COP29 in Baku | FAO organizes virtual event on sustainable forest bioeconomy for mitigation and adaptation to climate emergency
Within the framework of the COP29 of climate change in Baku, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will lead a virtual event focused on sustainable forest bioeconomy as a key tool for mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
The activity will take place this Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from the forest pavilion in the blue zone. The public will be able to follow the live broadcast through the YouTube channel of a DISE. Revert deforestation and forest degradation by 2030. This objective, recognized in the first world balance of the Paris Agreement, also seeks to contribute to the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the global forest objectives. The Association of Collaboration in Matters of forests (ACB) promotes collective actions to support countries in achieving these goals, maximizing the potential of forests and their goods and services to combat climate change. The event will feature the participation of FAO experts, from the government from Japan and the International Organization of Tropical Woods (OIMT), and is part of a series of activities organized by ACB during COP29. The approach will be to promote a bioeconomy based on forests as an innovative and sustainable solution against global environmental challenges. EVENT PROGRAM9: 00-9: 15 UTC+4APERTURE AND PRESENTATIONzhimin Wu, President of the CPF and director of the Forest Division, Faomatsuzawa Yutaka, Deputy Minister of Global Environmental Affairs, Japónsheam Satkuru, Executive Director, ITTO9: 20-10: 20 UTC+4 Transparency of forest data for a sustainable bioeconomy Analysis of advances and challenges in the monitoring and transparency of forest data for the implementation of the agreement of Paris. This session will highlight the importance of forest monitoring and the transparency of the data for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The advances and challenges faced by countries in their transparency work and presentation of forest data and forest products will be analyzed. Forest resources, Indonesiavanessa Benn, Coordinator, Office of the PresidentNenciathomas Gyambrah, Manager, MRV and Programs, Forest Commission of Ghanamoderora: Amy Duchelle, Forest Superior Officer, FAO10: 30-11: 25 UTC+4 Potential of the forest bioeconomy through sustainable use of mareraflexion on the advances in the sustainable use of wood for climatic action. In this session there will be a balance of world progress in the implementation of sustainable roads based on wood for climatic action, even through sustainable wood initiatives for a sustainable world and Wood for Globemonique Frison, general director, Canadathaís Forest Service Linhares Juvenal, Superior Forestry Officer, Faomiho Echizen, Deputy Director of International Affairs, Japannasra Nanda, CEO, Kenya Green Building Societymagdalena Lackner-Anger, Ministry of Agriculture, Austriamoderora: Amy Duchelle, FAO11: 35-12: 30 UTC+4Finance and investment in investment in investment in investment in investment in investment in Forestry value chains on the role of private financing to accelerate transition to sustainable economies. A debate on how the mobilization of new investments, including the private sector, can support the development of a sustainable forest -based bioeconomics and accelerate the transition to neutral carbon , PEFCBEN Vickers, Senior Specialist, Green Fund for the Climafrancoise Van de Ven, President, AtibtModerora: Jennifer Conje, ITTO12: 40-13: 00 UTC+4Section of Cerrececlusions and projections towards the COP30.kubota Osamu, Ministry of Agriculture of Japan Euler Euler Euler Euler , Executive Director, Embrapa, Brazilamy Duchelle, Faojennifer Conje, ITTO13: 30-18: 00 UTC+4 Forest Chalas (not broadcast live) Conversations on key topics such as: ? Inclusion in forest bioeconomy ? Indigenous peoples ? Financing and private sector ? Youth and innovation in forest bioeconomy
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