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LOCATION:Baku\, Azerbaijan
SUMMARY:COP29 side event: Biodiversity\, trade\, solidarity and climate cha
 nge – How do international biodiversity value chains contribute to the f
 ight against climate change and sustainable trade while strengthening thei
 r climate resilience?
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DESCRIPTION:This session will explore how international value chains based 
 on biodiversity products play a crucial role in global economies and contr
 ibute to the fight against climate change and sustainable trade while stre
 ngthening their resilience to climate change.Many economic entities depend
  on international value chains based on biodiversity\, whether in the cosm
 etics\, food or medicine sectors. They are often initiated by small local 
 producers whose business ensures the livelihood of local communities and i
 ndigenous populations who are bearing the brunt of the impact of climate c
 hange. Very often these producers and local communities organize themselve
 s through forms of the social and solidarity economy. This panel will pro
 vide a platform for diverse stakeholders to engage in meaningful dialogue 
 on the intersection of trade\, biodiversity and climate change. Particular
  emphasis will be placed on social and solidarity economy entities and how
  they can support the resilience of international supply chains linked to 
 biodiversity.The session aims to:Present the concept of BioTrade and recal
 l the issues: Assess the specific impacts of climate change on biodiversit
 y value chains in sectors such as cosmetics\, food and medicine\, and intr
 oduce the concept of BioTrade.Build collaboration: Foster dialogue between
  local communities\, governments\, international organizations\, civil soc
 iety and the private sector to identify opportunities for collaboration to
  promote sustainable and resilient international value chains for biodiver
 sity products and encourage public-private partnerships to share knowledge
  and resources.Identify political priorities and best practices: Develop a
 chievable recommendations and cooperation opportunities to improve the cli
 mate resilience of international biodiversity value chains and in particul
 ar with social and solidarity economy entities\, by promoting their capaci
 ty to resist crises better than traditional economic entities.AgendaModera
 torThe session will be moderated by Chantal Line Carpentier\, Head of Trad
 e\, Environment\, Climate Change and Sustainable Development at UN Trade a
 nd Development (UNCTAD) and Co-Chair of the United Nations Inter-Agency Wo
 rking Group for the Social and Solidarity Economy.Panellists Cécile Mart
 in-Phipps\, Director of the Francophonie Institute for Sustainable Develop
 mentYasmin Ismail\, Senior Policy Advisor\, Trade\, Climate and SDGs\, For
 um on Trade\, Environment and SDGs (TESS)Fidèle Kouadio Kouacou\, Climate
  Project Coordinator\, Interprofessional Fund for Research and Agricultura
 l Consulting\, Abidjan\, Abidjan\, Ivory CoastAdil Youssfi\, Member of the
  board of directors of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (
 CGEM)\, senior expert from the World Bank and UNDP on the green economy an
 d climate financeFrançoise Van de Ven\, President\, International Tropica
 l Timber Technical Association (ATIBT)&lt\;p&gt\;This session will explore
  how international value chains based on biodiversity products play a cruc
 ial role in global economies and contribute to the fight against climate c
 hange and sustainable trade while strengthening their resilience to climat
 e change.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Many economic entities depend on internati
 onal value chains based on biodiversity\, whether in the cosmetics\, food 
 or medicine sectors. They are often initiated by small local producers who
 se business ensures the livelihood of local communities and indigenous pop
 ulations who are bearing the brunt of the impact of climate change. Very o
 ften these producers and local communities organize themselves through for
 ms of the social and solidarity economy.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\
 ;This panel will provide a platform for diverse stakeholders to engage in 
 meaningful dialogue on the intersection of trade\, biodiversity and climat
 e change. Particular emphasis will be placed on social and solidarity econ
 omy entities and how they can support the resilience of international supp
 ly chains linked to biodiversity.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Th
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