The Sixth Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and The ninth International Conference on Sustainability Science, COP16
11:45-13:15, 26 October 2024, COP 16, Cali, Colombia, La Macarenna Room
COP16: 6th Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and 9th ICSS
Sustainability & biodiversity: Food & agriculture – Transforming Agri-food Systems for People and Nature: from a new narrative to a new reality. Best cases and pathways for transformative change.
Organizers: Post 2020 Biodiversity Framework – Expertise France, Alliance Bioversity CIAT
Targets: 1-23
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concept note
Description of the session
More and more often, the dominant narratives on the relationship between agriculture, food systems and sustainable development are perceived as inadequate: they either focus on maximizing agricultural output – the productivist approach – or on prioritizing the preservation of biodiversity over economic impacts – the ecologist approach. That is why, as a follow-up session to the Montpellier Global Days, a group of experts participated in the collective identification of the key elements of a new narrative supporting the transformation of agri-food systems for people and nature. By emphasizing the interconnectedness of agri-food systems and biodiversity, a new narrative can help reconcile these objectives.
Can this narrative become a reality? If so, how? These participatory sessions will focus on scaling up ambitious and transformative cases that indigenous peoples and local communities are putting forward.
General objectives
- Explore integrating various knowledge systems and practices in agricultural landscapes, related productive systems and consumption.
- By building on the themes identified and developed in the Montpellier Process and the Transforming Agri-food Systems for People and Nature, explore how the new set of values proposed in the new narrative can be translated into concrete solutions, to develop and realize alternative value chains.
Specific objectives:
- Create a space to discuss and exchange experiences on integrating knowledge systems and practices into agricultural landscapes, related productive systems and consumption.
- Explore knowledge systems as triggers for implementation of The Biodiversity Plan
- Identify the specific needs and challenges faced by knowledge holders, especially indigenous peoples, afrodescendants and local communities, and women.
- Compile the experience of successful cases and lessons learned towards transformed agri-food systems.
- Generate ideas for next steps and further activities to contribute to the integration of these knowledge systems into agri-food system transformation
- Foster collaboration among experts, government leaders and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen coordinated action in biodiversity conservation and restoration at the state level.
Program of the session
Workshop modality
The workshop will consist of two sessions of face-to-face work. The first 1 ½ hour session will be participatory, the second will be present the results accomplished by the workshop participants. A combination of plenary presentations and round table discussions will provide spaces for reflection and to produce tangible outputs.
Tables for working groups will be put together according to language to avoid interpretation. Plenaries will be interpreted consecutively.
Participants
The sessions will be open to knowledge holders with diverse perspectives and practitioners, including scientists, holders of traditional knowledge, representatives of IP&LC’s, SNLG’s, Women, Youth, agriculture, trade, national governments, financial institutions, cooperation agencies and the United Nations system, whose experience and vision as a whole will cover the science policy interface as well as public policy and local implementation issues in agri-food systems and value chains.
General principles
- POUR IDEAS ON CARDS: Contributions should be issued with complete statements so that they can be inserted into the workshop outputs. The ideas that do not remain on the cards will be difficult to systematize and will not be considered as contributions.
- PROPOSITIVE VISION: They should think of a prospective scenario for an active contribution of knowledge systems to the transformation of agri-food systems.
- OPEN SPACE: Opinions corresponding to each topic will be collected, they should be placed in the open space.
- LET YOURSELF BE GUIDED: A prepared and well-structured methodology will be developed; participants will be asked let themselves be guided through the exercise.
- LISTENING ENVIRONMENT: Emphasize that the facilitators create the environment to collect everyone’s contributions (listen to all voices), the facilitators do not act as experts, but the experts in the different topics are the invited participants.
- BE PREPARED: Success stories in a pre-defined format (see annex) will be shared in advance.
Agenda
5’ | Welcome participants and ice breaking | Break the ice | Danaé Moyano Rodriguez (Post-2020): Present the session and the narrative developed in Montpellier. |
30’ | Presentation of best cases | Inspire participants to think out of the box |
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10’ |
| Report on best cases: Identify common themes | – Renee Borges (IUBS Secretary General) – Karl-Josef Dietz, (IUBS President) |
5’ | WORKSHOP
| Present the workshop | Danaé Moyano Rodriguez (Post-2020) |
| WORKSHOP: Co-creation of a new narrative
| Contribute to the new narrative by working on the following topics: – a collective process leading to the design of producer-centred strategies and policies – agricultural policies/programs focusing on nature and people’s health – scaling up agroecological practices in value chains – localized agri-food policies co-created with local communities | Workshop: answer the guiding questions: 1. Title of the indicative action suggested 2. Context: What is the objective of this action? 3. Activities: What are the concrete steps performed to realize this action? 4. Solution: What will the action achieve? 5. Scalability: How can this become the norm? 6. Enabling conditions: What do we need to be able to get there? 7. Who needs to be involved? |
Speakers
- Eva Zabey
- Marcela Quintero
- Khadija SAMI
- Keletso Malepe
- Hernando García Martínez
- Esther Camac Ramirez
- Rachel Lévesque
- Renee Borges
- Karl-Josef Dietz
- Fabrice DeClerck
- Hugo Rivera Mendoza
- Danae Moyana-Rodriguez