UPCOMING EVENTS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT (AR4D) - September - December 2020

3 September 2020. 10:00 – 11:00 AM CEST. Webinar. Phasing out from lignite – what does that mean for the Czech power sector? By Agora Energiewende.

3 September 2020. 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Climate Services for the Energy Industry. By SECLI-FIRM and Climateuope.

3 September 2020. 1:00 – 2:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Decoding Green Climate Fund’s meeting of the Board (B.26) + Green Climate Fund insight #15 – COVID-19. By E Co.

7 September 2020. 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CEST. Webinar. The Power-to-x opportunity: markets, technologies and costs. By ATA Insights.

7 September 2020.17:00 - 18:30 EAT.  Webinar. TAAT @ AGRF 2020: Pre-Session on Agricultural Technologies to Feed the Cities in Africa. Register http://tiny.cc/8pqrsz  

8 September 2020. 9:00 – 10:00 AM CEST. Webinar. Healthy environment, healthy lives. By Friends of Europe and European Environment Agency.

8 September 2020. 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Adaptation to Climate Change and the World of Work. By European Trade Union.

8 September 2020. 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Challenges and opportunities for green stimulus: Talking with journalists. By Clean Energy Wire – CLEW and Internationale Journalisten-Programme.

8 September 2020. 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Corporate PPAs – Opportunity for decarbonisation: Current and future considerations from a commercial and legal perspective. By Aurora Energy Research.

8 September 2020. 12:00 – 1:30 PM CEST. Webinar. Loss and damage – research, policy and lived experience in least developed countries. By International Institute for Environment and Development – IIED.

8 September 2020. 2:00 – 3:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Challenging African urban visions – using futures literacy to reimagine our cities. By ICLEI.

8 September 2020. 2:00 – 3:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Strategic Energy Planning in Urban Districts from a Policy Perspective. By AREA 21 Project.

8 September 2020. 8:00 – 9:00 PM CEST (2:00 PM EST). Webinar. The Role of Hydropower in State Clean Energy Policy. By Clean Energy States Alliance – CESA.

8-11 September 2020. Kigali Convention Centre KG 2 Roundabout, Kimihurura Kigali, Rwanda. AGRF Summit 2020. Theme: Feed the Cities, Grow the Continent. AGRF.

9 September 2020. 9:30 – 11:00 AM CEST. Webinar. European Climate Law: How to reach climate neutrality? By Euractiv.

9 September 2020. 9:30 – 11:50 AM CEST. Webinar. Cities & the Renovation Wave: Impactful District-Level Approaches. By Celsius Initiative.

9 September 2020. 2:00 – 3:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Zero Waste. By European Green Capital Network – EGCN.

9 September 2020. 3:00 – 5:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Demonstrating the Need for Sustainable Phosphorus Management in Lakes: Global Case Studies. By UNEP and Global Partnership on Nutrient Management.

9 September 2020. 4:00 – 5:00 PM CEST. Webinar. COVID-19, debt relief, and the climate and biodiversity crises. By International Institute for Environment and Development – IIED.

9 September 2020. 4:00 – 5:00 PM CEST. Webinar. The Future of Electricity Utilities. By Florence School of Regulation.

9 September 2020. 4:00 – 5:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Sparking an Era of Transformational Climate Leadership. By World Resources Institute – WRI.

9 September 2020. 4:00 – 5:40 PM CEST. Webinar. Energy Communities and prosumers in Europe. By INFORSE Europe.

9 September 2020. 4:30 – 6:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Decline and Fall: The global Fracking Industry in Crisis. By Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.

9 September 2020. 6:00 – 7:00 PM CEST (12:00 PM EST). Webinar. U.S. Regional Electricity Market Governance and Market Rules for Energy Storage. By Dartmouth College.

9 September 2020. 6:00 – 7:00 PM CEST (12:00 PM EST). Webinar. The Opportunity for Climate Progress with a Green Stimulus in the US. By Center on Global Energy Policy, the Breakthrough Institute and Data for Progress.

9 September 2020. 6:00 – 7:00 PM CEST (12:00 PM EST). Webinar. A New Spin on Conservation Corps. By Environmental and Energy Study Institute – EESI.

9 September 2020. 7:00 – 8:00 PM CEST (1:00 PM EST). Webinar. Impact Through Entrepreneurship. By Bloomberg.

9 September 2020. 8:00 – 9:30 PM CEST (2:00 PM EST). Webinar. Climate Change Action: The Role of Natural Solutions. By Stanford University Woods Institute for the Environment.

9 September 2020. 9:00 – 10:00 PM CEST (3:00 PM EST). Webinar. Power After Carbon: Findings and Insights for State Policymakers. By Clean Energy States Alliance – CESA.

9-10 September 2020. Rome, Italy. 8TH INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. International Conference on Sustainable Development is organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University. EUROPEAN CENTER OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CIT UNIVERSITY.

9-10 September 2020. Golden Tulip Paris Aéroport CDG Villepinte Paris France. 6TH EDITION OF GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON PLANTSCIENCE AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. Theme: A deep focus on Plant Sciences and its modern techniques. MAGNUS GROUP.

9-11 September 2020. Plant Health, Agriculture and BioscienceConference. CABI Koppert Biological Systems Wageningen UR. Postponed to 2021.

9-11 September 2020. Tropentag 2020 . Czech University of Life Sciences Prague.

10 September 2020. 10:00 – 11:15 AM CEST. Webinar. Ammonia: The missing link in the hydrogen story? By Euractiv.

10 September 2020. 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CEST. Webinar. How to raise Europe’s climate ambition for 2030? By Agora Energiewende.

10 September2020. 1:00 – 2:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Smart and Flexible Electric Heat. By Energy Futures Lab.

10 September 2020.1:00 – 2:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Promoting Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development in Africa post COVID19. By Africa Renewable Energy Initiative – AREI and International Renewable Energy Agency – IRENA.

10 September 2020. 3:00 – 4:00 PM CEST. Webinar. The Cost and Uncertainty of Climate Mitigation. By NAVIGATE and Centro European Institute on Economics and the Environment – EIEE.

10 September 2020. 3:00 – 5:30 PM CEST + 11 September, 3:00 – 5:00 PM CEST. Webinar. Benchmarking long-term scenario comparison studies for the clean energy transition – Expert Workshop. By Energy Union Unit of the Joint Research Centre – JRC and International Renewable Energy Agency – IRENA.

10 September 2020. 4:00 – 7:00 PM CEST (10:00 AM EST). Webinar. Enhancing investment in soil health and carbon storage: Frontiers for linking finance and carbon accounting. By CCAFS, The Nature Conservancy, 4 per 1000 Executive Secretariat, World Bank and the Meridian Institute.

10 September 2020. 7:00 – 8:00 PM CEST (1:00 PM EST). Webinar. Innovative Pathways to Developing Solar+Storage in Low-Income Communities. By Clean Energy States Alliance – CESA.

10 September 2020. 8:00 – 9:00 PM CEST (2:00 PM EST). Webinar. The 2020 Living Planet Report. By WWF.

11 September 2020. 10:00 -11:00 AM CEST. Webinar. A Holistic Approach to Energy Transition. By ManagEnergy EU.

11 September 2020. 5:30 – 7:00 PM CEST (11:30 AM EST). Webinar. Electric Vehicles and their Health Benefits. By Climate Reality Project Canada.

10-12 September 2020. Paris, France. 6TH EDITION OFGLOBAL CONFERENCE ON PLANT SCIENCE AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. Theme: A deep focus on Plant Sciences and its modern techniques. MAGNUS GROUP.

11-12 September 2020. Meise Belgium. Land, People and Markets; building a sustainable and inclusive agrofood sector.

18-19 September 2020. Kanyakumari India.INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AQUACULTURE AND MARINE BIOLOGY. Theme: New Advancements in Aquaculture & Marine Biology. CONFERENCE MIND.

20-23 September 2020. MONTPELLIER, FRANCE. 4th International Conference on Global Food Security. This conference will address the triple burden of malnutrition: hunger, micronutrient deficiencies and obesity.

21-24 September 2020. Muscat, Oman. InternationalConference on Water Resources in Arid Areas

22-23 September 2020. Dubai United Arab Emirates. 4THINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY. Theme: Discovering natural resources through agriculture. ME CONFERENCES.

23-25 September 2020. Paris, France. 3RD EDITIONOF EURO-GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Theme: Foreground for Advanced Researches in Food Science and Technology. MAGNUS GROUP.

25 September 2020. Webinar. SDG Action Day. By SDG Nederland.

1-3 October 2020. Millennium Hall Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Trade show agrofood Ethiopia. Fairtrade. 

06-08 October 2020. Medan, Indonesia. PALMEXINDONESIA 2020. Theme: The only specialized Palm Oil event in Asia! PT. FIREWORKS INDONESIA.

12-13 October 2020. Sydney Australia. 10THINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. Theme: Sharing new ideas and technologies amongst the professionals, industrialists, and students! CONFERENCESERIES LLC LTDS.

14-15 October 2020. Rome, Italy. WORLD PLANTAND SOIL SCIENCE CONGRESS. Theme: Safeguarding the International Crop Population and Environmental Concerns. CONFERENCE SERIES LLC LTD.

October 2020. Release 2020 GLOBAL HUNGER INDEXTHE CHALLENGE OF HUNGER AND CLIMATE CHANGE

21-22 October 2020. Surabaya, Indonesia. SUGARTECH AGRI EXPOINDONESIA 2020. PT. FIREWORKS INDONESIA.

21-23 October 2020. 1st IASSIST AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP. KAMPALA, UGANDA.

25-30 October 2020. Nairobi. Joint XXIV International Grassland and XI Rangeland Congress

04 November 2020. NH Hotel The Hague Prinses Margrietplantsoen 100 The Hague, 2595 BR Netherlands. Symposium “DutchAgriculture, European Policies and Global Food System Transitions”. Wageningen Economic Research.

8-13 November 2020. BITEC Thailand. MicronutrientForum 5th Global Conference 2020. Theme: Building New Evidence and Alliances for Improving Nutrition.

10-13 November 2020. KAMPALA, UGANDA. 3rd Joint National Agricultural Research Organization and Makerere University Science Conference. Theme: INNOVATIONS FOR ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY, AND AGRO-INDUSTRIALIZATION.

16-18 November 2020. CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa. The African Agri Investment Indaba. Your gateway to investment opportunities across the entire agri-food value chain.

22-25 November 2020. King Fahd Palace, Dakar, Senegal. 4th All Africa Horticultural Congress. TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATIONS IN HORTICULTURE 

25-26 November 2020. Gaborone, Botswana. Botho University International Research Conference. Theme: Research and Innovation for sustainable development in the age of the fourth industrial revolution.

27 November 2020. Visual event hosted on Zoom, Ghana. Technical Seminar Series: Advancing Knowledge Management Strategies for Achieving the SDGs in Africa - Focus on the FARADataInformS and the CAADP / Biennial Review (BR) Process (Partnership arrangements and Scorecard Methods) within AR4D and the Science Agenda. Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM. FARA Secretariat.

17-18 December 2020. Tokyo, Japan. Nutrition for Growth Summit. Theme: To set the world on a pathway towards achieving the SDG targets. Government of Japan

24-26 March 2021. Kampala. African Dairy Conference (AFDA)

29 March-1st April 2021. DAKA, SENEGAL. ALL AFRICA HORTICULTURAL CONGRESS 2021.

26-30 April 2021. Davos, Switzerland. SecondInternational Congress of Biological Control

1 July 2021. 2021 UN Food Summit. Time and location yet to be announced

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