UN Climate Change Conference

COP27 · Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt · Nov 06-18, 2022

Join Regeneration International on our mission to bring the message of regenerative food, farming,
and land use to the forefront of the climate conversation.

Check back frequently for calendar updates.

We Are in Egypt for COP27

In 2015, Regeneration International sent a large delegation to COP21 in Paris. There, we were able, along with our partners, to raise the issue of healthy soils and healthy food to cool the planet. For the first time since the first Conference of the Parties (COP 1) which took place in Berlin, the role of industrial agriculture and change of land use in global warming was made relevant.

The urgency and the necessity of action on the ground has become more and more clear in the past years, and the recent publication of the IPCC Working Group 1 Report on the Physical Science Basis of the Sixth Assessment shows the need for all parties to meet their commitments under the 2015 Paris agreement to limit the impact on global warming to a maximum of 2°C.

Our message from 2015 continues in 2021, with more and more evidence and concrete examples of how regenerative agriculture can reverse global warming and feed the world. The management of soils and their organic matter, and their capacity to sequester carbon, must be in every negotiation and commitment since it is the hope we have for a livable planet.

For COP 27, Regeneration International is sending a small but very dedicated delegation in Sharm El-Sheikh, which will be keeping you up to date on the latest news related to regenerative agriculture. We are working on a calendar including all COP events talking about Soil Solutions and Regeneration. Also, we will be putting together printed materials and live streaming and recording video broadcasts of events organized by the partners of the RI network - not to be missed!

Printable Resources

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Regeneration International Events and Contributions

 

Wednesday, Nov 9 I 11:15-12:30 EET I Food4Climate Pavilion
Conflict, COVID and Climate Change: A turning point for transitions to sustainable food & farming? Biovision, IPES-Food, IFOAM Organics

Thursday, Nov 10 I 8:30-9:30 EET I WWF Pavilion
Role of Agroecology in the future KJWA  Biovision, WWF, FAO, GAFF, Youngo, CGIAR

Thursday, Nov 10-12 I Booth #38- Blue Zone
Contributing to AFSA booth

Friday Nov 11-14 I Different Venues
Regeneration International will be partnering with the African Food Sovereignty Alliance on several events to:

 #1 RECOGNIZE AGROECOLOGY and REGENERATIVE ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FOR ADAPTATION
Prioritize agroecology to transform the agri-food system, build resilience, and enable small-scale farmers, pastoralists and fishers to adapt to climate change. Include agroecology in the UNFCCC climate negotiations.

#2: PUT SMALL-SCALE FARMERS AT THE CENTRE OF ADAPTATION
Meaningfully engage small-scale food producers and indigenous communities, including women and youth, in the COP27 negotiations and beyond – they manage landscapes across Africa. Reject false solutions that threaten land, seeds and breeds and increase reliance on global agrochemical corporations.

#3: FOCUS CLIMATE FINANCING ON SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
Direct climate finance to agroecology. The time is now for an appropriate and deliberate increase in financing for small-scale farmers, fishers, pastoralists, and indigenous communities to deliver sustainable food systems through agroecology.

Saturday, Nov 12 I 14:00-15:30 EET I French Pavilion 
“4 per 1000” Initiative side-event on the “agriculture day” on soil health

Sunday, Nov 13 I 18:00-21:30 EET I 71 Moscow Street, Montazah
Regenerative Agriculture Solutions, a multipurpose solution for Climate, Hunger, Biodiversity & Economic Development,
SEKEM COP27 Dialogues events

Monday, Nov 14 I 18:30-20:00 EET I UNFCCC-Osiris Room
Opportunities for directing climate finance towards resilient and agroecological food systems. Biovision, IPES-Food, GAFF, AFSA, Both Ends

Wednesday, Nov 16 I 18:30-20:00 EET I Khufu Room, Blue Zone
Regeneration International, Organic Consumers Association and Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú (ONAMIAP) will hold a side event : "For food Sovereignity: Voices and proposals of women from the Global South".

Food Sovereignty: Voices and proposals from the women of the Global South
Women and indigenous peoples of the Abya Yala and the Global South, impacted in their collective way of life by climate change, demand public policies that respect their food sovereignty, ancestral sciences and technologies that guarantee their own economies.

Speakers: -Mercedes López Martínez, Directora de Vía Orgánica /CDMX -Ketty Marcelo López, Presidenta de la ONAMIAP /Perú -Melania Canales Poma, Coordinadora del ECMIA- Región Sur -Wilma Mendoza, Presidenta de la CNAMIB/Bolivia -Precious Phiri, Coordinadora del Centro de Manejo Holístico de Zimbawe

Wednesday, Nov 16 I 8:00-16:00 EET I
Regeneration International, will be represented at the high level segment of the 4 per 1000 Initiative Day

"Soil health" is the focus of the "4 per 1000: Soils for Food Security and Climate" initiative. Its conservation and improvement are fundamental to the sequestration of carbon through photosynthesis via agriculture and forestry and is in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals of improving food security, helping agriculture and forestry adapt to climate change and contributing to climate change mitigation.

Six years after its inception and following the adoption of its Strategic Plan in 2020, the “4 per 1000” Initiative will present its Implementation Strategy, which will outline activities to achieve its 2050 goals. The initiative has entered into a phase of implementation with the contribution of its members, partners, and friends.

The overall theme of the fifth "4 per 1000" Day will be "the mobilization of stakeholders (partners, members, and friends of the initiative) by forging transformative alliances and partnerships (multi- stakeholder coalitions) to implement its 2050 Strategic Plan”.

*All times GMT+2 / Egypt Time

Full events calendar here

Regeneration International present at COP27

COP27 has ended with an agreement for a “Loss and Damage” fund without any plans or consensus to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, this means very little progress on climate action and achieving net-zero emissions which has been urged by the UNFCCC to avoid the catastrophic tipping points of a +1.5C warmer planet. 

Regeneration International is at #COP27 with Kayaa Christine Nakimwero, a member of Parliament in Uganda who is campaigning for seed sovereignty to ensure climate resiliency and food security in Africa.

Regeneration International is at #COP27 with AFSA (Alliance of Food Sovereignty in Africa). Join our very own Precious Phiri and AFSA's Bridget Mugambe and gain insight into Africa's most prominent civil society and their actions to regenerate the climate emergency through agroecology.

Interview with Karen Mapusua, President of IFOAM Organics International at COP27

Meet our dear friend Karen Mapusua, President of IFOAM - Organics International, promoting agroecology and regenerative organic food systems
as a way to mitigate and adapt to climate change.


Why COP2
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Regeneration International will attend COP27 to promote regenerative agriculture, holistic planned grazing, watershed restoration and land management as essential practices to reverse global warming and regenerate soil, ecosystems and communities.

Given the considerable attention that agriculture, food production and land use are getting at official negotiations following the IPCC report and the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, we understand the importance of having a strong presence both within and outside the COP, to ensure that existing best regenerative practices are supported, and that shovel-ready solutions that improve soil organic matter, sequester carbon, and restore ecosystems, livelihoods and communities are highlighted over industrial agriculture models.

Our Mission

To promote, facilitate and accelerate the global transition to regenerative food, farming and land management for the purpose of restoring climate stability, ending world hunger and rebuilding deteriorated social, ecological and economic systems.

Our Plan

Regeneration International plans to advance the regenerative agriculture movement globally, linking regenerative agriculture and the climate crisis, pointing at the root causes and connections between the social and climate crises, and highlighting best local and international regenerative practices.

Our Endorsements

Regeneration International has signed on to a number of different documents for this years COP, including:

People's Food Summit 2022

Regeneration International, in conjunction with steering committee partners such as the Organic Consumers Association, The Global Alliance for Organic Districts, IFOAM Asia, Navdanya, the International Network of Eco Regions, Savory Hub Africa, Via Organica, The League of Organic Municipalities and Cities and BERAS International hosted the People's Food Summit on World Food Day, October 16, this year.

It was a spectacularly successful event with over 700,000 people from all regions of our planet tuning in to watch and listen to our numerous topics.

It was a 24 hour global, participatory, virtual summit that started in Oceania, and moved westwards through the time zones of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America.

We had speakers from every continent presenting the truly good news about food production and regenerative systems — including Vandana Shiva, Ronnie Cummins, Andre Leu — panels, discussions and other live events as well as videos and music from every region of the world.

Visit the People's Food Summit page here