COP17 side event: Climate-smart knowledge day
FAO working alongside its partners can provide a holistic view of agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors and their role within a changing climate with a unique perspective of ensuring livelihoods, safeguarding natural resources for food security and development.
The Climate-Smart Knowledge Day will give focused attention to the work being carried out in these areas, provide a forum for dialogue and give key inputs to the climate change and development debates.
Participants in Climate-Smart Knowledge Day at Durban will:
- Hear from policy-makers on the implications of climate-smart agriculture
- Be updated on results information and knowledge addressing the challenges of food security, agriculture and climate change
- Learn about the way forward for partnerships on climate-smart agriculture including linkages to the green economy
The Climate-Smart Knowledge Day will also showcase FAO support and partner country efforts to strengthen knowledge and policies for climate-smart agriculture that address food security and climate change together to achieve countries’ development goals.
Session A: Implementing Climate-Smart Agriculture
- A call to action on Climate-Smart Agriculture
- Needs for strengthening Climate-smart Agriculture at country level
- Developing Tools for Climate-smart Agriculture
- A cooperative initiative on climate change adaptation in Latin America: Programa Intergubernamental de Cooperación Cambio Climático (PRICA-ADO)
- Panel on Climate-Smart Implementation at country level
Session B: Knowledge for Forestry, Agriculture and Fisheries
- The Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative
- Launch of the FAO report “Energy-smart agriculture for people and the climate”
- Initial findings from the Global Forests Resources Assessment (FRA) remote sensing survey
- Presentation of climate change guidelines on: gender, forestry and agricultural investment projects
- Panel on Climate-Smart Knowledge for forestry, energy and REDD+
Session C: Moving forward - Managing ecosystems for sustainable livelihoods and a green economy
- Iberoamerican summit on the challenges of climate change and the green economy
- Greening the economy through agriculture -towards Rio+20
- FAO – Adapt and the Disaster Risk Reduction Framework
- Presentation of the Global Partnership Climate, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Pacfa)
- Panel on Climate-Smart contributions for a green economy