Deep Dive Session 3.4: Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Investment Projects to Support Food Security

This session will share insights on the approach used by ADB to mainstream climate change risk assessment to inform investments predicated on robust evidence on current and future climate risks and emphasize the integrated approach to developing climate resilience-focused and stakeholder-centric investment projects for the Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector (AFNR) sector. It will also highlight the process and steps to identify actionable, scalable, and locally relevant interventions through evidence-based and participatory stakeholder engagements.

Moderators:

• Leo Kris Palao, Associate Climate Change Officer, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Departments, ADB
• Kathleen Coballes, Climate Change Officer, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Departments, ADB

Opening Remarks:

• Yasmin Siddiqi, Director, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Sector Group, ADB

Case studies on lessons and opportunities from upstream climate assessment:

• Climate change assessment in Georgia for the CAREC Water Pillar: Risk, Adaptation, and early project concepts
  Kathleen Coballes, Climate Change Officer, CCSD, ADB
• Enhancing climate resilience in the Pyanj River Basin – Climate change assessments and preparation of the climate change adaptation investment projects
  Matthias Leitner, Natural Resources and Agriculture Economist, AFNR-SG, ADB
• Aligning food security investments with climate goals in post-flood in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  Hiz Jamali, Senior Climate Change Officer, CCSD, ADB
• Scaling up climate investments to strengthen resilience in the Amu Darya River basin in Uzbekistan
  Leo Kris Palao, Associate Climate Change Officer, CCSD, ADB

Q&A

Closing Remarks:

• Xiaohong Yang, Deputy Director General, Central and West Asia Department, ADB