Location :
Madrid, Spain
On 8 December 2019, RCCC, IIED, EIT Climate-KIC, FAO, GRP, IDRC, UNDRR, InsuResilience Global Partnership are hosting Development and Climate Days 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
To prepare for COP26 in 2020, this year’s Development & Climate (D&C) Days will explore the ambitious actions and transformational systems that countries are already using, or need to develop, in order to meet their Paris commitments. This one-day event will bring together thinking from various sectors—food and agriculture, finance, cities, infrastructure, and biodiversity—that are seeking coherence and cross-cutting partnerships to ensure climate resilience for all. Participants will be encouraged to share learning experiences, challenge existing thinking, and generate new ideas on a range of issues that link policy, knowledge, and practice.
Five themes. The 17th annual D&C Days will carry forward conversations from the event ‘Building a Resilient Future’ held at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, building on five themes:
- Building resilient food and agriculture systems;
- Early warning, early action to leave no one behind;
- Financing a resilient future;
- Establishing resilient cities and infrastructure; and
- Working with nature to build resilience.
For the final theme—Working with nature to build resilience, the partners will explore ways to connect participants in potential remote sessions. More information on this will be provided as soon as it is available.
The venue and timings. D&C Days 2019 will be a one-day event held at the Hilton Madrid Airport, Av de la Hispanidad, 2-4 Madrid, 28042, Spain. Check-in will open from 8am on Sunday, 8 December. Sessions will start from 9am and finish at 6.30pm.
Following D&C Days online. In the build-up to D&C Days, you can follow on Twitter via #DCdays19, and they will also be providing comprehensive coverage of the event on the day itself. The opening and closing plenary sessions will be live-streamed on Facebook, where those following online will also have the opportunity to contribute to the conversation. They will also share the Facebook Live link on the day of the event.
About the organisers. This year’s event is hosted in partnership by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the V20/G20 InsuResilience Global Partnership for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance. With contributions from: Asian Development Bank (ADB), Global Commission on Adaptation, International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Mercy Corps, NAP Global Network and RIMISP – Latin American Center for Rural Development.