African agriculture @ COP

Africa Pavilion @COP26

African regional organizations and partners provided a platform for discussion and ensure that Africa’s concerns and priorities are adequately considered during the climate change negotiation process. Below is the list of panels on agriculture and food systems:

• 04/11 Sustainable African food systems: harnessing the power of digitalization, earth, wind, energy and people (AUDA-NEPAD and N8 Partnership).
• 04/11 Role of innovation in transforming Africa’s food system under a changing climate (AUC –AUDA and AICCRA)
• 04/11 Aligning Long-term Low Carbon Climate-resilient Development Strategies with NDCs and NAPs in the Agriculture Sector in Africa (AGNES)
• 06/11 Technical forum on Private sector investment “Grown in the Great Green Wall” (African Union)
• 08/11 High-level side-event on financing agriculture adaptation in Africa (African Development Bank)

FAO @ COP 26

FAO convened 65 discussions See: FAO at COP 26 + full list of events + ENB coverage of FAO side events + Videos United Nations - Climate Change COP 26.

• 08/11 Engaging the private sector to implement agriculture and land use priorities of NDCs and NAPs, brought together private sector actors in the agriculture and land use sectors to discuss their work in developing PPPs based on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
• 09/11 Green and climate-resilient agriculture identified the need for an integrated approach.
• 10/11 transformative action in the AFOLU sector and NDCs in the Near East and Africa highlighted the findings of a FAO regional analysis of NDCs for countries in NENA and SSA 10/11 Voices from the Field: Participatory Approaches of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices (CSA), Farmer Field Schools (FFS) highlighted the potential of community-based, bottom-up strategies in agriculture to implement and scale up climate change commitments. Participants noted the merits of agroecology compared to other forms of CSA.
  

IFAD @ COP26

IFAD promoted the role of small-scale producers in climate change adaptation and mitigation and creating resilient food systems. IFAD organized 31 events of which:

• 08/11 Pomoting transformational change to accelerate the implementation of the Great Green Wall Initiative. This high-level interactive panel discussion presented the results achieved over the last years and the vision on how best to leverage the international community, multi-stakeholder action, and partnerships to advance the implementation of Great Green Wall initiative.
• 11/11 Interconnected policies for rural development: how regenerative economy can drive the change. Implementing regenerative agriculture practices in Africa can revert the negative loop of poverty and land degradation, and stimulate the thrive of smallholder farmers’ communities.
• 11/11 Scaling-up community driven innovations for inclusive climate change adaptation.

• David Radcliffe, FCDO Consultant to ASAP (Moderator)
• Vijay Kumar Thallam - Special Chief Secretary, Natural Farming, Government of Andhra Pradesh, India Agroecology
• Elizabeth Nsimadala, PAFO + EAFF
• Christophe Larose, Head of Sustainable Agriculture, EC/INTPA/F.3
• “W.F. Hegel: Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. - Nothing great development action has ever been accomplished without partnerhsips”.

European Union Side Events @ COP26

EU Side Events COP26 - Agriculture, land use, forestry YouTube channel of the European Commission EU Climate Action.

Below are the events related to agriculture and food systems.

• 02/11 Supporting green & climate resilient development: local to global insights on the AU-EU Partnership. This event explored how the EU-AU Partnership can support a green and just transition in Africa – by DG INTPA.
• 06/11 EU’s international cooperation on Circular Economy: a systemic response to climate change. The session showcased EU funded projects supported by the SWITCH programme - by DG INTPA.
• 08/11 Achieving NDC commitments through transforming agri-food systems - by FAO
• 08/11 Mobilising private sector engagement for climate-smart agricultural innovation - by WBA, SNV Netherlands and CCAFS
• 08/11 Transforming agriculture and food systems through inclusion, resilience and low carbon action - by DG CLIMA, FAO, The Cacao Project
• 08/11 Carbon Farming in a 2030 agenda for soil health and climate - by ECAF (European Conservation Agriculture Federation) - by the "4 per 1000" Initiative together with the three main actors of French scientific research INRAE, IRD and CIRAD; and South Pole.
• 09/11 The EU-OACPS Partnership: strengthened cooperation on climate action and the use of science-based information to build resilience - by the Eu-funded programmes Intra-ACP GCCA+ and the Climate Services and Related Appliances (CLIMSA)
• 09/11 Adaptation beyond the EU: perspectives for stronger cooperation with Africa.
• 10/11 Green Deal as an Example for Green Recovery in Developing Countries and Subnational Governments