Panel discussion on adverse impact of climate…

Objectives: This year's panel discussion will focus on the adverse impacts of climate change on the full realization of the right to food for all people and ways forward to address the challenges thereto, as well as best practices and lessons learned.

The objectives are:

• To enhance understanding of the impacts of climate change on the right to food as well as the climate impacts of food systems;
• To highlight the benefits of human rights-based climate action and a food system transition from industrialized agriculture towards agroecology;
• To identify good practices and share lessons learned in the promotion and protection of the right to food in the context of the adverse impacts of climate change, including with respect to science-based approaches and Indigenous Peoples' traditional knowledge;
• To identify opportunities for collaboration and action by States through international cooperation to implement rights-based climate action and a food system transition that benefits both people and planet.

Chair:

• H.E. Mr. Asim Ahmed, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statement:

• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Video screening: Testimonies of climate change impacts on the right to food Panellists:

• Mr. Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Ms. Ana Maria Suarez Franco, Geneva Representative of FIAN International
• Mr. Gian Carlo Cirri, Director of the Geneva Global Office of the World Food Programme
• Ms. Pasang Dolma Sherpa, Executive Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples' Research and Development

SPEAKERS:

• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Maldives, Testimonies of climate change impacts on the right to food (Video screening)
• Mr. Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Ms. Ana Maria Suarez Franco, Geneva Representative of FIAN International
• Mr. Gian Carlo Cirri, Director of the Geneva Global Office of the World Food Programme
• Ms. Pasang Dolma Sherpa, Executive Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples' Research and Development
• Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Viet Nam
• Trinidad and Tobago (on behalf of the Caribbean Community), Ms. Allison St. Brice
• Philippines (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Kristine Leilani R. Salle
• Peru (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Luis Juan Chuquihuara Chil
• Dominican Republic (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Héctor Virgilio Alcántara
• Belgium (on behalf of the States Members and observers of the International Organization of la Francophonie), Mr. Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve
• Maldives (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Hawla Ahmed Didi
• Lithuania (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Darius Staniulis
• European Union, Ms. Lotte Knudsen
• Oman (on behalf of the Gulf Cooperation Council), Mr. Idris Al Khanjari
• Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Mr. Zaman Mehdi
• Commission on Human Rights (Philippines), Mr. Palpal-Latoc Richard Paat
• Associazione Comunita Papa Giovanni XXIII, Mr. Domenico Convertino
• Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Ms. Francesca Mingrone
• Costa Rica (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Shara Duncan Villalobos
• Mali (on behalf of a group of countries, Mr. Alassane Demba Toure
• Cameroon, Mr. Bosse Théophile Olivier
• United Nations Population Fund
• Timor-Leste, Ms. Maria de Lurdes Bessa
• Mauritius, Mr. Omduttrajsingh Sewraj
• Oman, Mr.  Talal Hilal Al Siyabi
• Niger, Mr. Laouali Labo
• Senegal, Mr. Fallou Mbow Fall
• Germany, Mr. Hans-Peter Jugel
• Benin, Mr. Angelo Dan
• Brazil, Mr. Benhur Perch Viana
• Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (El Salvador), Ms. Raquel Caballero de Guevara
• World Vision International, Ms. Yael Feliz
• Centre Europe - tiers monde, Mr. Murad Akincilar
• Mr. Benyam Dawit Mezmur, Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Final Remarks)
• Ms. Ana Maria Suarez Franco, Geneva Representative of FIAN International
• Mr. Gian Carlo Cirri, Director of the Geneva Global Office of the World Food Programme
• Ms. Pasang Dolma Sherpa, Executive Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples' Research and Development