CGIAR Events at COP17 in Durban
CGIAR researchers and partners will be sharing knowledge and best practices at a number of events related to the UNFCCC 17th Conference of Parties in Durban from 28 November to 9 December 2011. For the latest updates, follow the CCAFS blog and @cgiarclimate on twitter.
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Date: 3 December, 2011 | Agriculture and Rural Development Day 2011 The third annual Agriculture and Rural Development Day on 3 December will highlight options by which rural people can achieve climate-smart agriculture |
Date: 29 November, 2011 | Launching the Climate Services Partnership The Climate Services Partnership is an informal and diverse alliance of organizations committed to climate-smart development, which will work to advance climate services worldwide. |
Date: 30 November, 2011 Time: 11:30 - 13:00 Venue: Room 2, International Convention Centre Location: Durban, South Africa | This event will discuss early insights on the capability of REDD+ projects to deliver on their goal of sequestering forest carbon while providing a range of co-benefits. The event is organised by CIFOR. |
Date: 1 December, 2011 Time: 11:30 - 13:00 Venue: Room 2, International Convention Centre (ICC) Location: Durban, South Africa | Senior researchers from the BRICS countries will present findings from the International Conference on Climate Change and Food Security. The event is organised by IFPRI. |
Date: 1 December, 2011 Time: 08:00 - 17:45 Venue: Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel Location: Durban, South Africa | Dry Forest Symposium: Defining a new research agenda for Africa's dry forests The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in association with its partners and key stakeholders, is convening a one-day international event on 1 December 2011, ‘Dry Forests Symposium: Defining a new research agenda for Africa’s dry forests. |
Date: 1 December, 2011 Time: 18:00 - 19:30 Venue: Garden Court Marine Parade, 167 Marine Parade Location: Durban, South Africa | How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change - book launch The World Agroforestry Cetre is launching a book focusing on the relationship between rural development and the roles of trees and agroforestry in climate-change adaptation and mitigation. |
Date: 1 December, 2011 Time: 13:15 - 14:45 Venue: Room 2, International Convention Centre Location: Durban, South Africa | Making climate smart agriculture work for the poor At this World Agroforestry Centre side event, representatives from the private sector, government and international organizations will discuss possible ways to overcome the multiple institutional, financial, management and development related challenges faced by agricultural biocarbon projects in Africa. |
Date: 2 December, 2011 | Amazon Evening: A South-South Exchange with Africa In this half-day conference on the sidelines of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties, experts on the Amazon Basin will meet with scientists from Africa to share experiences and discuss challenges and opportunities. Event organized by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). |
Date: 3 December, 2011 Time: 11:40 - 12:40 Venue: Ritson Campus, Durban University of Technology Location: Durban, South Africa | Climate-smart agriculture is Evergreen This learning event at Agriculture and Rural Development Day will share the latest findings on the nature and performance of Evergreen Agricultural systems in terms of climate change adaptation and mitigation. The event is co-organised by World Agroforestry Centre. |
Date: 3 December, 2011 Venue: Ritson Campus, Durban University of Technology Location: Durban, South Africa | Climate-Smart Smallholder Agriculture – What Role for Carbon Finance? Even if mitigation is not the primary goal, performance-based carbon finance may still have an important role to play in creating healthy ecosystems and food security. This learning event at Agriculture and Rural Development day is co-organised by the CCAFS program. |
Date: 4 December, 2011 Venue: Olive Convention Centre Location: Durban, South Africa | This year, Forest Daywill seek to inform the UNFCCC global agenda and forest stakeholders on ways to implement an international REDD+ funding mechanism that produces social and environmental benefits, above and beyond avoided emissions. |
Date: 4 December, 2011 Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Venue: Olive Convention Centre Location: Durban, South Africa | Landscape approaches: The place of agroforestry, afforestation and reforestation in REDD+ Evidence-based policy development can do well by starting from the reality of rural livelihoods and actual carbon stock dynamics in living landscapes, and find ways to develop high carbon stock development pathways. This Forest Day session is co-organised by the World Agroforestry Centre. |
Date: 5 December, 2011 Time: 18:30 - 20:00 Venue: Sahara Room, Africa Pavilion, ICC Location: Durban, South Afric | Roundtable event at Africa Pavilion: Opportunities and Challenges for African Farmers African farmers can be part of the climate solution by transitioning to farming activities that help restore ecosystems, store carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance productivity, and improve livelihoods. Join us for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities from a range of perspectives. Event co-organised by CCAFS. |
Date: 6 December, 2011 Time: 17:00 - 18:45 Venue: Room Tugela, North Beach Hotel Location: Durban, South Africa | Biofuel development and forests: Impacts and implications for governance The event will explore the global trends in biofuel production, trade and finance, carbon accounting methods and options, local social and environmental impacts of biofuels in forest frontiers, and will discuss the impacts policy options for biofuel development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Event co-organised by CIFOR. |
