Accelerating the Transition: The Global Review, NBSAPs 3.0 and the Path to Nature-Positive Food Systems

19.10.2026

CBD-COP17, Yerevan, Lori - Meeting Room 4 - Block 2, 3rd Floor

In the context of the Global Review at COP17, this side event provides a comprehensive assessment of how revised NBSAPs 3.0 integrate agroecology, agrobiodiversity and nature-positive food system approaches. The event will feature a new analysis of updated NBSAPs and present country case studies from various national contexts, complemented by expert roundtables on key implementation levers, from financing to policy coherence.

Speakers

Charlotte Pavageau, Senior Programme Manager, Biovision (moderator)
Haseeb Bakhtary, lead consultant, Climate Focus
Musonda Kapena, Member of the Zambia Alliance on Agroecology and Biodiversity (ZAAB) and Vice Chair of the Zambia Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) of Zambia NBSAP
Hope Mambwe, Senior Technical Officer under the Natural Resources Management Unit of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
Christian Goenner, Head of Component, Enabling the Implementation of Georgia’s Forest Sector Reform – ECO. Georgia, GIZ
Carlo Fadda, Director Agrobiodiversity, Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT
Alexandros Tataridas, Youth Policy Board Member, World Food Forum Youth Initiative