FSF CEO, Ertharin Cousin, at COP27 Highlighting the Need for Healthier, More Resilient Food Systems
At the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) hosted in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from November 6 – 18, 2022, FSF CEO Ertharin Cousin will participate in conversations highlighting the need for healthier, more resilient global food systems and the robust economic opportunities food system investments can and will generate.
COP is the primary decision-making forum of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and once a year, brings together participating governments who have signed the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, or the Paris Agreement to discuss and coordinate on how to address climate change and its impacts through concerted, collaborative, and impactful action.
If you are at COP27, please stop by the events below to hear from Ertharin in-person!
Friday, November 11 | 15:00-16:30 EET | Food System Climate Solutions: Managing Climate Risks and Externalities from the Food System | UNFCCC Side Event in the Tutankhamun Room (Blue Zone)
Global food systems make up a third of greenhouse gas emissions and are a major driver of nature loss. Ertharin, and fellow panelists, will highlight the ways in which the public and private sector can lead global, sustainable food system solutions to address these risks - like through the FSF co-coordinated Good Food Finance Network.
Friday, November 11 | 17:30 - 18:00 EET | Good Food Finance Network Press Conference, Citizens’ Climate Education: Good Food Finance for Climate Action | Luxor Room (Taba Area), Area B room 22, Theatre
Ertharin will join fellow GFFN Principals Susan Gardner (Director, Ecosystems Division, UN Environment), Diane Holdorf (Executive Vice-President, WBCSD), Gunhild Stordalen (Founder and Executive Chair, EAT Foundation), and Jeremy Coller (Founder of FAIRR and CIO of Coller Capital) to highlight the Good Food Finance Network (GFFN) — a network of high-level leaders, technical experts and agropreneurs from finance, business and public sector combining their resources and intellectual capital to promote investment and provide finance solutions for sustainable food systems. The press conference will be posted on the UNFCCC website and announced on the CCTV screens throughout the conference premises.
Friday, November 11 | 19:00 - 21:00 EET | The Future Economy - Regenerative Agriculture | Villa Montazah, 70 Moscow Street, El Montazah
More details to come.
Saturday, November 12 | 9:00 - 9:45 EET | The Status for Global Food Security and Climate Adaptation | Food Systems Pavilion (Blue Zone)
More details to come.
Saturday, November 12 | 13:30 - 14:00 EET | Ensuring Nutrient Density is a Human Right | Food Systems Pavilion (Blue Zone)
Ertharin will join Monica Yator (Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative, Kenya), Lisa Moon (The Global FoodBanking Network) Chantal Wei-Ying Clément (IPES-Food) and David Brandes (Planetary) for a panel on achieving greater nutrition equity.
Saturday, November 12 | 14:00 - 15:00 EET | More crop per drop: The Future of Farming in a Water-Scarce World | Green Zone
Globally, we need a systemic approach to dealing with climate-induced water scarcity in agriculture to ensure that we can feed a growing world population. Ertharin will join Johannes Cullmann, Carl Ganter and Cristina Alonso to discuss what needs to be done right now to create water-resilient food systems amid a rapidly changing climate.