Delegates are expected to hold text-based negotiations around three hotspot issues key to enhancing the Multilateral System (MLS) of access and benefit-sharing of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Event
16 September 2024 - 19 September 2024
This event introduced participants to the Harmoniya Initiative, which will serve as a hub for work on agrifood systems during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Harmoniya Initiative is a joint project of the COP 29 Presidency and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Event
4 June 2024
Delegates made progress towards enhancing the Multilateral System that provides facilitated access to a list of crops considered vital for food security, with the aim to increase benefit-sharing flows to the stewards of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, which are primarily farmers in developing countries.
Event
16 April 2024 - 18 April 2024
At COP 28, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) will address two of humanity’s most urgent challenges—climate change and food security.
Event
30 November 2023 - 12 December 2023