This high-level COP30 event will officially launch RAIZ, spotlighting its role as a global accelerator for financing farmland restoration. Ministers, financial institutions and COP Presidencies will share a joint vision for the solutions RAIZ must deliver by 2030 across all three Rio Conventions. The event is open to the public.
RAIZ – “Resilient Agriculture Investment for Net Zero Degradation” brings together governments and investors to unlock finance for farmland restoration worldwide. The accelerator is hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (MAPA) under the FAO FAST Partnership with the collaboration of the UNCCD G20 Global Land Initiative and the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) in partnership with the Action Agenda for Regenerative Landscapes.
Join us at COP30 on the 19th and 20th of November to learn more about RAIZ.
- Ana Toni – Executive Director, COP30
- Bruno Brasil – Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA), Brazil
- Carlos Fávaro – Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Brazil
- Osamu Kubota – Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
- Mary Creagh – Minister of Nature, United Kingdom
- Andreas Bjelland Eriksen – Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway
- Osama Faqeeha – Deputy Minister of Environment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Nick Blong – Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia
- Orlando Chirinos Trujillo – Vice-Minister of Rural Development and Irrigation, Peru
- Dr. Achala Abeysinghe – Director of Investment Services, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
- Jennie Dodson – Senior Director, Policy, Advocacy and Member Mobilisation, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
- Dr. Sandra Milach – Chief Scientist, CGIAR
- Andrea Meza – Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- Tristan Tyrrell – Programme Management Officer for Biodiversity & Climate Change, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat
- Noura Hamladji – Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Roberto Rodrigues – COP30 Climate Champion, Agriculture
- Kaveh Zahedi – Director, FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Morgan Gillespy – Executive Director, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)
