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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

IFPRI @ 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28)

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

November 30 to December 12, 2023

  • 9:00 – 5:30 pm (Asia/Dubai)
  • 12:00 – 8:30 am (US/Eastern)
  • 10:30 – 7:00 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

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


December 10, 2023, 17:00 GST (GMT+04)

Session: Empowering agents of transformation: Paths towards inclusive governance for sustainable food systems (Co-organized by TMG Research, WWF Germany/International) (Video)

IFPRI Participants: Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

 

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