EU FP7 Project – AnimalChange Workshop on Livestock and

AnimalChange Project Regional Workshop Livestock and Climate Change 12th and 13th February 2015 Embrapa Agriculture Informatics, Campinas, SP, Brazil DAY 1 – Thursday, 12th February Opening 9h00 Welcome and introduction – Dr Ladislau Martin Neto (Executive Director of Research & Development of Embrapa) Session 1: Climate Change Overview 9h15 International negotiations and their derivations in public policies to tackle climate change – TBC 9h45 Opportunities and challenges of the livestock sector in tackling climate change in Latin America – Virgínia Pravia (GRA), Daniel Rearte (INTA-‐Labintex) 10h15 Vulnerability of the grassland and livestock sector in Latin America under climate change – TBC 10h45 Break Session 2: Agricultural Research in Tackling Climate Change 11h15 Carbon sequestration potential in Latin America – TBC 11h45 Mitigation through improved pasture management and supplementation – Prof Paulo Carvalho (UFRGS) 12h15 Pasture regeneration strategies – TBC 12h45 14h15 Lunch Adaptation strategies and an Integration of Mitigation and Adaptation Options – TBC 14h45 Embrapa´s Climate Change Project Portfolio – Dr Giampaolo Queiroz Pellegrino (Embrapa) 15h15 Brazillian contributions to AnimalChange Project – Dr Luís Gustavo Barioni (Embrapa) 15h45 Pecus Project Contributions – Dr Alexandre Berndt (Embrapa) 16h15 16h45 Break Agricultural research tackling climate change in Argentina – Dr Jose Arroquy (INTA-‐Santiago del Estero) and Dr Patricia Ricci (INTA-‐
Balcarce) 17h15 Agricultural research tackling climate change in Chile – Dr Marta Alfaro (INIA Remehue) 17h45 Agricultural research tackling climate change in Uruguay – TBC 18h15 Round table “Agricultural Research in tackling climate change” 18h45 20h30 End of day 1 Conference Dinner DAY 2 – Friday, 13th February Session 3: Public Policies in Action – The ABC credit in focus 09h00 The ABC credit plan in the context of climate change public policies – TBC 9h30 Operationalization of the ABC credit plan – Opportunities and challenges – TBC 10h00 Monitoring ABC credit plan results – Luis Adriano Cordeiro (Embrapa) 10h30 11h00 Break Inventory methodologies in Latin America – TBC 11h30 Cost benefit of mitigation and adaptation strategies – Dr Rafael Silva (SRUC) 12h00 Animal Change Model and Showcase farms in Latin America – TBC 12h30 Lunch Session 4: Implementation of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in Latin America 14h30 15h30 Round table “Implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies in Latin America Conclusions/Drafting of the synthesis document of the event AnimalChange Campinas Workshop 12-‐ 13 February 2015 2/3

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