Although carbon cycle stability is crucial for soil fertility and biodiversity, between 20-60% of carbon stocks historically stored in soil organic matter as active components have been lost since soil cultivation began – mainly due to changes in land use and land management.  With over 40% of the Earth’s surface degraded, impacting over 3.2 billion people (IPBES 2018), continuing with business-as-usual is not an option.

This session will bring together multiple stakeholders to strategize integrated land and water solutions for climate change mitigation. They will address key questions, including:

1. What can we do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for food/water systems?
2. What can we do to increase sequestration?
3. How will these interventions be implemented and what is needed to drive them to scale?
4. Who will pay for the interventions?

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Welcome and introduction

Moderator

Stefan Uhlenbrook

Program Director
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), IWMI

Setting the scene: the state of land and water

Speaker

Sasha Koo-Oshima

Deputy Director, Land and Water Division, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Implementing robust monitoring of soil organic carbon to track interventions on the ground

Speaker

Leigh Winowiecki

Global research leader: soil and land health, CIFOR-ICRAF
Co-lead,CA4SH

Mal adaptation and how to prevent it

Speaker

Aditi Mukherji

Principal Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Panel discussions

Speakers

Omar Elhassan

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Ronald Vargas

UN FAO

Jelmer van de Mortel

Head of Acorn/Innovation Lead, Rabobank

Anneke Trux

Programme Director, GIZ

Sara Mbago-Bhunu

Director, East and Southern Africa Division, IFAD

Stephane Lako

Water Youth Network

Q&A