Leveraging the power of Forests and Trees for Climate Change Adaptation of the most vulnerable

THEME:
Forests and trees provide multiple benefits that contribute to the resilience of people and ecosystems. This side event presents a set of principles and strategies for integrating local adaptation practices into climate policy and action and ensuring that vulnerable people are included.
SPEAKERS:
Moderator: Gabrielle Lipton, GLF
Jamal Annagylyjova, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity/ Nairobi Working Programme
Houria Djoudi, CIFOR-ICRAF
Amy Duchelle, FAO
Felix Dodds, University of North Carolina, USA
Eileen Mairena Cunningham, Indígena del Pueblo Miskitu de Nicaragua
Charles Sarpong Duah, Ghana Forestry Commission
CO-ORGANIZERS:
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future (SF)