UN Climate Change talks in Bonn, Germany - 2013
FAO Side event
Date: 4 June 2013
Come and hear from FAO and partners about ways to increase productivity, adapt to climate change, build resilience, and reduce GHG emissions from agricultural sectors, including forestry and fisheries. Examples will cover different technologies, practices, planning, policies and investment options that are available for transforming landscapes and food systems.
The panel will focus on synergies between adaptation and mitigation at country level around the following questions:
Chaired by: Xiangjun Yao, Director, Climate, Energy and Tenure Division, FAO
Overview of new FAO knowledge on adaptation and mitigation options
Lucia Palombi, Natural Resources Officer, FAO
Synergies between adaptation and mitigation at country level: panel discussion + dialogue
Bui My Binh, Deputy-Head, International Cooperation Department (ICD), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Viet Nam
Robert Jordan, International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
Other side events with FAO participation
Current state of agriculture and mitigation: NAMAs, quantifying emissions and links to adaptation
Progress in agricultural climate change mitigation requires a reframing whereby development and adaptation priorities drive mitigation options. New global assessments indicate the opportunities for linking mitigation to development agendas and the priorities for action.
Learning for a post-2020 UNFCCC framework using national mitigation actions for peatlands as pilots
Drained peatlands cover 0.3% of the land, but produce 6% of the global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Current UNFCCC rules largely ignore these emissions. The side event will discuss how peatland emission mitigation actions can inform negotiations on addressing land use in the post-2020 framework.
National Adaptation Plans (NAP) Expo: Launching of the NAP process in LDCs