Climate, Peace, and Food Systems: Empowering Africa’s Resilient Solutions

When: Friday 8^th September at 4:30pm-5:30pm (East Africa Time)

Where: Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi (Mount Nimba)

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Join us for this session at the Africa Climate Week! Africa is one of the continents most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Prolonged droughts, extreme weather events, and rising temperatures have significant repercussions on food security, livelihoods, and peace. Additionally, competition over scarce resources can exacerbate existing conflicts, leading to heightened tensions and insecurity.

Despite these challenges, local communities across Africa have been demonstrating remarkable resilience and ingenuity in adapting to climate change, promoting sustainable agriculture, and fostering peace within their regions. This session aims to showcase the success stories of African communities that have embraced sustainable practices, climate adaptation strategies, and peacebuilding efforts. By recognizing and promoting these local initiatives, the event seeks to inspire and mobilize stakeholders at all levels to scale up climate finance access for fragile and conflict- affected countries, and to integrate peace and resilience into Africa's food systems.

This session is co-organized by the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus Coalition, the UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator, Welthungerhilfe, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, CGIAR, and the Climate Resilient Food Systems Alliance.

Speaker List:

• Alvin Chandra (Global Coordinator, Adaptation Policy and Partnerships, UNEP)
• H.E. Ambassador Tosi Mpanu Mpanu (Office of the Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Ministry of the Environment and Development, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• H.E., Ambassador Valentin Zellweger (Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Office of the United Nations in Nairobi)
• Jeniffer Koinante (President of the Yiaku Laikipiak Trust)
• Samwel Lentoror (Programme Coordinator, Pastoralist Community Initiative and Development Assistance)
• Lilian Macharia (Director of the Division of Portfolio Management, Green Climate Fund)
• Reena Ghelani (UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator)

For more information about the session, please contact Alvin.Chandra@un.org and alain.leroy@wfp.org