COP26 Event: 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference: From Pledges to a Pathway for India with Ecological Restoration of 26MHa

Monday, November 8th 

From Pledges to a Pathway for India with Ecological Restoration of 26MHa
2:10 PM - 3:25 PM GMT (9:10 AM - 10:25 AM EST)
Livestream at Nature4Climate

A discussion panel to deliberate on: What are the financial, institutional and governance bottlenecks to ecological restoration in India, and operationalizing a roadmap to achieve India’s land-related climate pledges of restoration of 26 MhA of degraded land and sequestering 2.5-3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent from additional forest and tree cover by 2030? How to target ecological restoration amidst land scarcity and complex socio-ecological context? Identifying transition costs and financing mechanisms for large-scale restoration and streamlining finance through innovative financing mechanisms and private-public partnerships. Ecological restoration as a means for livelihood, employment, and improved health outcomes along with environmental benefits.

Discussants

• Nitin Pandit, CEO, ATREE (Moderator)
• Richie Ahuja, Associate Vice President, Climate-smart Agriculture, EDF,
• Ruth DeFries, Environmental Geographer, Columbia University,
• Leigh Ann Winowiecki, Soil and Land Health Research Lead at World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
• Abi Vanak, Senior Fellow, ATREE; Fellow, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Program (Intermediate Clinical and Public Health Fellowship) and Honorary Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
• Karishma Shelar, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Policy Design, ATREE,