CIFOR-ICRAF at UNFCCC COP27
CIFOR-ICRAF at UNFCCC COP27
Trees and forests: An investment in climate resilience
06 – 18 November 2022, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
SESSION
UNFCCC Official Side Event
Adaptation and NDCs in Africa and Asia: How much progress in the agroforestry and forestry sectors?
Speakers at this session will discuss progress on the integration of adaptation actions into NDCs in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Focus will be on options for enhancing targets and integration, tracking progress, investments and capacity building for both agroforestry and forestry adaptation practices.
Moderator
Ravi Prabhu
Director Innovation, Investment and Impact, CIFOR-ICRAF
Opening Remarks
Moderator
Presentations
- Overview Agroforestry and Adaptation in Africa
Peter Minang, CIFOR-ICRAF - Overview Forests and Adaptation in Asia (view presentation)
Takashi Okamoto, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute - Community forestry EbA Experience from the Gambia (view presentation)
Awa Sillah, Government of The Gambia - Enhancing community resilience to climate change in Mountain Watersheds (view presentation)
Roderick de Castro, Executive Director, The Center for Conservation Innovation Ph Inc. (CCIPH) - Investments approaches to NBS-based adaptation in Africa
Amath Pathe Sene, IFAD
Speakers
Takashi Okamoto
Chief, Erosion Control Laboratory, Department of Disaster Prevention, Meteorology, and Hydrology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Japan
Awa Sillah
Programme Coordinator, The Large-Scale Ecosystem based Adaptation Project, Government of the Gambia
Panel Discussion
Speakers
Cécile Ndjebet
Founder and President, African Women's Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF)
Q&A and Discussions
Moderator
Concluding Remarks
Moderator
Organizers
