Africa-Asia Conclave on Loss and Damage due to Climate Change: Instituting a Global Agricultural Insurance Programme as a Risk Sharing and Transfer Mechanism for Developing Countries

Agenda   Proceedings of the Conclave   CSE Proposal   Concept Note Africa-Asia Conclave on Loss and Damage Due to Climate Change   Presentations INAUGURAL SESSION Setting the context By: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, CSE, New Delhi G7 Climate Risk Insurance Initiative By: Christina Schubert, Manager, InsuResilience Secretariat, GIZ DAY 1: SESSION 1 Impacts of climate change on agriculture and role of agricultural insurance in building resilience in Asia By: Vineet Kumar Impacts of climate change on aguricultre and role of agricultural insurance in building resilience in Africa By: Nelson Mutanda Existing disaster risk reduction mechanism and role of agriculture insurance in building resilience in By: Peter Nawiri, Kenya Existing disaster risk reduction mechanism and role of agriculture insurance in building resilience in By: Jamal Seid, Ethiopia Existing disaster risk reduction mechanism and role of agriculture insurance in building resilience in By: Feliciano Mataveia, Mozambique DAY 1: SESSION 2 Overview of agricultural insurance in African and Asian countries By: Vijeta Rattani Overview of global agricultural insurance: experiences and challenges in Africa By: James Sina State of agricultural insurance: experiences and challenges in By: Ashish Kumar Bhutani, India The State of Agricultural Insurance in Kenya By: Joab Osumba State of agricultural insurance: experiences and challenges in By: Chandika Vilashini Ethugala, Sri Lanka DAY 1: SESSION 3 Overview of challenges in implementation of agricultural insurance By: Geetika Singh Problems and challenges faced by agricultural insurance companies in Asia and Africa By: Mayur Ankolekar Agricultural insurance: experiences and challenges By: Malay Kumar Poddar, India Agricultural insurance: experiences and challenges By: Rahab Kariuki, ACRE Africa Agricultural Insurance Nigeria: experience and challenges By: Bashir Haliru DAY 1: SESSION 4 Kenya Agriculture Insurance Experiences and challenges By James Kiguru DAY 2: SESSION 4 Small farmers perspectives: experience and challenges in agriculture insurance in Nepal By: Meena Pokhrel Small farmers perspectives: experience and challenges in agriculture in Kenya By: Rupsha Bannerjee Small farmers perspective: experience and challenges in agriculture in Malawi By: Dyborn Chibonga Small Farmers Perspective On Agricultural Insurance By: Sebastien Weber DAY 2: SESSION 5 Panel discussion: Opportunities and risks involved in global agriculture insurance mechanism – enabling climate justice to vulnerable farmers By: Gezahegn Gebrehana Panel discussion: Opportunities and risks involved in global agriculture insurance mechanism – enabling climate justice to vulnerable farmers By: Isaac Kabongo DAY 2: SESSION 6 Building a Global Agricultural Insurance Mechanism under the UNFCCC By: Michael Ochieng’ Okumu Loss and Damage due to Climate Change: Instituting a Global Agricultural Insurance Programme as a Risk Sharing and Transfer Mechanism for Developing Countries By: YERIMA P. TARFA (PhD) Building a Agricultural Insurance Mechanism Under the UNFCCC By: Joab J. L. Osumba Building Global Agricultural Insurance Mechanism under the UNFCCC– Case Study of Ghana By: Helen Asiamah

scheduled to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 25-26 August, 2016.

Loss and damage is one of the main components of the Paris Agreement. At the next Conference of Parties (CoP 22) at Marrakesh, there would be a review of the two-year work plan of the Executive Committee (ExCom) under loss and damage and a five-year plan would be devised further.

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) believes that since climate risks are faced disproportionately by the poor Asian and African countries which lack capability to reduce risk or cope with them, the importance of tools like agricultural insurance meant for sharing and transferring the risks are significant and therefore must receive greater attention globally. Hence a global agricultural insurance mechanism is necessary to address agricultural issues in the developing countries.

The Conclave seeks to get a better understanding on the issue of agricultural insurance and risk financing in the African and Asian countries and understand the underneath issues and challenges involved. It also intends to examine the feasibility of a global agricultural insurance mechanism as an integral part of the loss and damage mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The Conclave will bring together experts and officials from the ministry, insurance industry and civil society members from fifteen African and South Asian countries which include Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.