Day 1: June 30, 2025
8 a.m.
Breakfast Available
8:55 – 9:15 a.m.
Words of Welcome
- Éliana Ubalijoro, Chief Executive Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF
- His Eminence, Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, Chancellor PASS/PASS
- Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Council, PASS
- Joachim von Braun, President, PAS
9:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Opening Addresses – Local, National, Continental Levels
- Hon. H.E. Wilber Ottichilo, Governor, Vihiga County, and Chair Environment, Forestry and Climate change committee
- Jacqueline Kado, Executive Director, NASAC
10:05 – 11:05 a.m.
Challenges and Best Practices for Resilience - Mayors and Local Leaders
Moderator: Éliane Ubalijoro, Chief Executive Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF
Panelists:
- Hon. H.E. Wilber Ottichilo, Governor, Vihiga County, and Chair Environment, Forestry and Climate change committee
- Hon. Annie Kapandula Kalamatila, Mayor, Lufwanyama
- Hon. Samuel Assefa, Director, California Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
- Hon. Lillian Seenoi-Barr, Mayor, Derry City and Strabane District Council
- Philip Osana, Chief Operating Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF
11:05 – 11:25 a.m.
Coffee break
11:25 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
Innovative Financing Resiliency in Africa: Cities and Subregions
Moderator: Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson, AKADEMIYA2063
Panelists:
- Eric Kacou, Co-founder & CEO of Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESPartners)
- Yves Mariko, Chief Economist, Africa Energy Transition Services
- Eric Naivasha, Head of Sustainable Finance, KCB Bank Group
- Robert Sangori, Initiative Coordinator, Building Climate Resilience with the Urban Poor (BCRUP)
12:25 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch Session: A Whole of Government Approach to Climate Resilience (followed by moderated Q&A)
1:15 – 12:15 p.m.
Scientific and Policy Innovations for Building Resilience
Moderator: Mohamed Hassan, PAS
Panelists:
- George Wamukoya, Team Leader, African Group of Negotiators Experts Support
- Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye, Africa Regional Coordinator, Young Professionals for Agricultural Development
- Steven Were Omamo, Director for Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- Mary Njenga, Bioenergy Research Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF
- Dorothy Amwata, Professor and Dean, School of Agriculture and Environment Sciences (SAES), Muranga University of Technology (MUT)
2:20 – 3:20 p.m.
Weather Disasters, Recovery and Preparation
Moderator: Phosiso Sola, Senior Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF
Panelists:
- Aster Gebrekirstos, Senior Scientist-Climate change, Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development, CIFOR-ICRAF
- Mamadou Dian Balde, Regional Director for East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Japheth Muli, Programme Manager, African Climate Foundation
- Sebataolo Rahlao, Executive Manager, Oceanographic Research Institute, South African Association for Marine Biological Research
- Rui Alberto Oliveira, Lead, Preparedness & Response, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
3:25 – 4:25 p.m.
Societal Transformation - Building Resilience with All Stakeholders in Multi-level Governance
Moderator: Daya Reddy, Member, PAS
Panelists:
- Agnes Kalibata, former president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), served as Rwanda's minister of agriculture and animal resources and was the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the UN Food Systems Summit
- Catrine Shroff, CEO, Mwangaza Light/Green Churches Kenya
- Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Director of Legal Division, UNEP
- Debela Tesfaye, REDD Investment Coordinator, Oromia
- Quanying Ren, Early Warning for Environment Coordinator, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
4:30 – 5:20 p.m.
Interactive Consultation on MAST Solutions led by Youth (incl. Coffee Break) (MAST – Mitigation, Adaptation, Societal Transformation)
Introduction: Joachim von Braun, President, PAS & Calisto Ochieng, Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Fundraising, World Scouting
Facilitators:
- Innocent Antoine Houedji, Executive Director, Youth Initiative for Land in Africa
- Kevin Lunzalu, Marine Project Officer, East African Wildlife Society
- Sydner Kemunto, Drylands Restoration Steward, Global Landscapes Forum
- Valerie Kplorm Nutako, Country Programme Coordinator, CDKN Ghana
(SouthSouthNorth) - Collins Shava, Youth, Policy and Partnerships Officer, African Wildlife Foundation
- Matthew Shane Van den Berg, MSc student and member of the Machine Learning for Ecology Research Group, African Institute of Mathematical Sciences South Africa
- Milano Ferdinand Rasolofohery, MSc student and member of the Machine Learning for Ecology Research Group, African Institute of Mathematical Sciences South Africa
- Samuel Kairu, CEO & Chair, Young Leaders Association
- Vilita Peter, Leader & Editor, Interfaith Newspaper
- Mary Mukyala, Story Teller, Beautiful Periods
- Janet Mwangangi, Youth Leader, Aljaamia Tv
- Emily Nyambura, Youth Leader, Peace League Africa
- Lisper Gachara, Youth leader, Kenya Institute of Foreign Languages and Professional Studies
- Daisy Agono, Assistant, Kenya Institute of Foreign Languages and Professional Studies
- Angeline Awino, Youth Leader, Peace League Africa
- Ivy Murugi, Junior Manager, Education and Impact, World Scouting
- Allen Ottaro, Founder and Coordinator, CYNESA (Catholic Youth Network for
Environmental Sustainability in Africa)
5:25 – 6:00 p.m.
Reporting back of calls to action by Youth leaders to plenary
6:00 p.m.
Depart for dinner
6:30 p.m.
Conference Dinner – Trademark Hotel
Day 2: July 1, 2025
8 a.m.
Breakfast Available
8:50 a.m.
Plan for the Day
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Resilience to Climate Change, Extreme Weather Impacts & Water Systems
Moderator: Joseph Kamau, Lead, Global Health Program · Kenya Institute of Primate Research
Panelists:
- Priscilla Wainaina, Scientist, Governance, Equity and Wellbeing, CIFOR-ICRAF
- Ivy Murugi, Junior Manager, Education and Impact, World Scouting
- Alexander Fenwick, WHH County Director, Somalia
- Collins Shava, Youth, Policy and Partnerships Officer, African Wildlife Foundation
- Thomas Rewe, Co-Chair, Green Bioeconomy Coalition of Africa, Working Group, and Associate Professor, Pwani University
10:05 – 11:05 a.m.
Land Use, Agriculture, Food System, Bioeconomy Resilience
Moderator: Kim Geheb, Senior Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF
Panelists: Ousmane Badiane, Executive Chairperson, AKADEMIYA2063
- Cheikh Mbow, Professor & Director General, Centre de Suivi Ecologuqie
- Amos Amanubo, Africa Regional Coordinator, Global Landscapes Forum
- Merid Getahun, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
- Paul Nthakanio, Associate Professor, Genetics and Plant Breeding & Registrar Planning, Administration and Finance, University of Embu
11:05 – 11:25 a.m.
Coffee break
11:25 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
Natured Based Solutions & Translational Research for Climate Resilient Sustainable Action
Moderator: Agnes Kalibata, former president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), served as Rwanda's minister of agriculture and animal resources and was the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the UN Food Systems Summit
Panelists:
- Peter Minang, Director, Africa & Leader, Greening Tree Crop Landscapes,
CIFOR-ICRAF - Bessy Kathambi, Lecturer, University of Nairobi
- Valerie Nutako, Country Programme Coordinator, SouthSouthNorth
- Matthew Shane Van den Berg, MSc student and member of the Machine Learning for Ecology Research Group, African Institute of Mathematical Sciences South Africa
- Milano Ferdinand Rasolofohery, MSc student and member of the Machine Learnin
12:25 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 – 12:15 p.m.
Building Resilience for Climate Related Migration
Moderator: Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Council, PASS
Panelists:
- Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Provost, College of Education, University of Ghana
- Carola Suárez-Orozco, Professor in residence & Director, Immigration Initiative, Harvard University
- Fonna Forman, Professor of Political Science and Founding
 Director of the Center on Global Justice at the University of California, San Diego
- Romanus Opiyo, Programme Leader for Sustainable Urbanisation, Stockholm
Environment Institute (SEI) Africa Center
2:20 – 3:20 p.m.
Open Discussion
Facilitators:
- Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Council, PASS
- Joachim von Braun, President, PAS
3:25 – 4:00 p.m.
Way forward with Call to Action and Closing Remarks
- Éliane Ubalijoro, Chief Executive Officer, CIFOR-ICRAF
- Mohamed Hassan, PAS
- Archbishop Philip A. Anyolo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi
- Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Council, PASS
- Joachim von Braun, President, PAS