Suresh Babu recently organized and participated in several in-person consultations and workshops under USAID funded Comprehensive Action For Climate Change Initiative (CACCI)-Asia.
India (Feb 1-4)
- Gave an in-person keynote address ‘Digitalization and Climate Change Action: Global Experiences’ at the International conference on ‘Emerging Innovations for Sustainable Agriculture’ organized by Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), IFPRI, and USIAD’s Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI)-Asia on Feb 2, 2024 in Vellore, India. Access the presentation here
Tajikistan (Feb 5-9)
- Participated in the ‘Post COP-28 Round Table: Outcome and Implications’ co-organized by Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CEP), USAID, CACCI, and NDC Partnership in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Feb 7, 2024
Uzbekistan (Feb 10- 11)
- Participated in the Post COP28 consultation ‘Central Asia at Climate Change Negotiations: COP28 Outcomes and Plans for COP29’ organized by USAID, the World Bank, and other key institutions in Tashkent on Feb 10, 2024
Kyrgyzstan (Feb 11-14)
- Met with colleagues from the Climate Finance Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and private sector stakeholders to discuss potential collaboration under CACCI-Asia on designing and implementing climate action leading to net zero economy. Participated in a multistakeholder workshop was organized by the Ministry of Ecology to identify sectoral priorities for climate action.
Sri Lanka (Feb 14-16)
- Met with the NDC coordinator, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka, to discuss potential collaboration under CACCI-Asia and identify priority actions that CACCI could support, in Colombo on Feb 16.
- Organized a National workshop on ‘Agriculture and Climate Change: Analytical Methods and Policy Communication’, jointly with Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), USAID’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Capacity and Influence (PRCI), CACCI, and IFPRI in Colombo on Feb 15-16, 2024 and the gave the following presentations:
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- On Feb 15 gave a presentation on ‘Climate Change Policy Analysis: Concepts, Issues, and Emerging Methods’
- On Feb 16 conducted a policy communications workshop and presented on ‘Policy Communication: Translating Policy Research into Action’
India (Feb 17-22)
- Gave opening remarks at the workshop on ‘BIMSTEC Regional Agricultural Trade Analysis’ which was co-organized by RIS, IFPRI, and BR Ambedkar School of Economic University with PRCI support in Bengaluru, India on Feb 19, 2024
- Met with colleagues from Shanti Ashram to discuss potential collaboration under CACCI-Asia on their partnership in the implementation of Global Methane Hub funded "Methane Reduction in Rice farming system in Tamil Nadu" project on Feb 20, 2024
- Co-organized a three day hybrid workshop 'South Asia Regional Workshop on Climate Change and Economy-Wide Modelling' in collaboration with TNAU, CACCI, CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies, and IFPRI, and gave introductory remarks on Day 1 on Feb 20, 2024 in Tamil Nadu, India