The Virtual Dialogue Event Exploring the nexus of climate change, food security and the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted in 8th June 2021.
The objectives are to:
- Increase awareness and understanding of the potentials of climate-smart land use approaches for food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation and COVID-19 recovery in ASEAN.
- Promote knowledge exchange about experience from ASEAN Member States (AMS) in implementing policies and practices for “building back better” in agriculture and land use.
- Identify options how the insights generated can inform regional and national policy-processes.
The virtual event was hosted by Viet Nam through the Institute for Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD) and Thailand as Chair of ASEAN-CRN.The event was supported by the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) in cooperation with the Climate-Smart Land Use (CSLU) in ASEAN project with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
The event documentation will be available soon in this page.
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