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Urban and Rural Areas Resilience Programme Oasis Cities Adaptation of the Paris Agreement Urban and Rural Areas Resilience Programme Oasis Cities Adaptation of The Paris Agreement COP22 UN Climate Change Conference Green Zone Side Event 16 November 2016 A ‘visual essay’ produced by Foster + Partners London 6.12.2016 1. We all need to act This is our Climate Action story Her Excellency Dr Hakima El Haite, Moroccan Delegate Minister in Charge of Environment, COP22 Host and co-author of Global Climate Action Agenda 4 5 COP22 UN Climate Change Conference - 7-18 November 2016 Marrakech - brought renewed focus on implementation of The Paris Agreement. “No country, however resourceful or powerful, is immune from the impacts of climate change. That is why we have seen overwhelming support for The Paris Agreement. It entered into force with breath-taking speed. Countries realize it is in their own national interest to take action now. We have much to gain by acting now”. Ban Ki-moon Remarks to The Press at COP22 Marrakech 15th November 2016 sustainable eradication development of poverty The Paris Agreement emphasises “the intrinsic relationship that climate change actions, responses and impacts have with equitable access to sustainable development and eradication of poverty.” Preamble 6 7 Knowledge Partner Intergovernmental Private Sector UNFCCC Organisation ICARDA Foster + Partners Mr Tomasz Chruszczow Dr Richard Thomas Individual Researcher Public Sector Founding Partner Intergovernmental Private Sector SBI Chair Organisation ICARDA Dr Sandra Piesik Speaker KIADPAI of the Project Founding Partner Foster + Partners Professor Dr Speaker Dr Mohamed Ben Salah Mr Chris Trott Founding Partner of the Project Abdelouahhab Zaid Speaker Head of Sustainability Founding Partner of the Project Speaker of the Project Speaker Speaker Knowledge Partner UN-Habitat Mr Sebastian Lange Private Sector Speaker The Marrakech Date Palm Project Dr Zaid Salah Eddine Technical Director Speaker Private Sector Taziry Ecovillages Mr Taha Chaabi Intergovernmental Mr Abdelillah General Manger Organisation ICARDA Meddich Speaker Ms Tana Lala-Pritchard Mrs Lamiaa Zaid Communication Manager MDPP Moderator Left: Mrs Mobtahij Our Team ‘Non -State Actors’ Khadija and Ms Private Houda Chaabi Public + By responding to a call for a greater engagement Taziry Ecovillages Sector Sector of Non-State Actors we created a diverse and Mr Ahed Abdulhalim Prof. Mohammed Besri Mr Reda Baalabaki Karkouti Institut Agronomique et Taziry Ecovillages multidisciplinary team in order to provide holistic KIADPAI Vétérinaire Hassan II sustainable solutions for oasis cities 6 9 green blue zone zone Selected Themes Selected Themes • Countries & Regions • Plenary Negotiations • Transport • Making Paris Reality • Energy & Water • Climate Action • Housing & • Global Adaptation Construction • Innovation & R&D • Circular Economy • Climate Finance • Climate Finance 10 11 “Building the resilience of socioeconomic and ecological systems, including through economic diversification and sustainable management of natural resources.” The Paris Agreement Article 7.8 (e) Adaptation 10 11 15th Nov 16th Nov 2016 2016 preparations event In order to set in context urban areas in The Side Event was very successful, their agricultural lands a field trip was with nine professional presentations organised to the Marrakech Date Palm and engaged audience. We Project (a date palm tissue laboratory) questioned: How do we help local oasis and demonstration farms. oasis cities to attract climate smart investment necessary for We learnt about latest advancement in implementation? Are there other cities genetic propagation of date palm and that could collaborate with oasis cities developments in increased species’ to become “knowledge partners” and biodiversity lead by Marrakech’s local benefit from shared learning? How authorities, academia and farmers. can oasis eco-systems contribute to the sustainability of oasis cities in the face of climate change? What are the best options, tools, mechanisms that oasis cities can utilise in order to better share “know how” from each other? 14 15 The Project Goal “Support positive economic, social Create viable and alternative livelihood and environmental links between strategies for oasis inhabitants urban, peri-urban and rural areas by while protecting and conserving the strengthening national and regional biodiversity and cultural knowledge development planning.” The Sustainable Development Goals - Goal 11 a Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 14 17 Siwa Oasis Liwa Oasis Nizwa Oasis Marrakesh Phase 1 Egypt United Arab Oman Morocco 2017 (Q1) Subject to funding Emirates Socio-economic assessment of four oasis cities Geographical Demographics description and sociology Connectivity Agriculture and transport Water Economy management Capacity oasis city Technology Building Finance 1 month Fieldwork (Q1) 3 months recommendation improved and case study linkages proposals for each city All maps NTS remoteness 300km remoteness 70 km remoteness 150 km remoteness 170 km population 23,000 population 20,000 population 92,000 population 929,000 Phase 2 2017 (Q3 & Q4) Subject to funding oasis city socio - economic Oman Morocco Phase 2 Implementation of Egypt UAE demonstration projects assessment COP23 Presentation of results 16 17 billion people 1.5 depend of drylands 42bn USD the global economic losses from desertification Deserts and oasis eco-systems Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid Prof. Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and 55mln Agricultural Innovation KIADPAI Secretary General date palm trees are required to be Agricultural Advisor at the UAE Ministry of planted in North Africa to prevent Presidential Affairs desertification and reduce migration FAO Goodwill Ambassador to the UAE by provision of employment and economic opportunity Source top two figures © UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference, 9-12 March 2015, Cancun Mexico Bottom © Professor Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid 18 19 Marrakech Siwa Oasis Liwa Oasis countries are affected Nizwa Oasis 110 by desertification 50mln people may be displaced within the “Recognizing the fundamental next 10 years as a result of desertification priority of safeguarding food security and ending hunger, and the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change.” Source © UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference, 9-12 March 2015, Cancun Mexico The Paris Agreement Preamble 20 21 By 2030 water scarcity alone in some arid and semi-arid places may displace up to 700 million people Current agricultural practices consume over 70% of the world’s freshwater resources water market Oasis oasis city A diverse ecosystem managed by farming community around natural water resource in hot arid deserts. Any disturbance of such equilibrium (such as uncontrolled urbanisation) could jeopardize forever the oasis Source © UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference, 9-12 March 2015, Cancun Mexico system as a whole. 22 23 Date palm is a vital plant in desert oasis eco-systems providing nutrition and income for rural communities. Date palm is cultivated in 46 countries. Date Palm Biodiversity & Cultivation 3,000 50 Dr Mohamed Ben Salah varieties products The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Biodiversity and Date Palm Specialist Source © Professor Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid and Dr Mohammed Ben Salah 24 25 Date Palm Technology Transfer Date Palm Tissue Culture Dr Zaid Salah Eddine Technical Director, Marrakech Increasing quantities of date palm Date Palm Project production through micro-propagation Technology developed in North Africa in 1970, today practiced globally 26 27 Sustainability from the economics point of view. Economic aspects impacting oasis developments in the city context are: Economy • Water management • Increase oasis profitability Dr Slim Zekri, Head of Economics • Land legislation Sultan Qaboos University Oman Develop proposal for land to be considered as a production asset Source © Dr Slim Zekri Sultan Al Qaboos University 28 29 Only 19% of working age population in the MENA region has formal sector job – lowest in world World Bank estimates Capacity Building Dr Richard Thomas 85 mln Director for CRP Drylands System new jobs are needed by 2023 The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas(ICARDA) Source © Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture Courtesy Dr Richard Thomas 30 31 10.3 mln Approximate annual general date palm waste in 46 countries People used date palm for the construction of building for the past Technology Development and Transfer in Architecture Dr Sandra Piesik 8.000 yrs Architect, Foster + Partners and Individual Researcher in Date Palm Technologies Source © Professor Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid and Dr Sandra Piesik 32 33 Embracing economically viable sustainability model A Successful Holistic Oasis System Model Taha Chaabi Taziry Ecovillages, Siwa Oasis Winner of Sustainability Cities and Human Settlement Award Habitat III 34 35 Integrated city infrastructure systems • energy • water • waste • mobility • information Towards sustainable cities today Christopher Trott Head of Sustainability Foster + Partners Source © Chris Trott 36 37 2050: 70% of the world’s population will Urban and rural linkages live in cities (UN) Sebastian Lange, Stephanie Loose and Jane Reid We commit ourselves to urban and rural development that is people- centred, protects the planet Urban Planning & Design Branch United Nations Human Settlements Programme Habitat III The New Urban Agenda Paragraph 26 (UN-Habitat) 38 39 COP22 Steering Committee Contact Side Events
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