Paris Peace Forum

It is more urgent than ever to find common ground on the governance of global commons and global public goods in domains like climate change, outer space or critical minerals. Facilitating dialogue, creating action-oriented coalitions and defining norms or pre-norms is the Paris Peace Forum's way to deliver efficient responses to the urgent challenges of our time. The Forum will bring together representatives of States, international organizations, businesses, development banks, foundations, NGOs and other players from across the world. CIRAD CEO Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin will be moderating two sessions at the Paris Peace Forum. 

From science to policy: how to inform decision making on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response?

Friday 10 November 2023, 10:00-11:00, Room 4, session co-organized with the PREZODE international initiative

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the crucial importance of science and dialogue between scientists and policymakers in providing an effective response to the crisis. If this dialogue has been decisive, it could be extended beyond crisis periods in order to inform political decision making and improve our collective preparation for pandemics. This roundtable will highlight the essential role of science in promoting solutions to better inform pandemic prevention strategies, while considering the challenges countries face in integrating these solutions at the policy level as well as on the multilateral scale .

Moderators: 

• Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, Chief Executive Officer, CIRAD
• Eloise Todd, Co-Founder, Pandemic Action Network

Speakers:

• Marie-Ange Saraka Yao, Chief Resource Mobilization and Growth Officer, GAVI;
• Anne-Claire Amprou, French Ambassador, Global Health;
• Peter Sands, Executive Director, The Global Fund;
• Angès Soucat, Director of the Health and Social Protection Division, Agence française de développement (AFD);
• Priya Basu, Executive Head of the Secretariat, Pandemic Fund;
• Osman Dar, Director, One Health Project;
• Barbara Stocking, Chair, Panel for a Global Public Health Convention.

South-North Dialogue to help achieve SDG 2 and 13 in Africa: An Agricultural Revolution for Sustainable Food Security

Friday 10 November 2023, 16:45 - 17:45, Room 2

The Covid-19 epidemic and the war in Ukraine have exacerbated structural trends: food insecurity is set to increase due to rising demographics and declining crop yields caused by climate change. The challenge of the century will be to produce more while decarbonizing. Faced with this situation, Africa has immense agricultural potential. It can feed its population with a model adapted to climate change. This roundtable, in line with the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, will attempt to show that it is possible for Africa to reconcile the agendas of combating global warming and protecting biodiversity on the one hand, and agricultural development to achieve food security on the other.   

Animation : Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, Chief Executive Officer, CIRAD

Speakers:

• Jennifer Barn, Director of Partnerships, AGRA;
• Charles Tellier, Chief of Staff in the Office of the President and Vice President,International Fund for Agricultural Development;
• Patrick Dupoux, Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group;
• Hanane Mourchid, Chief Sustainability Officer, OCP Group;
• Hicham El Habti,  President, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic;
• Marjeta Jager,  Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for International Partnerships.