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Speakers

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Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, International Director at Regeneration International, Organic Consumers Association and Vía Organica, Mexico.

Inaugural session – Welcome address through speeches from Officials

• Ms Annie Genevard, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry of the French Republic (video)
• Dr Ophelia Nick, Parliamentary Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany (video)
• Ms Elena Busutil, Director General for agricultural Production and Markets, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Kingdom of Spain (video).
  

Inspirational presentation

Mr. Marc André Selosse, Professor and Biologist, MHN (Museum d'Histoire Naturelle / National Museum of Natural History), Paris, France (video).

High-Level segment

Introduction 

High-level speeches

Introduction by Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.

• Ms Louise Baker, Managing Director, The Global Mechanism, UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)
• Ms Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, Soil scientist - Land and Water Officer, FAO-GSP (Global Soil Partnership), International Organization (United Nations agency) based in Rome, Italy
• Dr Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Director General, The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, International Organization based in Rome, Italy (video)
• Mr. John Barker, Director General, OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine), International Organization based in Dijon, France
• Mr. Teodoro Miano, Secretary General, CIHEAM (Centre International des Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), International Organization based in Paris, France
• Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, African Union Special Envoy on Food Systems
• Mr. Patrick Worms, President, IUAF (International Union of Agroforestry), International Organization based in Czech Republic
• Ms Diane Masure, President, APAD (Association pour la Promotion d'une Agriculture Durable / Association for the Promotion of a Sustainable agriculture), France
• Ms Valérie Verdier, CEO, IRD (Institut de la Recherche et du Développement / French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), France
• Dr Julien Demenois, Researcher in functional ecology, co-Leader of the ESTIME team, "4 per 1000" focal point at Cirad, on behalf of Ms Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, CEO, Cirad (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement / French International Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), France
• Ms Suzanne Reynders, Coordinator, Soil Carbon IRC (International Research Consortium), program ORCaSa, led by INRAE (Institut National de la Recherche pour l'Agriculture et l'Environnement / French National Research Institute for Agriculture and Environment), France
• Mr. David Nabarro, Strategic Director, 4SD Foundation, Switzerland
• Mr. Pierre Abadie, Group Climate Director, Tikehau Capital, France.

Dr Beverley Henry, co-Chair of the "4 per 1000" STC,  Adjunct Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia

The "4 per 1000" Regional Conferences in 2024 & 2025

The United Nations COPs in 2024 & 2025

• The "4 per 1000" Mediterranean Regional Conference, Rabat, Morocco, 21-23 Oct. 2024, by Ms Elen Lemaitre-Curri, Deputy Director, CIHEAM Montpellier, France (Centre International des Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), International Organization.
  
• The 12th CIHEAM Ministerial Meeting (Centre International des Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), Rabat, Morocco, 24-25 Oct. 2024, by Mr. Teodoro Miano, Secretary General, CIHEAM, International Organization based in Paris, France
  
• The "4 per 1000" Temperate Climates Meeting (Meeting for temperate climate zones), Berlin, Germany, Q3 2025 or 2026 (dates to be further confirmed), by Dr Claudia Schepp, Scientific Director, the "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat
  
• The "4 per 1000" Latin American & Caribbean Regional Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 to 28 June 2025, by Dr Beata Madari, Research and Development Scientist, Member of the "4 per 1000"-Soil Carbon IRC STC (Scientific & Technical Committee), EMBRAPA (EMpresa BRAsileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária / Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization), Brazil
• The "4 per 1000" Southern Africa Regional Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, (feasibility to be confirmed early 2025) by Mr. Thierry-Alban Revert, Agroecology Strategist, SACANI (South African Comprehensive Agroecology National Initiative), non-governmental Organisation, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• UNFCCC COP Climate 29 (Baku, Azerbaidjan, Nov. 2024) & UNCCD COP Desertification 16 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 2024) by Dr Paul Luu, Executive Secretary of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.
• UNFCCC COP Climate 30 will be held in Brazil from 10 to 20 November 2025.

Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.