Side Event IICA COP 27

Sustainable Agriculture Pavilion of the Americas

EVENT PROPOSAL

Event name - try to keep it to less than 100 characters

Why soil matters!? Ways forward to a better climate and living

Concept of the event - main objectives (400 characters max.)

Every human being on Earth needs to be fed every day in order to live. Tomorrow there will be almost 10 billion of people on a planet with enormous limits and threatened by thoughtless actions.

If we want to leave our children an agricultural land capable not only of providing our food today, but also of tomorrow, there is one capital more important than any other: the soil, a living soil.

Since the birth of the international Initiative "4 per 1000: Soils for Food Security and Climate", launched during COP 21 in Paris in December 2015, things have started to move in the right direction.

The international Initiative "4 per 1000" aims to demonstrate that agricultural soils can play a crucial role in food security and climate change. It consists of bringing together all voluntary actors from the public and private sectors and has 700 partners who are invited to raise awareness and implement concrete actions for soil carbon storage.

The international Initiative "4 per 1000" could help humankind to find another way, little explored yet,  with greener solutions more in tune with nature and allowing every human being to meet their vital needs. 

Latin America and the Caribbean account for 14% of the world's food production. His new regional mission is to drive the necessary transformation of agri-food systems to feed 10 billion people by 2050.

For this to happen, it will be necessary to increase agricultural productivity through sustainable agrifood systems with safe and healthy diets, greater water efficiency, soil regeneration and carbon storage, less greenhouse gases, preservation of tropical forests and biodiversity, and greater equity for small farmers, indigenous peoples, rural youth and women.

During this event, the different strategies followed by some LAC countries to achieve this challenge, and their relationship with the international Initiative “4 per 1000”, will be presented and discussed.

Preferred date dd/mm/yy

(Standard event duration is 90 minutes, if you plan to hold your event for 60 or 120 minutes please indicate here).

Proposed speaker

The panel should have representation from at least two countries of the Americas.

Please consider having inclusive panels (gender, youth, other).

(name, title and organization)

Country

/Region

Will the speaker attend the COP in person or virtually?

(All speakers/panelists attending in person must have Blue Zone access credentials)

person 1: Paul LUU. Executive Secretary of the Initiative “4 per 1000”

MODERATOR

France

In person

person 2: Beata Madari (EMBRAPA) (TBC)

Brazil

In person

person 3…Representant of Mexico

Mexico

If posible in person

person 4…Representant of Argentina

Argentina

If posible in person

person 5…Representant of Uruguay

Uruguay

If posible in person

Format of the event (Panel, Informal Talk, Round Table, Reception, other)

Round Table

Event organizer (Contact details):

*If this person will not attend COP27 in person, please also indicate the name of the person in charge during COP27.

Name, position and organization

Will attend the COP27 Yes/No

e-mail / phone number

Paloma Melgarejo

Scientific Officer, “4p1000” Executive Secretariat

YES

paloma.melgarejo@4p1000.org

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Are you planning to launch an initiative or report during the event? (specify)

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Are you planning to secure any type of engagement, multi-stakeholder agreement, or other? (specify)

Contact person for communication and marketing of the event

Will your event require simultaneous translation? Which languages?

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