IFPRI is participating in Regional Climate Weeks 2023. Four Regional Climate Weeks will be held this year to build momentum ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai and the conclusion of the first global stocktake, designed to chart the way for fulfilling the Paris Agreement’s key goals.
Asia Pacific Climate Week (APCW)
November 13 – 17, 2023
| IFPRI Participant | Session | Date / Location | Time |
| Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI |
Climate Action and Investments for Resilient Food Systems– Policy, Institutional, and Technological Insights from Asia and the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Information & Registration Co-organized by IFPRI, Washington DC and Joint Application: Led by IFPRI and jointly with the USAID Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and Climate Resilient Agriculture Network in Asia (ASEAN-CRN) Event Description: Sustainable transformation of food systems in the global south is thwarted by frequent climate-related shocks. Lack of integration of food security and climate action goals and related policy, institutional, and technological bottlenecks call for co-financing strategies and innovations. This side event will bring together investors, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to promote south-south cross learning on achieving climate resilient food systems goals. The side event will identify the key drivers of climate action that help vulnerable food systems recover from shocks, it will also highlight the opportunities to strengthen to the policy, institutional and technological innovation sat the national and regional levels that can expedite the process for improving resilience of vulnerable food systems. |
Nov. 16, 2023
Location: Persada Johor International Convention Centre, located in Johor Bahru, Malaysia Side Event Room: Tanjung Puteri 304 |
12:00- 13:00 Johor, Malaysia (GMT+8) |
Middle East and North Africa Climate Week
October 9 – 12, 2023
| IFPRI Participants | Session | Date / Location | Time |
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Sikandra Kurdi, Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, Egypt, IFPRI Alaa Mazloum, Program Manager, IFPRI |
Track 4: Societies, Health, Livelihoods, and Economies Harnessing Rigorous Evidence to Address Climate Risks: Taking Stock of Research and Innovations in the MENA Region Information |
Oct. 10, 2023 Zone 5.8 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
9:00 – 10:00am GMT+3 |
New York Climate Week
September 19 – 21, 2023
| IFPRI Participants | Session | Date | Time |
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Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI |
2023 SDG Summit Information Organized by United Nations | Sept. 18 -19, 2023 | |
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Danielle Resnick, Non-Resident Fellow, IFPRI |
A Quest to Repurpose Agricultural Support: Benefits & Trade-Offs of Reforming Food System Policies to Achieve an Inclusive, Health-enhancing, and Environmentally Sustainable Future Information Organized by Food System Economics Commission (FSEC), Columbia Climate School, and IFPRI | Sept. 19, 2023 | 10:00AM – 12:00 PM EDT |
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Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI |
Bringing Rio Conventions to Life Through Women’s Leadership in Climate and Biodiversity Agendas Information Side Event Organized by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International | Sept. 19, 2023 | 3:30 – 5:00 PM EDT |
| Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI |
Food+ Forum @ UNGA78 Information | Sept. 20, 2023 | 1:30 – 4:00 PM EDT |
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Rob Vos, Director, Markets, Trade and Institutions (MTI), IFPRI |
Food Loss & Waste: The Great Untapped Solution Information Organized by Champions 12.3 | Sept. 21, 2023 | 10:30am – 12pm EDT |
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Purnima Menon, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy, CGIAR and IFPRI Channing Arndt, Senior Director, Transformation Strategies, CGIAR and IFPRI |
IFPRI-Rockefeller Foundation Consultative Meeting (Invitation Only) Organized by IFPRI and Rockefeller Foundation | Sept. 21, 2023 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm EDT |