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WFF: Indigenous Youth Climate Action & COP 28
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The World Food Forum's (WFF) flagship event is comprised of the WFF Global Youth Forum, the FAO Science and Innovation Forum and the FAO Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum. In 2023, the WFF flagship event will take place from 16 to 20 October at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy and virtually.
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This session will bring together Indigenous Youth with the Member States, foundations and experts who are advancing the work for climate action and strategies towards the COP 28. Indigenous Youth will share their initiatives and policy priorities for climate action. Together the session will generate: (1) recommendations for the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the loss and damages fund; (2) Indigenous Youth strategies towards COP 28; and (3) recommendations for the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in energy transition strategies.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate diplomacy: COP 27
The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) produced a groundbreaking agreement to create a “loss and damage” fund to help developing nations cope with the impact of climate change.
But the conference, held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, fell short of a hoped-for agreement to speed reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.