Droughts and floods are destructive natural hazards that are endangering agricultural production systems and threatening food and nutritional security in Asia and Africa. Malnutrition and famine, caused by droughts, are impacting vulnerable communities, especially women, children and the elderly. Meanwhile, the threat of drought prevents farmers from investing in advanced water management technologies and practices; many smallholder farmers often prepare for the possibility of climatic shocks by engaging in conservative risk management strategies that result in low yields and limit profitability.

Innovative technologies and gender-responsive climate risk insurance schemes can provide risk protection among vulnerable and marginal smallholder farmers.

This side event will showcase the possibilities for innovative solutions, policy developments and best practices for more effectively navigating the impacts of future climate shocks. These will include drawing on the power of big data analytics and on-the-ground interventions to develop an improved understanding of scale-dependent challenges related to tackling food security, while minimizing water-use conflicts and environmental impacts.

In this event, we will discuss/answer the following questions:
1. What are some of the innovative approaches being employed by governments and the private sector to strengthen resilience and mitigate the effects of climate change?
2. How are farming communities creating viable livelihood opportunities under changing climate circumstances?
3. How can we promote a water-systems approach to help manage risks from water-related disasters, and build resilience to climate change for wider system transformation?
4. How can digital technologies and gender responsive solutions be integrated into different models of climate risk insurance to help some of the most vulnerable communities cope with the impacts of climate shocks such as floods and droughts?
5. How can we provide valuable lessons for impact investors, insurers and policymakers to encourage them to use insurance as a tool to mitigate the effects of climate change?

Welcome and introduction: Moderator: Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General, IWMI (3mins)
Setting the scene- Innovative strategic approaches in managing drought and flood risks - Giriraj Amarnath, IWMI (8 mins)
Short Pitch (5mins each)
Moving from drought monitoring to management: Learnings from ICAR’s experiences - Dr. S.K. Chaudhari, Deputy Director General, ICAR
Why we need to rethink our natural catastrophe risk models - Mr. Mangesh Niranjan Patankar, Head Agriculture Reinsurance, SwissRe, India
Applying gender lens in climate change adaptation and risk transfer mechanism? - Ms. Sarah Breslin, Gender Focal Point and Programme Officer, SIWI

Panel discussion:
Ms. Anna Cestari, Senior Water Resources Specialist, World Bank
Ms. Alona Bachi, Senior Advisor, Bureau for Middle East, USAID
Ms. Rushini Perera, Head of Resilience, Emergency Preparedness and Response, and Social Protection, WFP

Wrap up and closing remarks - Stefan Uhlenbrook, WLE (4 mins)

Convenors
International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), CGIAR Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CGIAR Research Program on Land, Water and Ecosystems (WLE) and Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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