BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-298@iwmi.org DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210413T130000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210413T160000 DTSTAMP:20210611T130359Z URL:https://www.iwmi.org/events/unfss-independent-dialogue-in-southern-afr ica/ SUMMARY:UNFSS Independent Dialogue in Southern Africa DESCRIPTION:Managing the water and energy we eat: advancing water‐energy- food\n(WEF) nexus approaches to achieve food systems transformation\nin So uthern Africa\nMeeting platform: Zoom (Click here to register)\, By invita tion only\n\nJoin us for an Independent Dialogue convened by the Internati onal Water Management Institute (IWMI) and partners to discuss water-energ y-food (WEF) nexus approaches to achieve food systems transformation in So uthern Africa. Insights emerging from this regional\, multi-stakeholder fo rum will be presented to the United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) in September 2021. Transforming #foodsystems is among the most powerful ways to make progress towards all 17 #SDGS. This dialogue will begin to unpack how food systems can be localized and transformed in a water-constrained r egion such as Southern Africa in a manner that acknowledges WEF nexus link ages\, promotes regional trade\, and enhances equity and inclusion.\n\nThe session is designed to be interactive\, allowing for small group discussi on\, collective brainstorming\, and agenda-setting. As the region maps out the road to UNFSS 2021\, this Dialogue will focus on the role of water an d energy in food systems transformation. Speakers and panellists from acro ss the world and the region will discuss how systems transformation for eq uitable food and water security in Southern Africa can be achieved.\n\nWe invite everyone working to advance transformative water\, energy and food systems to join this Dialogue.\n\nCurators: Dr Inga Jacobs-Mata (IWMI) / D r Maike Hamann (CST/GRP)\n\n[su_table responsive="yes"]\n\n\n\nThe Road to UNFSS2021: Achieving water and food security\nProf Joachim von Braun (Cha ir of the Scientific Group for the UNFSS)\n\n\nThe Road to UNFSS2021: The role of water in food systems transformation\nDr Mark Smith (DG\, IWMI)\n\ n\nProgress and challenges in achieving SDG 2: Zero Hunger in the region\, and implications for water\, energy and food security\nRepresentative fro m SADC\n\n\nPanel discussion: realising more just systems transformation f or food and water security in Southern Africa\nPanellists from: Water Rese arch Commission (WRC) South Africa\; Global Water Partnership (GWP)\; Worl d Bank\; private sector\; food sovereignty networks in Africa\n\n\nBreakou t group discussions\n \;\n\nAll\n\n\nFeedback from breakout discussion s in plenary\n\n\nWrap-up of key messages and next steps\n\n\n\n[/su_table ]\n\nThematic areas of breakout group discussions:\n\n Moving towards low carbon energy for food production\nKey question: How can we sustainably p roduce more food in the region using low greenhouse gas energy sources?\n\ n\n Climate change impacts on water and food security\nKey question: How can we sustainably enhance food security without compromising water securi ty in the context of climate change??\n\n\n Policy coherence and institut ional coordination in water\, food\, energy and climate change that operat ionalize the WEF nexus\nKey question: What practical steps can/should be t aken to ensure policy coherence and institutional coordination to improve water\, energy and food security in the region?\n\n\n Advancing technical WEF models\, tools and frameworks for decision making at multiple scales\ nKey question: How can WEF nexus models/tools facilitate new understanding of interdependencies and trade-offs in the WEF nexus\, as well as foster data sharing and enhanced decision-making in the region?\n\n\n Putting na ture back in the WEF nexus: towards resilient food landscapes\nKey questio n: How do we build more resilient food and livelihood systems while protec ting critical water sources\, biodiversity\, and other ecosystem services? \n\n\n Community approaches to operationalise the WEF nexus\nKey question : How can we promote equity and inclusion in WEF nexus governance to creat e opportunities for transformation towards more just food\, water and ener gy systems?\n\n\n Trading in the WEF nexus across scales\nKey question: H ow do we build resilience in interconnected food systems\, from local to g lobal scales?\n\n\n\n \;\n\n[su_note note_color="#eff7fd" text_color=" #323232" radius="0" class=""]About the UNFSS Dialogues\n\nThe Food Systems Summit Dialogues are an approach for enabling systematic\, inclusive oppo rtunities for stakeholders to be engaged in food systems. The approach ena bles participants to contribute to the 2021 Food Systems Summit by buildin g on efforts already underway\, working together on pathways that lead to sustainable food systems\, and setting out intentions and commitments in t he run up to the Summit. These Dialogues contribute to shaping the pathway s which will lead to equitable and sustainable food systems by 2030. They will also be valuable to the different work streams preparing for the Food Systems Summit: the Action Tracks\, Scientific Groups and Champions as we ll as for other Dialogues.\n\nThe Dialogues are moments for: engaging acto rs in the food systems approach\, in unusual ways\; enabling them to explo re ideas together\; encouraging creativity\, emphasising equity\; emerging more powerfully through connections\; elaborating pathways\, intentions a nd commitments together.\n\nThe International Water Management Institute ( IWMI) and global and regional partners have committed to host a series of multi-stakeholder dialogues that emphasise water’s transformative role i n food systems. The objective is to bring the discussion on food and water systems in a changing climate to the global policy level and to provide t angible inputs into the discussion of the UNFSS. 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