Review:  9th - 10th November 2021  Development and  Climate Days 

Dear participants and partners of Development and Climate Days 2021,

Thank you for joining D&C Days and making it such an inclusive and welcoming virtual space, bringing together 806 participants from 127 countries around the globe, to discuss how to build a climate-resilient future for all.

We are delighted to share with you the recordings from all the D&C Days sessions in case you would like to re-listen or listen into sessions you were not able to attend during the two-day event. The recordings are presented based on the daily agenda and we hope you will enjoy listening to the various sessions.

Please also take a look at D&C Days 2021: five pathways for adaptation, resilience and action, the key messages drawn together from across all the sessions and themes discussed during D&C Days.

We look forward to seeing you again at D&C Days 2022.


Plenary sessions
Day 1

2: OPENING PLENARY: Global Ambition. Local Action. Climate resilience for all. Setting the scene for Development and Climate Days 2021
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4: PLENARY AND CLOSING: Out the box: How can we reimagine our online interactions through serious fun?
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Day 2

Welcome and recap of Day 1
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7: CLOSING PLENARY: High-level closing panel Moving into 2022 and beyond: Five pathways to a climate-resilient future
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Parallel Sessions
Day 1

1A: How can we make climate finance work for the most vulnerable food system actors?
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1B: Unprecedented, widespread, and rapid: Is climate change being adequately accounted for in early warning early action?
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1C: Which financing mechanisms can contribute to inclusive locally led adaptation?
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1D: How can local actors innovate effectively for inclusive climate resilience in informal settlements?
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1E: Lessons from the frontline– how can NbS deliver development and climate benefits?
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3A: What are the critical actions needed to build climate resilient food systems in vulnerable and fragile regions?
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3B: Leave no one behind: how can we build equitable early warning systems that enable effective early action?
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3C: How can climate vulnerable countries benefit from debt instruments for climate and nature: Launch of a How to Guide
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3D: Hot Hot Hot: How can cities adapt to rising heat?
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3E: What are the opportunities and challenges of using green/gray infrastructure to increase flood resilience?
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Day 2

5A: How can we transform food and agriculture systems through locally led climate-friendly and nature-positive solutions?
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5B: Can locally led anticipatory action be leveraged to address climate impacts at scale?
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5C: How can budgeting and finance for climate change adaptation at country level be inclusive and gender responsive?
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5D: What role does ‘radical collaboration’ play in the development of resilient cities?
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5E: Drought, desertification, displacement and migration - can nature offer part of the solution?
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6A: Governance for climate action in the food system: what is the role of NDC's and local dialogues?
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6B: What scale-up? Disentangling the institutional enablers and barriers for early action
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6C: How can the private sector support business models that centre locally led climate adaptation and resilience for smallholder farmers?
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6D: How can responses to climate change also support health, informal livelihoods, and inclusive urban transformations?
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6E: How can local organisations working with nature build and spread resilience?
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