Launch of Climate Change Future Watch (CCFW)

Date: Sunday, March 10, 2024
Time: 09:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Location: Climate Change Information Center (CCIC), Agriculture Research Institute (Google Maps)

Overview
Climate change poses a significant challenge to agriculture in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and increased frequency of extreme weather events are impacting the productivity and sustainability of agricultural practices. This region, already characterized by arid and semi-arid climates, faces heightened risks of water scarcity and heat stress on crops. As the effects of climate change intensify, understanding and implementing adaptive strategies in agricultural systems become imperative to ensure food security and sustainable livelihoods for the communities in MENA.

Climate Change Future Watch (CCFW) is an online tool enabling users to explore potential climate futures for specific MENA countries until 2050. This platform calculates and produces forecasts detailing the consequences of diverse climate change scenarios on the agricultural sector, along with evaluating the efficacy of policy measures to mitigate these impacts. Utilizing variables such as production, yield, and area, the tool illustrates the forthcoming influence of climate change on various food commodities.

IFPRI, under the USAID project EIBC, and in collaboration with CCIC, was eagerly anticipating the public launch of the new tool. The event featured presentations and demonstrations of the tool, accompanied by a panel discussion involving climate change experts from the MENA region.

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Agenda

Event Moderator: Sikandra Kurdi, Egypt Country Program Leader, IFPRI
Registration and Coffee
Opening remarks	Laura Gonzalez, Director of the office of Economic Growth, USAID Saad Moussa, Director of Foreign Affairs Relations at the Egypt MALR, Egypt (TBC) Sikandra Kurdi, Egypt Country Program Leader, IFPRI Mohamed Fahim, Director of CCIC
Presentation The Science and the modeling behind CCFW	Nicostrato Perez, Research Fellow, IFPRI (See slides)
CCFW demonstration	Ali Abdelhadi, Senior Communications Specialist, IFPRI
Panel discussion Gamal Siam Professor, Department of Agric. Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt Ali Abdel Mohsen Director, Economic Affairs Sector, MALR Khaled Shedeed Deputy Chief of Party for Transforming the Assessment and Inspection of Food Businesses (TAIB), Land O’Lakes, Venture 37 Mohamed Al Kersh Assistant to the Minister, Supervisor of the Department of Digital Transformation, MALR George Meddings Post Doctoral Fellow, Climate Action, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT
Q&A
Lunch and coffee