title Type of event Leads
16:00-19:00 Citizen M Hotel, Downtown Glasgow How Can Satellites Help Save the Forests? Experiences from One Year of the NICFI Data Program
Planet labs, NICFI, NICFI, KSAT, and Airbus
18:15-19:00 University of Glasgow (hybrid)
GLF Climate: Forests, Food, Finance – Frontiers of Change Plenary address by DDG Semedo (Video message)
FAO co-leads REGISTER HERE
Time Venue Title Type of event Leads
10:00-11:30 tbc Resilience Action Event (Part I) MPGCA event FAO co-leads
11:30-12:45 Lomond Auditorium Getting ahead of climatic disasters: Know, Predict, Warn, Act
UN system side event
FAO supports
13:00-15:00 tbc Resilience Action Event (Part II) MPGCA event FAO co-leads
13:00-14:00 EU Pavillon Achieving NDC commitments through transforming agri- food systems’ under the topic
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads REGISTER HERE
16:30-18:00 MDB pavilion Engaging the private sector to implement agriculture and land use priorities of NDCs and NAPs
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads
16:30-18:00 IFAD Pavillon (hybrid)
Koronivia experts dialogue on channels to unlock climate finance for adaptation and resilience in agriculture
Pavilions and other side events
IFAD
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads REGISTER HERE
Time Venue H/L engagement Title Type of event Leads
8:00-20:00 Virtual event Development and Climate Days (D&CDays) Pavilions and other side events
FAO co-leads Theme 1: building resilient agriculture and food systems
11:00-12:30 GEF-GCF Pavillon (hybrid)
FAO Director- General Green and Climate Resilient Agriculture: Supporting action at global level and on the ground
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads
11:00-12:30 Peatlands Pavilion (hybrid) Technology and data collection for peatlands management FAO contributes JICA REGISTER HERE
11:30-12:30 Water Pavillon Agriculture as a climate sink not source – Mitigation through farm actions
Pavilions and other side events
FAO, CGIAR, WLE
FAO DG or Semedo tbc
Water Resilient Food Systems: an essential pathway in the face of climate change
Pavilions and other side events
FAO co-leads
14:00-14:30 Forest Data Partnership project launch USAID, WRI, FAO, Google, Unilever
14:50-16:00 3rd PCCB Capacity Building Hub (Blue Zone) Data4BetterClimateAction: the value of transparency to advance national priorities while fulfilling climate reporting
Pavilions and other side events
Caribbean Cooperative MRV Hub, FAO, GEF, GGGI, GHGMI, ICAT, ISPRA, LEDS GP, PATPA, UNDP, UNEP, UNEP DTU Partnership, UK Government REGISTER HERE
14:45-15:45 WVirtual Coping Climate Change Through Aquatic Food Systems – Eye on SIDs and beyond
Pavilions and other side events
WorldFish, IWMI & FAO
16:30-18:00 IFAD Pavilion (hybrid) Share fair on geospatial tools and applications for climate investments
Pavilions and other side events
IFAD leads, FAO supports
Pavilions and other side events
FAO, WASAG and the Government of The Netherlands
18:00-20:00 Action Room 2 (hybrid)
DDG Semedo Climate and Clean Air Ministerial Pavilions and other side events
FAO contributes
18:15-18:25 Virtual event FAO Director- General Global Action Stage at the 12th Sustainable Innovation Forum
Pavilions and other side events
FAO contributes
10 Nov
Time Venue Title Type of event Leads
8:00-20:00 Virtual event Development and Climate Days (D&CDays) Pavilions and other side events
FAO co-leads Theme 1: building resilient agriculture and food systems
9:00-10:30 Green Zone, Tower Base North auditorium
Voices from the field: participatory approaches of Climate Smart Agriculture practices (CSA),Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and indigenous Chakra systems
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads
15:30-16:30 NDC Partnership Pavillon Transformative action in the AFOLU sector and NDCs in the Near East and Africa
Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads
11 Nov
Agri-food transition Summit - Session 1 Pavilions and other side events
FAO leads
11:10-12:30 Agri-food transition Summit - Session 1
12:30-14:00 Forests and fibre – a renewable and sustainable solution to the Just Transition, economic recovery, circular economy and climate change
FAO
13:15-14:30 Multimedia Studio 3 (virtual) Climate change, mountains and the future of humanity UN System event MPS LIVESTREAM
14:30-15:30 Overcoming barriers & growing investment opportunities in restorative land & forestry management
16:45-18:00 Multimedia Studio 1 (hybrid) Ocean Action = Climate Action UN-Oceans event UN-Oceans
8:00-9:30 Francophonie Pavilion Approche intergénérationnelle pour lutter contre le changement climatique : potentiel et solutions
Pavilions and other side events FAO leads
14:30-16:00 Commonwealth Secretariat Pavillon
Transparency in Agriculture: Can we align country adaptation reporting efforts under the Paris Agreement (PA) and Agenda 2030?
Pavilions and other side events FAO leads
tbc Time Venue H/L engagement Title Type of event Leads
tbc Global Landscape Forum
DDG Semedo GLF Climate session. What is left after the fires? The role of forests and trees in promoting resilient societies and ecosystems
Pavilions and other side events
FAO contributes