IFA and the UNFCCC process

IFA promotes agriculture in the UNFCCC negotiations

COP15 - Copenhagen

An IFA delegation is present in Copenhagen during the two weeks of the negotiations. IFA will be holding a booth at the Agriculture and Rural Day , hosted by the University of Copenhagen (KU) and jointly organised by the Consultative Group on International agricultural Research ( CGIAR ), Global Donor Platform for Rural Development ( GDPRD ), the World Bank, FAO, IFAD, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) and the Global Forum for Agricultural Research (GFAR). Farming First will also be present on this occasion, the followign members of the coalition will be participating to the debates:

  • Mr. Ajay Vashee, President of IFAP
  • Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
  • Dr. Marco Ferroni, speaking on behalf of CropLife International
  • Dr. Sarala Gopalan, National Institute for Agriculture of India
  • Thomas Rosswall, Chairman of the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Approximately 300 participants are expected to attend Agriculture Day, representing policy makers and negotiators, rural development practitioners, producers, civil society and the agricultural and climate change scientific community.

The farmers, scientists, fertilizer and crop protection industries are working together to promote the central role of agriculture in mitigating and adapting to climate change.

COP14 - Poznan

IFA was part of the organizing members of an official side-event of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations that took place in Poznan, Poland (1-12 December, 2008).

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You can watch a recording of the event that took place on 8 December 2009 by clicking here

As part of the International Agri-Food Network, IFA joined forces with the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and CropLife International. The objective of the side-event was to showcase agriculture as being part of the solution, rather than the problem, to climate change.

Details in document: download the pdf of invitation

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