On 2 May, Jeannette Gurung was on the panel discussion of the keynote session in the ASEAN-FAO–GIZ-SDC Regional Expert Forum on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in ASEAN, held in Bangkok, Thailand. Jeannette discussed the issue of providing benefits for women farmers who are instrumental in migrating climate change effects in agriculture and food security. She also presented the Women’s Carbon Standard as a mechanism to benefit women.
The Expert Forum was organized to support the ASEAN Multi-Sectoral Framework on Climate Change (AFCC) and provide an opportunity for ASEAN Member States and regionally based development partners and experts to share information on best practices and identify opportunities for enhanced cooperation and collaboration.
The specific objectives of the Regional Expert Forum are:
- To promote a common understanding of the climate change related threats to the agriculture sector and food security in ASEAN and options to address these threats in a coherent manner;
- To identify successful practices, models and policies for tackling climate change related threats to the agriculture sector and food security that should be promoted or scaled-up under the AFCC; and
- To develop recommendations for ASEAN Sector Bodies and Member States on how to encourage cross-sectoral coordination and collaboration to address climate change related threats to the agriculture sector and food security in the context of the AFCC.