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During this event, governments, the private sector, research and farmer organisations will highlight the key steps they wish to take individually and collectively to close the agricultural ‘innovation gap’ and reach our ambitions in climate action as part of the Global Action Agenda for Innovation in Agriculture.

This event is being held in partnership with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). 

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The #climateshot campaign

This event is part of the #ClimateShot campaign, co-chaired by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Calling for increasing investment, engagement and collaboration, the campaign seeks to put the transformation of agricultural innovation at the heart of climate action at COP26 and to close the ‘innovation gap’ in agriculture and food systems.

The campaign, supported by an alliance of 140+ actors and institutions, will culminate at COP26 with the launch of the Global Action Agenda for Innovation in Agriculture. Visit the ClimateShot website for more information on the campaign: climateshot.earth

Find assets to share on social media here and follow our updates using #ClimateShot.

Program

UNFCCC side-event at COP26 - ClimateShot: A Mission to Transform Agriculture

Time

Agenda

Speaker

11:30 - 11:35Scene setting and introduction by ChairAndy Jarvis, Associate Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

11:35 - 11:40

Opening remarks from FCDO 

Rachel Lambert, Agriculture Research Team Leader, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

11:40 - 11:50

Keynote presentation on 'Global Action Agenda for Innovation in Agriculture' and Lessons from 10 years of agricultural research for development

Dhanush Dinesh, Head of Partnerships and Outreach, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

11:50 - 12:20

Panel discussion
Implementing the Global Action Agenda

Moderator

Andy Jarvis, Associate Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

Panelists 

  • Amal-Lee Amin, Director, Climate Change, CDC
  • Lisa Sweet, Head of Future of Protein, COVID Response, and Food-Health, World Economic Forum (WEF)

  • Ishmael Sunga, Chief Executive Officer, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)

  • Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President, Strategy and Knowledge Department (SKD), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

12:20 - 12:40

Live Audience Q&A

Andy Jarvis, Associate Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

12:40 - 12:45Closing comments and way forward Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

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This event page provides details for one of the events that CCAFS will be participating in with partners during COP26 (31 Oct–12 Nov 2021). To see other events that CCAFS is co-hosting or participating in, please click here.