IFAD at Desertification COP16
At COP16, IFAD will champion investments and initiatives that generate positive outcomes for land, ecosystems and rural communities.
13:30 – 15:00 CEST (Rome, Italy)
Development and climate organizations are increasingly recognizing the value of behavioural approaches for maximizing the results and impact of their operations and enhancing their sustainability.
Despite considerable resources being spent towards realizing impacts related to climate, nutrition and gender, these outcomes are not being realized - especially in terms of climate and gender. A key reason for this is that there is an intention-action gap in these areas. Behavioural science presents a potential avenue for dealing with this gap. This discipline creates structures, processes and changes so that we can behave the way we want to, usually without negatively affecting our results.
Speakers at this session of the UN Behavioural Science Week focused on sharing their experiences with their organizations' efforts to increase access to and use of inputs, diversify livelihoods, and optimize investment decisions by using behavioural science approaches.
The session contributed to exchanging possibilities, building evidence, and learning from different experiences on what can work and what may not. Speakers discussed how successful results can be adapted to new contexts and scaled up while enhancing the nexus among climate, gender, and nutrition.
Participants at this session will:
Key Themes
Event Format
High-level speakers and experts’ panel with live Q&A
Speakers and panellists
Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), CGIAR
Anita Bhatia, Assistant UN Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, UN System Coordination, Sustainability and Partnerships, UN Women
Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director General, Climate and Natural Resources, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Jyotsna Puri, Director, Environment, Climate, Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion Division (ECG), IFAD
Nathanial Peterson, Vice-President for Partnerships, Busara Centre for Behavioural Economics
Martin Prowse, Evaluation Specialist - Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Nancy J. Aburto, Deputy Director, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO
Ndaya Beltchika, Lead Technical Specialist, Gender and Social Inclusion, IFAD
Dominik Ziller, Vice-President, IFAD
The event was moderated by Gladys H. Morales, Senior Innovation Adviser, Change, Delivery and Innovation Unit (CDI), IFAD.
Disponible solo en inglés.
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