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World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan

2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29)

November 11 - November 22

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) will convene from 11 to 22 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. This event comes at a crucial time as the world grapples with record-breaking temperatures and increasingly severe weather events, making urgent climate action more imperative than ever. Discussions at COP 29 will focus on pivotal topics, ranging from defining a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on finance to mitigation and loss and damage.

Over the twelve days, world leaders, negotiators, government representatives, and key stakeholders will gather to debate and assess measures to combat climate change.

This year, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) will again actively participate in the conference, shining a spotlight on farmers’ significant contributions and championing the crucial role of agriculture in climate solutions.

The WFO delegation, led by Board Members Keith Currie, Kati Partanen, and Gunsham Seeborun, alongside WFO Secretary General Andrea Porro, will include representatives from member organisations, such as the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori (CIA), Danish Agriculture and Food Council (DAFC), F.A.L.C.O.N. Association, Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), Georgian Farmers Association (GFA), Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF), Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK – Finland), National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM), National Farmers’ Federation (NFF – Australia), and National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales (NFU UK).

Members of WFO’s International Secretariat, including Luisa Volpe, Valeria Di Marzo, Ambra Raggi, Francesco Brusaporco, Lorenzo Marelli, and Macaulay Jones, will also join the delegation.

In a joint effort with fellow farmers’ organisations within the UNFCCC Farmers’ Constituency, the WFO delegation will urge world leaders and policymakers at COP 29 in Baku to fully recognise farmers’ essential role in climate efforts. They will advocate for greater integration of farmers’ knowledge and priorities in all decisions affecting agriculture. To learn more, read the official UNFCCC Farmers’ Constituency Joint Statement for COP 29 here.

WFO delegates will actively engage in key sessions and events throughout COP 29. Please refer to the complete event list below for a comprehensive overview of the events where WFO representatives will contribute their perspectives and expertise.

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WFO’s involvement throughout the COP 29 Conference

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

13:00-13:45 AZT | Denmark Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Breaking down silos: integrating climate, biodiversity and plastic pollution to prevent disastrous spillover effects | Organisers: Denmarks Youth Delegates to UN on Climate & Environment | Speaker: Jenny Brunton, Senior European Policy Advisor, British Agriculture Bureau (BAB)

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

11:00-12:30 AZT | IICA Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Dialogue for Climate Action: Farmers’ Voices in the Fight against Climate Change | Organiser: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) | Speaker: Luisa Volpe, Head of Advocacy, Policy and Partnerships, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

16:00-17:00 AZT | IICA Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Dialogue for Climate Action: The Future of Agriculture | Organiser: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) | Speaker: Andrea Porro, Secretary General, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

09:00-10:30 AZT | Food and Agriculture Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Leveraging Science to Finance Solutions for Sustainable Food Systems | Organisers: World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO); CGIAR; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); World Rural Forum (WRF) | Speaker: Sharon Cherono, Assistant Project Officer, Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF) | WEBCAST

11:00-13:00 AZT | Meeting Room 11 (Blue Zone) | Sixth High-level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Finance | Organisers: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and COP29 Presidency | Speaker (on behalf of the Farmers’ Constituency): Andrea Porro, Secretary General, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) | WEBCAST

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

10:10-10:50 AZT | Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard, Azerbaijan | Agri-Food Systems Summit – Panel: From the Ground Up—Farmer-led Pathways to a Just Transition | Organisers: Climate Action | Speaker: Andrea Porro, Secretary General, World Farmers Organisation (WFO) | WEBCAST

15:00-16:30 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Accelerating climate action and finance to frontline communities affected by fragility or conflict | Organisers: World Food Programme (WFP); United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR); United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) | Speaker: Gunsham Seeborun, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

11:00-12:00 AZT | Save Soil Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Empowering Farmers: Progress and Future Pathways for Carbon Farming | Organiser: Save Soil Movement | Speaker: Macaulay Jones, Scientific Council Liaison Officer, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

12:15-13:45 AZT | Standards Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Exploring Solutions for Environmental and Social Sustainability for Inclusive Trade | Organisers: PEFC International; Agricord and Food and Forest Development Finland (FFD) | Speaker: Kati Partanen, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) and Sharon Cherono, Assistant Project Officer, Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF) | WEBCAST

13:00-14:30 AZT | Food and Agriculture Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Enhancing Soil Health for Climate Action, Biodiversity Conservation, and Food and Nutrition Security: A Cross-Sectoral Approach | Organisers: Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH); The Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) | Speaker: Keith Currie, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) | WEBCAST

16:45-18:15 AZT | Side Event Room 1 (Blue Zone) | Empowering Farmers: Access to Finance and Innovation for Climate Adaptation and Resilience  | Organisers: World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO); U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC); Rainforest Alliance (RA) | Speaker: Andrea Porro, Secretary General, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO); Kati Partanen, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO); Gunsham Seeboru, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

11:15-12:00 AZT | Baku Convention Centre | World Climate Summit – Catalysts for Change – Transforming Food Supply Chains for Reduced Waste and Sustainable Production | Organisers: World Climate Foundation | Speaker: Betty Chinyamunyamu, CEO, National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) | WEBCAST

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

10:00-11:00 AZT | Just Transition Pavilion (Blue Zone) | A global perspective towards fostering a just transition in the agri-food sector: bridging generations for sustainable change | Organisers: European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) | Speaker: Gunsham Seeborun, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) | WEBCAST

10:00-13:00 AZT | Meeting Room 11 (Blue Zone) | 2024 Annual High-Level Ministerial Round Table on pre-2030 Ambition | Organisers: COP29 Presidency and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | Speaker (on behalf of the Farmers’ Constituency): Tobias Gräs, Senior Policy Advisor, Danish Agriculture & Food Council (DAFC) | WEBCAST

15:00-18:00 AZT | Plenary – Caspian (Blue Zone) | Second Annual High-Level Ministerial Round Table on Just Transition | Organisers: COP29 Presidency and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | Speakers (on behalf of the Farmers’ Constituency): Mawejje Harbert Young Farmer, Young Farmers’ Federation from Uganda (UNYFA) and Jenny Brunton, Senior European Policy Advisor, British Agriculture Bureau (BAB) | WEBCAST

16:00-17:00 AZT | IICA Pavilion (Blue Zone) | The Road to Cop30: Elevating Farmers Voices in Climate Action in NDCS and NAPS | Organisers: U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) | Speaker: Andrea Porro, Secretary General, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO); Sharon Cherono
Assistant Project Officer, Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF)

17:15-18:15 AZT | Standards Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Creating an enabling policy environment for public-private agri-food sector transition finance | Organisers: Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU); World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and EAT | Speaker: Kati Partanen, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

09:00-10:30 AZT | Special Event Room Mugham (Blue Zone) | Launch of Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers: Empowering Farmers for Climate Resilience | Organisers: COP29 Presidency; Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | Speaker: Andrea Porro, Secretary General, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

10:00-11:30 AZT | Nasimi Room (Blue Zone) | Action on Water: Water solutions for climate actions | Organisers: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI); Agwa; International Water Management Institute (IWMI); International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO); Marrakech Partnership and High-Level Champions | Speaker: Sharon Cherono, Assistant Project Officer, Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF)

10:30-11:30 AZT | Australian Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Low carbon, high productivity agriculture: meeting global needs | Organisers: Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) | Speaker: Keith Currie, WFO Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) and David ‘DJ’ Jochinke, President, National Farmers Federation | WEBCAST

12:00-13:00 AZT | Action on Food Hub (Blue Zone) | Unlocking food system innovations: Concrete actions for collaborative impact | Organisers: Clim-Eat; the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands | Speaker: Kati Partanen, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

13:00-13:45 AZT | Denmark Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Bridging the divide: collaborative pathways for sustainable agriculture and climate action | Organiser: Danish Agriculture & Food Council (DAFC) | Speaker: Sharon Cherono, Assistant Project Officer, Kenya National Farmers’ Federation (KENAFF)

13:15-14:45 AZT | Side Event Room 7 (Blue Zone) | High-Level Dialogue Moving forward NDC acceleration in agrifood systems: Climate Technology Uptake | Organisers: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); United Nations Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and UN Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)| Speaker: Betty Chinyamunyamu, CEO, National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM)

13:30-15:00 AZT | Australian Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Australian leadership in climate-smart agriculture and sustainability frameworks | Organiser: National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) | Speaker: Matteo Bartolini, Vice President, CIA Agricoltori italiani | WEBCAST

15:00-18:00 AZT | Meeting Room 11 (Blue Zone) | High-level Ministerial Dialogue on the urgent need to scale up adaptation finance | Organisers: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and COP29 Presidency | Speakers: Matteo Bartolini, Vice President, CIA Agricoltori italiani and Betty Chinyamunyamu, CEO, National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) | WEBCAST

17:00-18:00 AZT | Canada Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Innovative Cross-Sector Synergies for Sustainable Food Systems, Biodiversity, and Climate Goals | Organisers: Emerging Ag | Speaker: Keith Currie, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

17:00-18:30 AZT | Special Event Room Mugham (Blue Zone) | Making Climate Finance Work for Farmers: On-farm Experiences and Concrete Solutions | Organisers: World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO); World Rural Forum (WRF); Asian Farmers Association (AFA); Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) | Speakers: Mawejje Harbert, Young Farmer from Uganda, Young Farmers’ Federation from Uganda (UNYFA); Kati Partanen, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO); Andrea Porro, Secretary General, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

11:30-13:00 AZT | Water for Climate Pavilion (Blue Zone) | Intergenerational dialogue on water resilient food system Pavilion | Organisers: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | Speaker: Mawejje Harbert, Young Farmer from Uganda, Young Farmers’ Federation from Uganda (UNYFA) | WEBCAST

14:00-15:30 AZT | Share Hub (Blue Zone) | Water-Food- Climate Nexus Approaches | Organiser: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | Speaker: Gunsham Seeborun, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

15:00-16:30 AZT | Side event Room 8 (Blue Zone) | Analysing the international architecture for climate action in food systems | Organisers: The Government of the Netherlands; Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária; AgriCord; SACAU; Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Clim-Eat | Speaker: Kati Partanen, Board Member, World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO)

15:00-18:00 AZT | Plenary Hall Nizami (Blue Zone) | Resumed High-Level Segment | Organisers: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and COP29 Presidency | Speaker: Betty Chinyamunyamu, CEO, National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) | WEBCAST

18:30-20:00 AZT | Side event Room 8 (Blue Zone) | Put your money where your mouth is: commitments and investments to reach net-zero agriculture | Organisers: International Fertilizer Association (IFA); International Rice Research Institute (IRRI); Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) | Speaker: Niels Peter Norring, Head of Climate, Danish Agriculture & Food Council (DAFC)

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

09:00-10:00 AZT | Side Event Room 3 (Blue Zone) | Farmers Daily Coordination Meeting

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