The Alliance at COP29
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is set to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. The Alliance brings science and innovation to inform debates on climate finance, the Global Goal on Adaptation, locally led climate action, innovation scaling and climate security.
The context
The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), otherwise known as ‘COP29’, is happening in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November.
The COP conferences are an annual opportunity to accelerate climate action. Dubbed the ‘finance COP’, this latest climate COP is being billed as an opportunity for the global community to raise its ambition in financing action for adaptation, mitigation and loss and damage.
But the world has yet to meet even current finance targets, and new research by The Alliance of Bioversity and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture shows that the agrifood sector faces a significant climate finance gap — receiving only 0.8 percent of total climate finance.
The authors argue that global agreement is needed on clear definitions of climate finance to strengthen and target financial flows to the agrifood sector. They also demand the establishment of measurable outcomes to be linked to climate finance—such as reduced greenhouse gas emissions or greater adaptation to climate change —as an essential step that would ensure more climate finance reaches smallholder farmers and other people in agricultural value chains.
Our efforts on climate
The Alliance is a research center of the CGIAR global research partnership, which is dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems in a climate crisis.
The Alliance hosts approximately 200 researchers and staff around the world - one of the largest and fastest growing teams in CGIAR - who contribute to reducing climate risk to food security through world class research on climate mitigation and adaptation.
The Alliance has a compelling legacy of leading, coordinating or complementing CGIAR’s diverse research portfolio around the interrelated challenges of climate change, agriculture and food security through the landmark CCAFS research program.
And The Alliance continues to play this leading role through CGIAR research initiatives like Climate Resilience, Livestock and Climate, AgriLAC Resiliente, Excellence in Agronomy and more.
Our scientists at COP29
Julian Ramirez-Villegas
Director (a.i.), Climate Action, and Principal Scientist on Climate Impacts
Lucy Njuguna
Postdoctoral Fellow
Robert B. Zougmoré
Director, AICCRA
Pedro Anglaze Chilambe
Research Team leader, Climate Finance
Maria Eliza Villarino
Research Fellow
Deissy Martínez-Barón
Regional Lead, Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean
Issa Ouedraogo
Senior Scientist, Country Representative for Senegal
Kyle Dittmer
Research Analyst
Lini Wollenberg
Project Lead, Climate ActionThe venue
COP29 will be held at Baku Olympic Stadium, organized into two main zones: the Blue Zone and the Green Zone. The Blue Zone, managed by the UNFCCC, is the formal space for negotiations, official side events, and press events.
The Green Zone serves as a melting pot for a diverse group of stakeholders: from the general public and private enterprises to media, scholars, youth, indigenous communities, NGOs, civil society, creating a vibrant space for dialogue and collaboration alongside official delegates.
Photo Credit: COP29 Azerbaijan
Our agenda at COP29
The Alliance will bring science and innovation to Baku to shape discussions on climate finance, the Global Goal on Adaptation, locally led climate action, scaling innovation, and climate security – participating in a range of activities, including:
November 14, 2024
Transparent monitoring: driving accountability and equity by leveraging local data
Maria Eliza Villarino
Research FellowTransparent monitoring is key for accountability and equity in combating climate change, deforestation and land degradation. This session will share insights from experts and countries on the impact of transparent data on policy development, including how local data contributes to increase the ambition of the NDCs.
November 18, 2024
Unveiling the Climate-Smart Governance Dashboard: Empowering Data-Driven Decision-Making for a Resilient Future
Issa Ouedraogo
Senior Scientist, Country Representative for SenegalThis side event will pre-launch the Climate-Smart Governance Dashboard jointly developed by IWMI and the Directorate for Environment and Classified Establishments (DEEC), an innovative tool designed to assist nations in planning and implementing climate-resilient policies.
November 19, 2024
Transforming Land and Ecosystems for a Nature-Positive 2030
Juan Lucas Restrepo
Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Trustee for Bioversity International UK/USAAchieving 2030 biodiversity, climate, and land degradation goals hinges on sustainable land-use systems and resilient terrestrial ecosystems. This session will highlight transformative actions proving that a nature-positive, low-emission future is possible, where restored and protected ecosystems boost biodiversity and strengthen community resilience.
November 20, 2024
Updating NDCs for more ambitious climate mitigation and adaptation in rice, soil and livestock – Official side event
Kyle Dittmer
Research AnalystClimate action on rice, livestock and soil is a major opportunity for climate mitigation and food system resilience, but current NDCs fall short of targets. This event will provide analyze NDCs to identify opportunities & challenges for climate action, including reduction of emissions
South-South Cooperation for Atoms4Food
Juan Lucas Restrepo
Director General of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Trustee for Bioversity International UK/USAThis event will showcase successful climate-smart agriculture projects realized through the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. At this event, it is foreseen that a high-level representative from Italy in its role as co-chair of the ‘Group of Friends of Food Security’ in Vienna, together with other high-level country delegates, will give particular emphasis to nuclear science and technology in the context of climate-smart agriculture, especially as delivered through the FAO and IAEA ‘Atoms4Food’ initiative. The event will also highlight the benefits of collaborative approaches to climate action at the regional level, including South-South cooperation.
November 22, 2024
What Next? Advancing the UAE-Belem Work Programme on indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation
Lucy Njuguna
Postdoctoral FellowThis side event will bring together experts, negotiators, and organizations engaged in adaptation indicators work to share insights, reflect the outcomes of COP29, and exchange ideas to improve the process and outcome of the remaining part of the UAE-Belem Work Programme. Focusing on highly vulnerable sectors such as water and food & agriculture in Africa and through an interactive round table discussion, attendees will consider critical aspects like gender, social inclusion, and institutional capacity building. The event aims to advance practical approaches for developing indicators and tracking progress across scales and sectors.
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13 November 2024, 9:00 – 10:00
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Fireside Chat: Unlocking Climate Finance for a Resilient Agrifood Future: how can we bridge the $500 billion gap? |
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13 November 2024, 9:00 – 10:30 |
Food & Agriculture Pavilion
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Locally Led Adaptation for resilient food and agriculture: co-design, collaboration and capacity |
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13 November 2024, 10:00 – 13:00 |
Capacity Building: strengthening capacity for climate action for food and agriculture. Navigating the UNFCCC Process
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13 November 2024, 11:00 – 12:30
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Food & Agriculture Pavilion |
A Global Assessment of Agrifood Systems in the Voluntary Carbon Markets |
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13 November 2024, 15:00 – 18:00 |
Capacity Building: understanding key formal agenda items |
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14 November 2024, 9:00 – 10:00 |
Fireside Chat: adaptation and food systems from a Party perspective |
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14 November, 9:00 – 10:30 |
Food & Agriculture Pavilion |
Leveraging Science to Finance Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems |
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14 Nov, 10:30 – 11:30 |
SHARE HUB Pavilion
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Communities at the Forefront: Realities of Human Mobility Impacted by Climate Change and the Role of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage
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14 Nov, 11:00 – 12:30 |
Food & Agriculture Pavilion
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Overcoming barriers in access to funds at the frontline of the climate crisis to accelerate climate financing for adaptation in Agriculture and Nature in Africa
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14 November 2024, 13:00 – 14:30 |
Food & Agriculture Pavilion |
Building Climate-Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods for Refugees Through Targeted Microfinance and Resilience Remittances |
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14 November 2024, 13:30 – 15:00 |
Italy Pavilion |
From policy to practice child-responsive climate finance
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15 November 2024, 9:00 – 10:30 |
Food & Agriculture Pavilion |
South-South Cooperation on Climate, Peace and Security: Driving the Localization Agenda Through Scientific Evidence |
Sara Rabie, Frans Schapendonk
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15 November 2024, 10:00 – 13:00 |
Workshop: transforming food systems to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 - what's needed? |
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15 November 2024, 10:30 – 12:00 |
Water for Climate Pavilion |
Exploring the Interlinkages of Freshwater and Sanitation Indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation |
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15 November 2024, 14:30 – 15:30
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IOM Pavilion |
Leaving No One Behind? Towards Inclusive and Gender-Sensitive Displacement Responses through Addressing the Climate-Security Nexus in Africa and the Middle East
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15 November 2024, 15:30 – 17:00 |
Italy Pavilion |
Cultivating the Future: Climate Resilience in the Coffee Supply Chain |
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16 November 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 |
Climate Mobility Pavilion |
Voices on the Move: Addressing Human Mobility and Climate Change in Latin America
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16 November 2024, 10:00 – 11:30 |
Capacity building: rethinking emissions under the convention: food systems viz sectoral approaches |
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16 November 2024, 10:00 – 12:00 |
IGAD Pavilion |
Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Early Warning Systems over Eastern Africa |
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16 November 2024, 16:00 – 17:30 |
IGAD Pavilion |
Enhancing Climate Resilience in Ethiopia's Pastoral Regions through a User- Centered Water and Pasture Monitoring System
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18 November 2024, 16:30 – 18:00
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Food & Agriculture Pavilion |
Next-generation school feeding: nourishing our children while building climate resilience
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19 November 2024, 11:00 – 12:30 |
Food & Agriculture Pavilion |
How can we tackle the food and climate crises together: Low-emissions food system's path to sustainable development |
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19 November 2024, 12:45 – 13:45 |
Morocco Pavilion |
Bridging the Gap: Farmer-Centric Solutions for Effective NDC Implementation |
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19 November 2024, 15:30 – 17:00 |
Forest Pavilion COP29 |
Promoting transformative innovation for climate action in agroforestry |
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19 November 2024, 15:45 – 17:15 |
Room 3 - Hirkan |
FAST Partnership - Unlocking climate finance for the transformation of agrifood systems |
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19 November 2024, 18:00 – 19:30 |
Azerbaijan Pavilion |
From Science to Practice: Advancing a Just Transition in Agrifood Systems |
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19 November 2024, 14:00 – 15:30 |
Food Systems Firestarter: Igniting Connections and Sharing Ideas |
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20 November 2024, 14:00 – 15:00
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Senegal Pavilion |
Presentation of Senegal's Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan at COP29 in Baku
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20 November 2024, 15:00 – 16:30 |
Food & Agriculture Pavilion
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Investing in climate-smart agriculture for adaptation and planning for long-term low emissions development: Lessons from Africa |
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21 November 2024, 11:00 – 12:30 |
Food & Agriculture Pavilion
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Gender, youth and social inclusion for climate action and food, land and water system transformation |
Byron Reyes |
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21 November 2024, 14:00 – 15:30 |
SHARE Hub Pavilion |
A dialogue on the evidence base for equitable and inclusive capacity building for climate action |
Byron Reyes |
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