The AC convened a workshop in 2018 on fostering engagement of the agri-food sector in resilience to climate change, co-organized with the International Trade Centre. The Adaptation Forum will share the key outcomes of the workshop and facilitate dialogues on challenges and solutions with key actors from diverse perspectives.
The 2019 Adaptation Forum will be organized in two sessions, with the first one focusing on the challenges and the second one focusing on the opportunities in engaging the private sector in adaptation planning processes, including the NAP process, in particular beyond the implementation phase:
Session 1 - Challenges:
- What are barriers for governments to include the private sector in adaptation planning processes? Can any of the government representatives present share an example of how the private sector has been involved beyond the implementation phase?
- What are the barriers for the private sector to get involved in adaptation planning processes? Is there a broad understanding by private sector representatives of the adaptation planning processes;
- What are concrete measures to overcome these challenges;
Session 2 - Opportunities
- How do governments benefit from including the private sector in the adaptation planning processes beyond the implementation phase? What are good practices and lessons learned for mutually beneficial involvement?
- What role can international, business and civil society organizations play in this regard?
Preliminary Agenda
Time
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What
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Who
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14:00
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Session 1 - Challenges
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5 min
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Opening and framing of the Adaptation Forum
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Moderator
Mr. Emerson Resende
Green Climate Fund
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5 min
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Overview of AC work and key outcomes from the private sector workshop
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Ms. Cecilia da Silva Bernardo
Adaptation Committee member
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15 mins
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Engaging the private sector in national adaptation planning processes
Launch of a new publication by the NAP Global Network
Link to the study
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Mr. Alec Crawford
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Presentation
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30 mins
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Panel discussion on the challenges in engaging the private sector in the adaptation planning processes
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Mr. Alec Crawford
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Mr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah
Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana
Mr. Pablo Devis
Fondo Acción
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35 mins
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Breakout group session
Issues will be collected, and the audience will be divided into groups to discuss how to overcome the challenges
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15:30
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Coffee break
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16:00
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Session 2 - Opportunities
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15 mins
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Report back from the groups
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Rapporteurs
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15 mins
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Success story
Involvement of the private sector in adaptation planning process based on the case of Red Stripe, Jamaica
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Ms. Dianne Ashton-Smith
Red Stripe
Presentation
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45 mins
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Panel discussion on the opportunities in engaging the private sector in adaptation planning processes
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Ms. Dianne Ashton-Smith
Red Stripe
Mr. Jason Spensley
Green Climate Fund
Ms. Lena Klockemann
GIZ
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15 mins
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Wrap up and next steps
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Moderator
Mr. Emerson Resende
Green Climate Fund
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