How Playing Climate Defence Can Help Achieve Canada’s National Adaptation Targets

A panel of experts from Climate Proof Canada will discuss how the Coalition’s recommendations for Community Health & Wellbeing, and Disaster Preparedness & Recovery can drive economic resilience and achieve rapid, tangible progress of the targets within the National Adaptation Strategy.  

We need a defensive game plan to better protect families, improve household affordability and build resilient communities. We need all orders of government working alongside Indigenous governments, First Responders, insurers, home builders and others in the private sector. This panel will outline how Canada can play climate defense.  

Innovative Cross-Sector Synergies for Sustainable Food Systems, Biodiversity, and Climate Goals

The event will explore cross-sectoral synergies for sustainable food systems, focusing on how agriculture, livestock, and forestry sectors in Canada and globally are collaborating to meet the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement. Canadian and global leaders will share experiences and motivate collective action to increase climate and biodiversity ambition. The format will include presentations from Canadian agrifood leaders and international experts, followed by a panel discussion on real-world case studies. Panelists will address how collaboration has led to benefits for climate and biodiversity, explore opportunities for scaling successful initiatives, and discuss strategies to overcome cross-sector challenges. The session will be interactive, encouraging dialogue between participants and the audience.

Save our Rivers by Educating our Children

At a time of climate change and its cross-cutting impacts on water and our Rivers, this dialogue will show how education on preserving the health of these ecosystems is a key factor in tackling them. Threats to our Rivers and innovative legal solutions to overcome them will be presented. The event will demonstrate how the holistic approach of recognizing the legal personality to natural entities can contribute to the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This event is part of a process of reconciliation with Canada’s First Nations: there can be no preservation of waterways without the involvement and presence of those who have known the territory for thousands of years.

Additional Resources

The additional resources and other links available for some individual events are not hosted on the official COP29 Canada Pavilion website, and as such, it is not guaranteed that they will be available in both official languages.

Partnerships for Climate, Biodiversity, and People: Canadian and Global Perspectives

Climate change and biodiversity loss are interconnected. Many countries, including Canada, have embraced nature-based solutions in their climate strategies. Canada’s leadership was demonstrated as co-host of Biodiversity COP15 (2022) in Montreal, leading to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Despite growing recognition that climate and biodiversity must be addressed together, the lack of an integrated global policy framework leads to fragmented action. Innovative research can bridge these gaps by connecting knowledge, policy, finance, and people. This round table features international research partnerships funded by Canada’s New Frontiers Research Fund, funding agencies like the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and global perspectives showcasing initiatives on the ground. The dialogue will inspire joint action for climate, nature, and people, paving the way for COP30 and beyond.

Additional Resources

The additional resources and other links available for some individual events are not hosted on the official COP29 Canada Pavilion website, and as such, it is not guaranteed that they will be available in both official languages.

Sustainable Development at the Climate-Nature Nexus | Feeding the World Sustainably

This panel explores the challenge of enabling sustainable food systems with a view to examine impacts on food security, costs of inaction, and economic opportunity to advance climate and nature action. Convening distinguished leaders from government, private sector and food leaders, the discussion will focus on impacts and dependencies across food systems, highlight the economic case for initiatives at the nature-climate nexus, and explore the potential for innovation and nature-based solutions. Outcomes will illustrate the impact of innovative approaches on feeding the human population while driving positive climate and nature impacts.

Canadian Leadership in Climate Change and Agriculture: Domestic and International Perspectives

This event will highlight Canada’s leadership in agriculture and food security through showing how farmers with the right investments, are improving environmental sustainability and adapting to the impacts of climate change. In this panel discussion, a diversity of partners will explore the issues, strategies, and innovations of domestic and internationally focused organizations, to highlight common themes, approaches, and persistent challenges. Through touching on issues such as local commitments, biodiversity, modes of finance, gender empowerment, and international collaboration, this event will show why agriculture and food security are critical to discussions and decision-making on climate change. The perspectives of small-scale farmers, cooperatives, and commercial enterprises will be shared in this compelling discussion, which links policy to practice, and will include insight from the Government of Canada.

The Role of Agriculture in Sustainable Food Production

Saskatchewan pioneered and continues to be a global leader in no-till crop production and our dry-land seeding technology is exported around the world. Zero-till has been a win-win with greater crop yields enabling Saskatchewan producers to sequester approximately 14.9 million tonnes of carbon yearly – almost 92 per cent of the total reported agriculture emissions in Saskatchewan. Digital agriculture has also taken root in Saskatchewan with many technologies such as on-farm guidance now commonplace, and variable rate inputs gaining adoption. This has the potential to allow for greater production with a reduced environmental footprint. This panel will highlight how Saskatchewan farmers have adopted best management practices, leveraging digital technology and how they use crop inputs that foster sustainability to achieve GHG emissions reduction throughout the entire agricultural value chain.