Committee on World Food Security: "Harnessing climate finance and social protection for inclusive agrifood system transformation"

 

This side event at the 52nd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52) will present findings from a recent review of social protection for rural populations within the existing portfolio of the UNFCCC climate funds that explored how to scale-up and strengthen the role of social protection in inclusive climate action for rural and agrifood system dependent populations.  

Building on the findings of the review alongside country experiences from Brazil and Mozambique in designing, implementing and financing social protection programmes that deliver inclusive climate action, it will bring together key stakeholders from different CFS constituencies to reflect on their experiences of bridging the gap between those working on social protection, agrifood systems and climate change to deliver sustainable, resilient and inclusive food systems that leave no-one behind. 

This hybrid event is co-organised by FAO, the Green Climate Fund, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO, UK), and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ, Germany) and live translation will be  available in both French and Spanish.  

Objectives 

• Raise awareness of the role of social protection in delivering inclusive and resilient climate action for agrifood system dependent rural populations
• Explore key challenges and opportunities in directing climate finance towards social protection for inclusive agrifood system transformation
• Foster collaborations and joint action across CFS constituencies to address these challenges and scale up and strengthen the use of social protection for inclusive climate action in rural settings. 

 

Agenda

• 13.30 – 13.40:   Opening remarks – Scaling up climate finance for social protection, Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Ann-Kathrin Beck, Senior Policy Officer Social Protection, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) 

• 13.40 – 14.00: Presentation - Social protection for rural populations in the UNFCCC climate funds, Matthew Walsham, Social Protection Specialist (Climate), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 

• 14.00 – 14.10: Presentation – The Green Climate Fund perspective, Stephanie Speck, Head of Vulnerability and Head of Communications, Green Climate Fund (Virtual) 

• 14.10 – 14.30:  Country experiences – key opportunities and challenges - Brazil - H.E. Ambassador Carla Barroso Carneiro, Permanent Delegation of Brazil to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and related International Organizations; Mozambique - Imelda Phadtare, Principal Climate Change Advisor, Save the Children Australia 

• 14.30 – 14.40:  Q&A

• 14.40 – 14.45: Closing remarks - H.E. Ambassador Evelyn Ashton-Griffiths, United Kingdom Permanent Representation to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome 
  

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