IFPRI is pleased to participate in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) being held in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, 2023. IFPRI’s Board of Trustees is meeting in Dubai on December 8, 2023, and a number of researchers will engage in meetings and participate in several side events, as listed below.
The Food and Agriculture Pavilion
(Pavilion Partners: CGIAR, FAO, IFAD and Rockefeller Foundation)
December 2, 2023, 12:30 – 13:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Analyzing Global Commitments on Food Security and Diets (Co-organized by IFPRI and the Rockefeller Foundation) (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI; Danielle Resnick, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
December 3, 2023, 14:00 – 15:00 GST (GMT+04)
Session: 5Ws for Water and Nutrition Security (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI (Water: An Essential Ingredient for Food Security and Nutrition)
December 4, 2023, 09:30 – 10:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Advancing gender equality and nutrition through climate action and monitoring progress (Co-organized by CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, IFPRI, CIP, AGNES, State Department for Gender, and Affirmative Action Kenya) (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI (Integrating Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition in Policy, Program Implementation, and Monitoring)
December 8, 2023, 11:00 – 12:00 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Applying a social equity approach to transformative climate change adaptation (Organized by CGIAR initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR)) (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI; Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI
December 10, 2023, 16:15 – 17:15 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Responsible Consumption and Sustainable Production: pathways for climate-friendly food systems (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI (Alternative proteins)
December 11, 2023, 12:30 – 13:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Building socio-ecological resilience through ecosystem-based solutions to address the climate crisis and safeguard biodiversity (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Official UNFCCC Side Event
December 3, 2023, 18:30 – 20:00 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Tackling Gender Inequality for Effective Climate Action in Food Systems (Co-organized by IFPRI, International Potato Center (CIP), CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, CIP, HER+, GCAN, AICCRA, farmer representatives, Government/Party representatives from Africa & Asia) (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Elizabeth Bryan, Senior Scientist, IFPRI (How to Make Climate Action More Gender-Responsive?)
December 7, 2023, 08:00 – 09:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Food security for tomorrow — leveraging cross-sector partnerships in a changing climate (Devex-HSA Group Official Side Event) (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Johan Swinnen, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, CGIAR; Director General, IFPRI, IFPRI
NDC Partnership Pavilion TA3-135
December 10, 2023, 09:30 – 10:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Financing Climate Resilient Food Systems for achieving NDCs and NAP targets- options for implementing the Commonwealth Living Lands Charter (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI
Green Zone Technology & Innovation Hub
December 10, 2023, 12:00 – 13:00 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Multi-Sector Partnerships for Food System Transformation
IFPRI Participants: Claudia Ringler, Director, Natural Resources and Resilience (NRR), IFPRI
PandaHub Pavilion
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Pavilion
December 6, 2023, 1:30 – 2:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Implementing Climate Action in Asia, Africa, and LAC: A South-South Learning Event (Side Event, co-organized by IFPRI, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USAID funded the Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)) (Video)
IFPRI Participants: Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI
Tajikistan Pavilion
December 9, 2023, 11:00 – 12:00 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Progress and Challenges in Achieving NDCs in Asia (Side Event, co-organized by IFPRI, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USAID funded the Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), NDC Partnership, and The Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CEP))
IFPRI Participants: Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI
December 10, 2023, 11:00 – 12:00 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Implementing NDCs in Tajikistan and Central Asia: Challenges, Lessons, and Opportunities (Side Event, co-organized by IFPRI, USAID, USAID funded CACCI, NDC Partnership, and CEP)
IFPRI Participants: Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI
China Pavilion (B5-58)
December 6, 2023, 16:00 – 17:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Advancing energy equity transition (Organized by RMI-China)
IFPRI Participants: Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI
RECREE Pavilion
December 6, 2023, 18:00 – 18:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: High-level HSA-IFPRI meeting at COP28
IFPRI Participants: Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI
Africa Pavilion
December 8, 2023, 13:00 – 14:00 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Realizing Transformative Adaptation: Analytical tools for developing prioritized portfolios of public investments to address climate-change risks in Africa, using Malawi as a case-study (Co-organized by ACF and IFPRI)
IFPRI Participants: Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI
DB World Pavilion (Impact Hub)
December 9, 2023, 10:00 – 12:30 GST (GMT+04)
Session: Board Members of the Boards of Trustees of ICARDA, IFPRI, IWMI & WorldFish Panel Discussion
IFPRI Participants: Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI
December 9, 2023, 10:30 – 12:00 GST (GMT+04)
Session: CWANA Innovations AKA Integrated Desert Farming Innovation Program (IDFIP) (Organized by CGIAR)
IFPRI Participants: Sikandra Kurdi, Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, Egypt, IFPRI