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Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of  the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, International Director at Regeneration International, Organic Consumers Association and Vía Organica, Mexico.

Inaugural session – Welcome address through speeches from Officials

• Ms Annie Genevard, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry of the French Republic (video)
• Dr Ophelia Nick, Parliamentary Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany (video)
• Ms Elena Bursutil, Director General for agricultural Production and Markets, on behalf of Mr. Luis Planas Puchades, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Kingdom of Spain (video).
  

Inspirational presentation

Mr. Marc André Selosse, Professor and Biologist, MHN (Museum d'Histoire Naturelle / National Museum of Natural History), Paris, France (video).

High-Level segment

Introduction 

High-level speeches

Introduction by Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.

• Ms Louise Baker, Managing Director, The Global Mechanism, UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)
• Mr. Lifeng Li, Director, Land and Water Division, FAO (United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization), or Ms Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, Soil scientist - Land and Water Officer, FAO-GSP (Global Soil Partnership), International Organization (United Nations agency) based in Rome, Italy, to be confirmed
• Dr Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Director General, The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, International Organization based in Rome, Italy (video)
• Mr. John Barker, Director General, OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine), International Organization based in Dijon, France
• Mr. Teodoro Miano, Secretary General, CIHEAM (Centre International des Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), International Organization based in Paris, France
• Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, African Union Special Envoy on Food Systems
• Mr. Patrick Worms, President, IUAF (International Union of Agroforestry), International Organization based in Czech Republic
• Ms Diane Masure, President, APAD (Association pour la Promotion d'une Agriculture Durable / Association for the Promotion of a Sustainable agriculture), France
• Ms Valérie Verdier, CEO, IRD (Institut de la Recherche et du Développement / French National Institute for Sustainable Development), France
• Dr Julien Demenois, Researcher in functional ecology, co-Leader of the ESTIME team, "4 per 1000" focal point at Cirad, on behalf of Ms Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, CEO, Cirad (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement / French International Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), France
• Ms Suzanne Reynders, Coordinator, Soil Carbon IRC (International Research Consortium), program ORCaSa, led by INRAE (Institut National de la Recherche pour l'Agriculture et l'Environnement / French National Research Institute for Agriculture and Environment), France
• Mr. David Nabarro, Strategic Director, 4SD Foundation, Switzerland
• Mr. Pierre Abadie, Group Climate Director, Tikehau Capital, France.

Introduction par Mme Ercilia Sahores, vice-présidente de l'Initiative internationale "4 pour 1000".

Mme Louise Baker, directrice générale du Mécanisme mondial, UNCCD (Convention des Nations unies sur la lutte contre la désertification)

M. Lifeng Li, Directeur, Division des terres et des eaux, FAO (Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture), ou Mme Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, Soil scientist - Land and Water Officer, FAO-GSP (Global Soil Partnership), Organisation internationale (agence des Nations Unies) basée à Rome, Italie, à confirmer.

Dr Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, directeur général, The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, organisation internationale basée à Rome, Italie (vidéo)

M. John Barker, directeur général, OIV (Organisation internationale de la vigne et du vin), organisation internationale basée à Dijon, France

M. Teodoro Miano, Secrétaire général, CIHEAM (Centre International des Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), Organisation internationale basée à Paris, France

Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, vice-président de l'initiative internationale "4 pour 1000", envoyé spécial de l'Union africaine pour les systèmes alimentaires

M. Patrick Worms, président de l'IUAF (Union internationale d'agroforesterie), organisation internationale basée en République tchèque

Mme Diane Masure, Présidente, APAD (Association pour la Promotion d'une Agriculture Durable), France

Mme Valérie Verdier, PDG, IRD (Institut de la Recherche et du Développement), France

Dr Julien Demenois, chercheur en écologie fonctionnelle, co-responsable de l'équipe ESTIME, point focal "4 pour 1000" au Cirad, au nom de Mme Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, PDG, Cirad (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement / French International Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), France

Mme Suzanne Reynders, Coordinatrice, Soil Carbon IRC (International Research Consortium), programme ORCaSa, dirigé par l'INRAE (Institut National de la Recherche pour l'Agriculture et l'Environnement), France

M. David Nabarro, directeur stratégique, Fondation 4SD, Suisse

M. Pierre Abadie, Directeur Climat Groupe, Tikehau Capital, France.

Dr Beverley Henry, co-Chair of the "4 per 1000" STC,  Adjunct Associate Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Member of the Australian Government’s Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee, Australia

Dr Budiman Minasny, co-Chair of the interim "4 per 1000"-Soil Carbon IRC STC, Professor of soil landscape modelling at the University of Sydney, Australia.

The "4 per 1000" Regional Conferences in 2024 & 2025

The United Nations COPs in 2024 & 2025

• The "4 per 1000" Mediterranean Regional Conference, Rabat, Morocco, 21-23 Oct. 2024, by Dr Paul Luu, Executive Secretary of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.
  
• The 12th CIHEAM Ministerial Meeting (Centre International des Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), Rabat, Morocco, 24-25 Oct. 2024, by Mr. Teodoro Miano, Secretary General, CIHEAM, International Organization based in Paris, France
  
• The Temperate Climate Meeting (Meeting for temperate climate zones), Berlin, Germany, Q1 or Q2 2025 or 2026 (dates to be further confirmed), by Ms Dorothea Schildt, Officer Climate Protection, Climate Adaptation, Water, BMEL (German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture), Germany
• The "4 per 1000" Central & South America Regional Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2025, by Dr Beata Madari, Research and Development Scientist, Member of the "4 per 1000"-Soil Carbon IRC STC (Scientific & Technical Committee), EMBRAPA (EMpresa BRAsileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária / Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization), Brazil
• The "4 per 1000" Southern Africa Regional Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, (feasibility to be confirmed early 2025) by Mr. Thierry-Alban Revert, Agroecology Strategist, SACANI (South African Climate Action Network), non-governmental Organisation, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• UNFCCC COP Climate 29 (Baku, Azerbaidjan, Nov. 2024) & UNCCD COP Desertification 16 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 2024) by Dr Paul Luu, Executive Secretary of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.
• UNFCCC COP Climate 30 will be held in Brazil from 10 to 20 November 2025.

Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.