IWMI at COP29 (UNFCCC)

Beyond the mandate: A cross-ministry perspective on climate action capacity

Henry Roman (co-convenor), Mahlatse Nkosi (co-convenor), Nishadi Eriyagama (moderator)

Scaling impactful food, land and water solutions in fragile and conflict affected settings: The role of science-based agribusiness acceleration

Mahlatse Nkosi (speaker), Vidhisha Samarasekara (speaker), Henry Roman (speaker)

Declaration for climate relief recovery and peace: Building a water action agenda

Sandra Ruckstuhl (convenor), Olufunke Cofie (speaker)

Water for Climate Pavilion inauguration ceremony

Sandra Ruckstuhl (speaker)

Building climate resilience from genes to farms

Moctar Dembele (speaker)

Regional reflections on watering the NDCs and NAPs

Manohara Khadka (speaker), Chiara Colombo (coordinator)

High level panel on Watering the NDCs

Manohara Khadka (speaker), Chiara Colombo (focal point)

Analysis of water resource dynamics in Togo: Climate financing opportunities for sustainable water management in the context of climate adaptation

Komlavi Apoti (co-organizer), Olufunke Cofie (moderator)

Harnessing water governance for climate resilience and peacebuilding in conflict-affected settings

Sandra Ruckstuhl (speaker)

Decision support tools for sustainable water resource management to support food security and strengthen climate resilience

Moctar Dembele (co-organizer, speaker)

Creating climate-resilient AgriFood transformation in Togo (C-CRAFT)

Olufunke Cofie (speaker), Komlavi Apoti (co-organizer)

From cryosphere monitoring and cooperation to water resource allocation and decision making

Olufunke Cofie (speaker, panelist)

Water availability analysis to support climate financing in Togo

Komlavi Apoti (co-organizer, speaker)

Enhancing climate finance for recovery, resilience and adaptation in fragile and conflict-affected contexts in the MENA region

Sandy Ruckstuhl (speaker)

Climate, Peace and Transboundary Resilience Pavilion

Integrated water resources management: Sustainable and participatory approaches for East Africa

Moctar Dembele (speaker)

Italian Pavilion

Signing of MOU with Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving Aral Sea

Mark Smith (signatory)

Kazakhstan Pavilion

Science to action: An open, cross sector discussion on meeting climate amd development challenges

Mark Smith (speaker)

Asia / Baku Pavilion

Climate change – antimicrobial resistence nexus

Mohsin Hafeez (panelist)

Marrakesh partnership for global action

Maha Al-Zu’bi (speaker)

Responding to displacement-related loss and damage through inclusive data, finance and action

Maha Al-Zu’bi (speaker)

Launch of CGIAR Climate Smart Governance dashboard

Giriraj Amarnath (speaker)

Breaking the cycle of vulnerability: Climate action and financing for Afghanistan’s future

Giriraj Amarnath (speaker)

Youth-led adaptation: Innovation in sustainable water management

Maha Al-Zu’bi (speaker), Giriraj Amarnath (speaker)

Water solutions for climate actions

Chiara Colombo (speaker)

Climate vulnerability and its impacts on water scarcity and food security in Yemen

Maha Al-Zu’bi (speaker)

Innovative and integrated water management solutions

Mohsin Hafeez (speaker, panelist)

Climate information and early warning systems (CIEWS) to inform climate resilient infrastructure investments in Southern Africa

Giriraj Amarnath (speaker)

Food, agriculture and water at COP29: Advancing the agriculture, water and energy nexus through inter-ministerial collaboration and unified policy action

Vidhisha Samarasekara (speaker)

Water resources management in the context of climate change

Mohsin Hafeez (speaker), Barbara Janusz-Pawletta (moderator)

Space to solutions: Cultivating water-smart, resilient agri-food systems for climate action

Charity Osei-Amponsah (speaker)

Integrating permaculture and predictive modelling for climate resilient agriculture

Mohsin Hafeez (panelist)

Cutting-edge innovations and scaling strategies for solar agrivoltaic technology

Darshini Ravindranath (speaker, panelist)

Mainstreaming Nepal’s NDC into national plans, policies, regulations and budgeting processes

Santosh Nepal (moderator)

Central Asia on the way to improving the efficiency of transboundary water resources management in the Aral Sea basin taking into account the climatic impact

Barbara Janusz-Pawletta (speaker)

Investing in SADC’s future: Climate smart agriculture and water security for sustainable growth

Giriraj Amarnath (speaker)

Water-food-climate nexus approaches

Charity Osei-Amponsah (speaker)

Intergenerational dialogue on water resilient food systems

Chiara Colombo (focal point)

Showcase of solutions part 2: Examples from the whole food chain

Chiara Colombo (focal point)

Anticipating drought: Transforming food, land and water systems for a changing climate

Giriraj Amarnath (speaker), Santosh Nepal (moderator)

Harvesting change: Sustainable food systems for climate and biodiversity solutions

Chiara Colombo (focal point)

Transforming Pakistan’s future: Pathways to water, food and energy security

Mohsin Hafeez (moderator), Vidhisha Samarasekara (panelist)

Gender, youth and social inclusion for climate action and food, land and water system transformation

Darshini Ravindranath (panelist)

Living with a changing cryosphere: Need for anticipatory action

Santosh Nepal (co-organizer, panelist), Vidhisha Samarasekara (speaker)

Resilient infrastructure for a changing climate: Leveraging GIRI and ESCAP risk and resilience data platforms

Giriraj Amarnath (panelist)

Water resilience for National Adaptation Planning: Empowering climate action

Vidhisha Samarasekara (speaker), Chiara Colombo (speaker)

Towards enhanced regional cooperation on the Global Goal on Adaptation

Giriraj Amarnath (panelist)

Innovative NDCs for food systems: Boosting ambition through agroecology, water, fisheries and healthy diets

Santosh Nepal (panelist)