[COP28 Side Event]Unlocking Finance, Partnership and synergy for Landscapes and Ecosystem Restoration
Day：2024.01.16
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Person in charge
Yasuko Inoue
JICA SFS-CORECC Project, Kenya
Expert on Forest Policy/Extension
Overview
Date: 4 December, 15:00-18:00
Co-host：Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Kenya（MECCF）,The World Bank
Collaborators：Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Location：Kenya Pavilion, Blue Zone
Moderators and panelists
Eng. Festus Ng'eno
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Kenya
Principal Secretary, State Department for Environment and Climate Change
Hon. Soipan Tuya
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Kenya
Cabinet Secretary
George Tarus
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, Kenya
Ag. Forest Conservation Secretary
Valerie Hickey
The World Bank
Global Director for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy
Keiichi Igarashi
UNFCCC
Officer
Noriaki Sakaguchi
JICA
Senior Advisor, , Global Environment Department
Primary objectives and outcomes
Although Kenya enjoys a rich diversity of natural resources, the degradation of natural resources due to climate change in recent years has caused a number of challenges that need to be addressed with stronger financial and institutional support.Kenya is promoting the planting and growing of 15 billion trees by 2032 through all-government, all-society approach.
This event presents best practices of landscape and ecosystem restoration efforts in Kenya, describe access to finance for further efforts, and discusses ways to attract development partners and private sector investment.
Content of the discussions
This side event was presented at the 'Kenya Pavilion', where the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry and the World Bank invited the audience to mobilise funds for 'Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives', and the UNFCCC presented an overview of the current status of REDD+. During the event, Mr. Sakaguchi thanked the Government of Kenya lef by MECCF for their collaboration with JICA in the areas of policy and technology development of Forest Sector, including the on-going SFS-CORECC project in Kenya, which has achieved a number of results, and also highlighted that project results, such as the breeding of tree species which are high adaptive capacities to arid and semi-arid areas, are currently being used in Kenya's 15 billion tree planting campaign and expanding it to regional cooperation in Africa as a leader of this area in Africa. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forests, Ms. Tuya, reiterated her appreciation for the technical cooperation of JICA and other development partners in the forest sector, and this side event contributed to raising awareness of the JICA's forest sector cooperation both nationally and internationally.
Presentation of the contribution to international cooperation in combating climate change through the forestry sector in Kenya by JICA, and introduction of JICA's SFS-CORECC project by Mr. Sakaguchi.
Principal Secretary, State Department for Environment and Climate Change Mr. Ngeno moderating.
Minister Tuya explains Kenya's 15 billion tree planting and reforestation campaign.
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