COP22 in Marrakech took over the reins from COP21 during which important progress was made. It focused on action items in order to achieve the priorities of The Paris Agreement, especially related to adaptation, transparency, technology transfer, mitigation, capacity building and loss and damages. For Salaheddine Mezouar, President of COP22, this conference was an “opportunity to make the voices of the most vulnerable countries to climate change heard, in particular African countries and island states. It is urgent to act on these issues linked to stability and security,” he declared. COP22 was designated as one of action.

IFPRI researchers are providing new insights into the impacts of climate change and how policy makers in Africa and Asia can combat them—boosting sustainable agricultural growth to keep the world on track to eliminate hunger and malnutrition. IFPRI research shows that there are many ways to encourage adaptation and mitigation in agriculture: Climate-smart technologies; reforms in trade, macroeconomic, and farm policy; investments in agricultural research and development, irrigation and water resources, and rural infrastructure.

Sessions:

Monday, November 14 

Role of fertilizers to meet food security challenges (2:00pm – 3:30pm)

• IFPRI Panelist: Keith Wiebe (Presentation)

Opportunities and Solutions for Africa (3:45pm – 5:15pm)

• IFPRI Panelist: Alex De Pinto (Presentation)

Tuesday, November 15

FAO Coping with Water Scarcity in Agriculture: a Global Framework for Action in a Changing Climate (1:30pm -3:30pm)

• IFPRI Speaker: Mark Rosegrant

Wednesday, November 16 

Informing the policymaking landscape: From research to action in the fight against climate change and hunger, hosted by IFPRI (9:00am – 10:30am)

Speakers:

• Mark Rosegrant, Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division, IFPRI (Presentation)
• Alex De Pinto, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)
• Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI (Presentation)
• Carole Saint-Laurent, Deputy Director, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme, IUCN
• Mercedita Sombilla, Director of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Staff at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Republic of the Philippines
• Giovanna Valverde, Lead Negotiator for Costa Rica

Coping with Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: Meeting future food demand through science and innovation (3:00pm – 4:30pm)

• IFPRI Speaker: Mark Rosegrant, “The role of agricultural policy reform and investment in meeting future food and nutritional security in MENA” (Presentation)