MPGCA Land Use: Maximizing the contribution of land use to a 1.5 C climate neutral and resilient world
Setting the Stage: Land use sector is as a solution to climate changeModerator: Mario BocucciSpeakers: Maka Monture, Indegenous and Youth representative, southeast AlaskaNatural Climate Solutions, opportunities to achieve the Paris Agreement. Peter Ellis, Forest Carbon Scientist TNCTopic 1: Landscape Restoration Moderator: Jamison Ervin, NYDF Secretariat1) [Pre2020 action] Global restoration movement: Bonn Challenge and Barometer of ProgressCarole Saint-Laurent, Deputy Director, Forest Conservation Programme IUCN2) [Pre2020 action] New monitoring efforts: Global Restoration PlatformPaige Langer, Research Analyst, Forest Programme WRI3) [Post2020] UN Decade on Ecosystem RestorationTiina Vahanen, FAO4) [Vision 2050] Initiative: Building Resilience in the Central American Region under a Synergistic Approach between Mitigation and Adaptation - Focusing on Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) sectorJorge Ernesto Quezada, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources El Salvador5) [Vision 2050] Indigenous People’sTopic 2: Forest conservation and REDD+Moderator: Frances Seymour, Distinguished Senior Fellow WRI1) [Pre2020 action] SFM at large scalePaulo Hartung, Executive President IBA (TBC)2) [Pre2020 action] Scaling Finance for Tropical Forest ProtectionEron Bloomgarden, Executive Director of Emergent3) [Post2020] Government measures to finance restoration and SFM through resultbased paymentsJose Antonio Prado, CONAF Chile4) [Vision 2050] Protecting forest sinks and reservoirsTom Evans, Director Forest Conservation and REDD+ Wildlife Conservation Society5) [Vision 2050] Mesoamerican Fund for Strengthening Business Capabilities ofIndigenous Women and Community-Based Organizations, an opportunity for REDD + to include women living with forests.Sara Omi, President of the Alto Bayano IP Congress and Coordinator of leader of “Women Territorial Leaders of Mesoamerica”.Topic 3 Supply chains and food systemsModerator: Ms. Maria Jose Sanz, Scientific Director of the Basque1) [Pre2020 action] Key barriers to climate action in land use sectors and how tobreak themKay Harrison, New Zealand Climate Change Ambassador2) [Pre2020 action] High Carbon Stock ApproachGrant Rosoman, HCSA ExecutiveCommittee member3) [Post2020] Targets of 2030 climate action package of Germany under the Climate Action Plan 2050Bernhard Osterburg, Thunen Institute4) [Post2020] Transforming Food Systems Under Climate ChangeDeissy Martínez Barón, CCAFS Regional Coordinator for Latin America.5) [Vision 2050] Shift of subsidies and fiscal incentivesMartien Van Nieuwkoop, Director, Agriculture and Food Global Practice, the World BankTopic 4: Greening citiesModerator: Frances Seymour, Distinguished Senior Fellow WRI1) [Pre2020 action] Making Cities Resilient & Cities With NatureYunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability2) [Post2020] Role local authorities are playing in improving forest awareness, management and conservation of cities’ forestslocal government/city representative3) [Vision 2050] A pathway for action for policymakers, finance and investment,technology and innovation, activity implementers, and civil society to successfully re-greening cities by 2020, 2030, and 2050Andres Flores, WRI MexicoTopic 5: Finance for the forest and land use sectorModerator: Josefina Brana-Valera, WWF1) [Pre2020 action] Status of climate finance for the forest and land use sectorPaul Simpson, CDP’s CEO2) [Pre2020 action] Finance4Forest InitiativeJennifer Morris, CI’s President3) Funding modalities for forest and land use activitiesJanie Rioux, Senior Agriculture and Food Security Specialist, GCF4) [Post2020] Global Environmental FacilityGustavo Fonseca, Director of Programs - GEF 75) [Post2020] Bhutan for Life: Financing Permanent Protection for 51% of a Nationwith Benefits for Climate and PeopleDr. Jigme Tenzin, Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) of Bhutan[Vision 2050] Private sector lead companyClosing: Roadmap for Land use SectorModerator: Mario Bocucci