UNFCCC Bonn SB64 2026

From COP 30 to COP 31:
​​​​​​​Plans to Accelerate Solutions (PAS)

Event on June 15, 2026, from 18.00 to 21.00 at Art Museum.
By invitation. (Exact address after confirmation

Launching PAS COACT (Convergence and Coherence of Public Policies for Climate Action and Food Systems Transformation), established at the request of the COP30 Presidency by Brazil’s Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family and the Fight against Hunger (MDS) and partner organizations.

Advancing PAS TERRA (Together for the Expansion of Resilient and Restorative Agroecology and Agroforestry) established at the request of the COP 30 Presidency by Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA) and partner organizations.

Scaling GLOBAL ACADEMY for Agroecology and Productive Forests that supports co-innovation and capacity building to scale a new mainstream that integrates the regeneration of nature and society with the financial success of farmers and rural economies.

Also co-hosted by 

·      NOW Partners Foundation

·      Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme of the One Planet Network (10YFP)

·      Future Economy Forum

PAS COACT AND PAS TERRA

COP 30 ACTION AGENDA Plans to Accelerate Solutions

Presentations, Interactive Dialogues and Reception with Food and Drinks

Modern Art Museum, Bonn
18.00-21.00
By invitation only. Host approval required.

*Please note that application does not ensure participation.

Join us for an interactive evening to accelerate food system solutions together:

  • PAS COACT for Public Policies for Climate Action and Food Systems Transformation
  • PAS TERRA for Expanding Resilient and Restorative Agroecology and Agroforestry
  • NOW Partners Foundation, Global Academy for Agroecology and Productive Forests


Program:

  • Dialogue and networking reception with food and drinks
  • Opening by Chair of NOW Partners Foundation, Walter Link
  • Keynote by COP 30 President, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago
  • Brazil’s National Secretary for Food and Nutrition Security, Lilian Rahal + COACT partners
  • Brazil’s Minister of Agrarian Development, Fernanda Machiaveli + TERRA partners

Read the Event Concept Note here.

About the Organizers

PAS COACT
Plan to Accelerate Solutions for the Convergence and Coherence of Public Policies for Climate Action and Food Systems Transformation

This event launches the PAS COACT for the Convergence and Coherence of Public Policies for Climate Action and Food Systems Transformation, established at the request of the COP30 Presidency by Brazil’s Ministry of Social Development (MDS) and hosted by the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme of the One Planet Network (10YFP), with the support of local and international organizations, including the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, FAO, GAIN, I-CAN, Switzerland’s Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) in its capacity as Co-Lead of the SFS Programme, UN Nutrition, WHO, WWF, Yemen’s Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN), Tilt Collective, the National Council for Food and Nutritional Security (Consea), the Josué de Castro Chair on Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems, the Comida do Amanhã Institute, and the Regenera Institute. 

PAS TERRA

Plan to Accelerate Solutions - Together for the Expansion of Resilient and Restorative Agroecology and Agroforestry
www.terraactionagenda.org

The program also highlights the work of PAS TERRA - Together for the Expansion of Resilient and Restorative Agroecology and Agroforestry, represented by Minister Fernanda Machiaveli, Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA). TERRA was also founded as part  of the COP 30 Presidency's Action Agenda by MDA and its international partners FFF (a partnership of FAO, IUCN, Agricord and IIED), NOW Partners Foundation, IFAD, Agroecology Coalition, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT (CGIAR).

TERRA’s 5 Levers of Acceleration support in collaboration with local and international partners towards a new mainstream of food systems:
1) strengthen producer organizations and other stakeholders,
2) innovate knowledge development and capacity building;
3) make blended finance available and accessible;
4) improve seeds, bioinputs, mechanization and technology;
5) increase value addition and market access. 

 

NOW Partners Foundation
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www.now.partners

PAS COACT

The evening will be opened by a third event host, NOW Partners Foundation (NOW). Its chair Walter Link will introduce the event and introduce its keynote speaker, COP30 President Ambassador Corrêa do Lago who will address the integration of the COP multilateral negotiations process with concrete action that changes realities on the ground. NOW will also introduce one of TERRA’s core initiatives, the Global Academy for Agroecology and Productive Forests (GA) that offers capacity building for TERRA’s 5 levers.

GA was co-founded by NOW with some of the world’s largest and most successful agroecological innovators. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, its over 2 million farmers already outperform conventional agriculture by integrating the regeneration of nature and society with better financial results for family farmers and rural economies. NOW will also address how to scale these and other initiatives with blended finance solutions it develops with farmer organizations, public and private grant funders, and international investors.

GLOBAL ACADEMY
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www.globalacademy.world

PAS TERRA

Opening Speakers:

Walter Link, MC and Host
NOW Partners Foundation Chair

Andrea Correa do Lago, Keynote
COP 30 President and Ambassador

Introducing PAS COACT:

Lilian Rahal,
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National Secretary for Food and Nutrition Security, MDS Brazil

Saskia Sanders, Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland.
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Jose Valls, Policy Officer, Agrifood Systems and Food Safety division, FAO 
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Elisabetta Recine, President of the National Council for Food and Nutrition Security (Consea), Brazil​​​​​​​

Tobie Ondoa Manga, Inspector General of the Ministry of Agriculture and UNFS Curator, Cameroon

Khaled El Taweel, Senior Programme Coordinator of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

Heike Hoeffler, Team leader of the “Global Programme Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Policies,” GIZ

Introducing PAS TERRA:

Fernanda Machiaveli, Brazil's Minister of Agrarian Development

Walter Link, Chair, NOW Partners Foundation

Thomas Cooper Patriota, Ministry of Agrarian Development

Daniel Povel, CEO, NOW Investment Partners

Rosinah Mbenya, Kenya country director, PELUM, operating in 12 African countries. Sr. Fellow, Global Academy

Jack Rossiter, Senior Technical Specialist - Env & Climate, ASAP+ Manager, IFAD

Vivian Atakos, Global Engagement and Policy Lead, CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator

Leonardo Andrade, Managing Partner, Global Academy for Agroecology and Productive Forests, hosted by Soluções Naturais​​​​​​​

Duncan Macqueen, Director of Forests at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and founding member of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF)

Speaker Bios:

André Corrêa do Lago, Ambassador, COP 30 President
André Aranha Corrêa do Lago was born in 1959 and holds a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He joined the Brazilian foreign service in 1982. As a career diplomat, he has held functions in different areas at headquarters, in Brasília: international organizations, trade promotion, protocol and energy. As adviser at the Office of the President, between 1991 and 1992, he worked in the organization of the Earth Summit (Rio-92). Abroad, he has been posted to the Brazilian Embassies in Madrid, Prague, Washington, Buenos Aires and to the Brazilian Mission to the EU in Brussels.  Corrêa do Lago has been engaged in the sustainable development agenda since 2001. He was the director of the Energy Department (2008-2011) and of the Environment Department (2011-2013) at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was Brazil´s chief negotiator for climate change and for the Rio+20 Conference. He was the Brazilian ambassador to Japan (2013-2018) and to India (2018-2023). In March 2023, he was appointed Vice-Minister for Climate, Energy and Environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position he held until January 2025, when he was designated COP30 President. Corrêa do Lago is the author of several books and articles on sustainable development and climate change, as well as on architecture. He is married and has four children. 
 

Lilian Rahal, National Secretary for Food and Nutrition Security, MDS Brazil

Lilian dos Santos Rahal has a degree in Social Sciences and an M.A. in Sociology from the State University of Campinas. She has more than two decades of experience in Food and Nutrition Security and Rural Development in the Brazilian Federal Government. Mother of Luiza and Emiliano, she is a public policy maker with a strong capacity for dialogue. Her vision of the role of public policies in tackling social issues, combined with her social sensitivity and political perception, are pillars of her work in the search for alternatives to complex social issues. She is the National Secretary for Food and Nutritional Security and has contributed to the formulation of essential public policies for Brazil's poorest population, such as the Food Acquisition Programme, the Cisterns Programme (Water for All) and the New Basic Food Basket.

 

Saskia Sanders, Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland

Saskia Sanders is a Senior Policy Advisor for Sustainable Food Systems at the Federal Office for Agriculture in Switzerland. She is the Swiss agriculture negotiator for the climate negotiations and also the coordinator and spokesperson for the Environmental Integrity Group for agriculture. At this SB session she is also co-facilitator for the Dialogue on Mountains and  Climate change. In her previous role, she developed the National Action Plan to halve food loss and waste in Switzerland by 2030, and helped to establish a cross-industry agreement to reduce food loss and waste. She holds a Master of Science degree in political Geography from University of Amsterdam.

 

José Valls Bedeau, Policy Officer, Agrifood Systems and Food Safety division, FAO

José Valls Bedeau is a Policy Officer in the Agrifood Systems and Food Safety division in FAO headquarters in Rome, where he provides leadership and guidance for results-based policy assistance and facilitates policy dialogue and capacity development on sustainable agrifood systems. Previously he worked in the food security support service and strategic planning unit in FAO, and as a Policy Officer in Guatemala, supporting the implementation of family farming and stunting reduction strategies. He is Agronomical Engineer by training and MSc. in Rural Development and has 20 years of experience in the areas of food security and agrifood systems. He has served in different development organizations and countries, including in Central America and North Africa.

 

Elisabetta Recine, President of the National Council for Food and Nutrition Security (Consea), Brazil

Nutritionist. PhD in Public Health. 

Professor at the Department of Nutrition and member of the Observatory of Food and Nutritional Security Policies at the University of Brasilia

Steering Committee of: 

- Food and Nutrition Thematic Group of the Brazilian Association of Public Health

- Brazilian Alliance for Adequate and Healthy Food

- Brazilian Research Network on Sovereignty and Food and Nutritional Security 

- High Level Panel of Experts of the UN Committee on World Food Security (2017/19; 2021/23; 2023/25) 

Member of the Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems - IPES- Food

President of the National Council for Food and Nutrition Security (2023/2025; 2025/2027)

 

Tobie Ondoa Manga, Inspector General of the Ministry of Agriculture and UNFS Curator, Cameroon

Agricultural engineer of Cameroonian nationality and holder of a Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées in Environmental Sciences, Mr Ondoa, aged 56, has a long and rich career as an agricultural policy analyst and planner. 

Currently Inspector General for Agricultural Development at the Cameroon Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, he is in charge of Budget Programme 184 "Productivity and Production of Agricultural Sectors". He is also Cameroon's National Technical Focal Point for : 

the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) ; 

the Coalition for Rice Development in Africa; 

the Korea-Africa Cooperation Initiative on Agriculture; 

the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; 

and Curator of the National Pathways for Sustainable Food Systems in Cameroon. 

In the past, Mr Ondoa has been Director of Studies, Programmes and Cooperation, Deputy Director of Cooperation; Head of the Agricultural Projects and Programmes Unit, Head of the Prospective Analyses and Agricultural Policies Unit, and Coordinator of projects including the Plateau Rice Development Project in bimodal rainforest zones and the Cameroon Component of the AUDA-NEPAD Project to Promote Decent Employment and Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Agribusiness for Young People in Rural Areas. 

 

Khaled El Taweel, Senior Programme Coordinator of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

Dr. Khaled El Taweel is a senior international development professional with over twenty years of extensive experience in development and international law. He has served both at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 

In his current role as Senior Programme Coordinator at the United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub, he leads a dedicated team advancing food systems transformation and climate action, including the implementation of the Food Systems Climate Action Convergence Initiative. 

In addition, Dr. El Taweel serves as Senior Regional Coordinator in the Office of the Director-General of FAO, where he contributes to strategic coordination and high-level engagement across the Organization. 

He has held several prominent leadership positions, including Chair of the FAO Committee on Commodity Problems (2016–2018) and Chair of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Open-Ended Working Group on Nutrition (2015–2018). He also co-led the CFS evaluation process. Dr. El Taweel was elected Vice-President of the Group of 77 and China in Rome in 2017 and served as President of the UNIDROIT General Assembly in 2016. 

Dr. El Taweel holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and a Master of International Business Administration from ESLSCA Business School in Paris. He has authored several academic books and articles on international law and development and has served as a visiting lecturer in international law and development at various universities. 

 

Heike Hoeffler, Team leader of the “Global Programme Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Policies”, GIZ

Dr. Heike Hoeffler is the team leader for the Global Programme Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Policies. 

An international agricultural economist by profession, Heike joined German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in 2002. Until 2008, she worked as an advisor to the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture in the bilateral “Private Sector Development in Agriculture” Programme. 

After five years as a freelance consultant, doctoral thesis and founding a family, she re-joined GIZ in 2013 as an advisor for agricultural policy within the Germany-based team “Agricultural Policy and Food Security”, where she focused on the contemporary agricultural policy agenda, rural transformation in Africa and nutrition-sensitive agriculture. In early 2017, she took over the project lead for the Sector Project “Agricultural Trade and Value Chains”, later called “Agricultural Trade, Agribusiness, Agricultural Finance” (AAA) and from April 2021 onwards “Sector Project Agriculture”. With that team, Heike provided advisory services to the German government, mainly to BMZ division 122 on general conceptual questions around sustainable agricultural production, marketing, trade and agricultural policy. In 2022, her work was dominated by analysing the impacts of the Russian war against Ukraine on global food markets and by supporting the German Government engagement with the G7 food security working group and the foundation of the “Global Alliance for Food Security” (GAFS). 

In mid 2023, she moved to Zambia, where she worked as GIZ`s Food and Nutrition Security Project Coordinator, GIZ Zambia, including the project management for “Food and Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience” (FANSER), “National Information Platform for Nutrition” (NIPN) and “Transformation of Food Systems” (TES). Since mid 2024, she managed the German Nutrition Drought Response to Zambia in Eastern Province. 

From May 2026 onwards, she is back in the field of agricultural policy reforms, overseeing with the Global Programme the work on five key agricultural transformation topics in nine countries.  

In addition, Heike is the speaker for the GIZ Sector Network for Rural Development (SNRD) in Africa, representing knowledge management and exchange between more than 130 member projects across the continent. 

 

H.E. Fernanda Machiaveli, Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming, Brazil

Fernanda Machiaveli is the Minister of Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming. A political scientist and federal public manager, she has helped lead the reconstruction of policies on family farming, food supply and agrarian reform since 2023. She holds a master’s degree in Political Science and a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo. Her career includes leadership roles in the Presidency of the Republic, MDA and Brazil’s National School of Public Administration.

 

Thomas Cooper Patriota, Head of International Affairs of Brazil’s Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming

Thomas Cooper Patriota has served as Head of International Affairs at Brazil’s Ministry
of Agrarian Development and Family Farming since 2023. He previously worked in the
same office during President Dilma Rousseff’s administration (2011–2015). He holds a
PhD from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), United Kingdom, where he has
also taught; an MA in African Politics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1);
and an MA in Development Studies from Sciences Po Paris, where he also earned his
BA in Social Sciences/Latin American Studies.

 

Daniel Povel, CEO, NOW Investment Partners and long-time top executive of Triodos, Europe’s leading Sustainability Bank and Impact Investment Firm

Managing Partner NOW Partners, Senior Executive in Sustainable Businesses and Impact Investing, Co-founder and board member Sacred Forests, Supervisory Board VSBfonds and Demeter, Societal Entrepreneur.

Daniël Povel is a distinguished leader in sustainable businesses and impact investing, dedicated to empowering individuals, communities, and organizations to achieve their full potential through freedom, equality, and responsible stewardship of the earth. With over 25 years of international finance experience, Daniël has played a pivotal role in driving impactful transformations within Triodos Bank N.V., where he held senior management positions from 2006. His extensive expertise spans business banking, investment management, fund distribution, business and retail banking across multiple impact sectors, including renewable energy, financial inclusion, agriculture, nature-based solutions, real estate, culture, inclusive society, and impact innovation.

 

Jack Rossiter, Senior Technical Specialist - Env & Climate, ASAP+ Manager, IFAD

[Forthcoming]

 

Vivian Atakos, Global Engagement and Policy Lead, CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator

Vivian Nerea Atakos leads Global Engagement, Policy, and Advocacy at CGIAR, where she works to advance evidence-based solutions that place women and youth at the heart of  transformation in food, land and water systems. 

With more than a decade of experience across 25+ countries, Vivian has worked with governments, donors, researchers, and farmers to drive inclusive change in the face of climate, health, and economic instability. She continues to engage in high-level policy processes such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, G20, among others bringing food systems evidence and gender perspectives before decision makers, while also steering innovative advocacy and outreach on gender equality, climate resilience, and sustainable agriculture.

Vivian is a PhD candidate researching on evidence use in multilateral policy processes and holds a Master’s in Development Communication together with a Bachelor’s in Information Sciences. Furthermore, she has specialized training in diplomacy and leadership, including programs at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, the European Academy of Diplomacy, and the Africa Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Women’s Leadership Program.

 

Leonardo Andrade, Managing Partner, Global Academy for Agroecology and Productive Forests, hosted by Soluções Naturais

Professional consultant and coach. Associate Director Housidea Social Innovation Hub. More than 15 years experience as owner/partner of boutique consulting companies. Expert in Strategy Planning and Execution and Development of Data Driven and Customer Centric Cultures.

Through his experience as a seasoned consultant and coach, Leonardo brings flexibility to adjust and design interventions depending on his client’s needs and individual culture. He is skilled at integrating Human Development, Organizational Culture, and Mindfulness skills into practical work. 

 

Rosinah Mbenya, Kenya country director, PELUM, operating in 12 African countries. Sr. Fellow, Global Academy

Mbenya Rosinah currently serves as the Country Coordinator at PELUM Kenya, a network dedicated to advancing agroecological principles among smallholder farmers and pastoralists. With over 14 years of experience in development projects, she has vast expertise in agroecology, climate change, market development, advocacy, capacity building, and networking. As an environmentalist, Mbenya is passionate about transforming rural communities, particularly women's and youth's livelihoods, through eco-friendly agricultural practices. Mbenya’s accomplishments include receiving the prestigious Leading African Women in Food Fellowship Award, being recognized by the Agroecology Leadership Academy, and winning the Women in Ag Awards 2024. She actively contributes to the agricultural sector as a board member of the Effective IPM Association and a steering committee member of various initiatives, including the Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative (EOAI) at the continental, regional, and national levels, African Women Leaders in Agroecology, and the Kenya National Committee of Family Farming. Additionally, she is a dedicated peri-urban small-scale farmer.

 

Walter Link, Chair, NOW Partners Foundation

Walter chairs NOW Partners Foundation (NOW) and co-chairs Global Academy (GA) that works closely with the Brazilian and other governments, the private sector and other stakeholders to mainstream regenerative agriculture, agroforestry and food system globally - by co-developing and implementing innovative, whole system solutions for profitable and regenerative cultivation, capacity building, value-added production, offtake agreements for public and private value chains and the full range of blended finance products, incl. ecosystem service payments.

Around the world, NOW’ and GA’s over international 100 partners and partner organizations have since the 1980s co-developed such ground-breaking innovations and helped to scale them into widely used global solutions incl. renewable energy, clean tech and circularity, regenerative leadership and sustainable business, impact investing, blended- and micro finance – to co-create new economic mainstreams that integrate financial success with the regeneration of society, nature and the climate.