COP26 event on central Congo peatlands
Catch up online on our our COP26 event Protecting the Congo peatlands for climate mitigation & adaptation.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWM37eVjKMM
Programme
| Welcome | Jean Jacques Bambuta Boole, Peatland Management Unit Coordinator, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, DRC |
| Video: Protecting the Congo Basin Peatlands to Safeguard Climate and Biodiversity | Footage of the central Congo Basin peatlands kindly provided by Greenpeace, WCS Congo, Bart Crezee, Ian Davenport, Simon Lewis and Matteo Sciumbata. |
| Latest science on the importance of the central Congo peatlands | Simon Lewis, CongoPeat lead scientist; Professor of Global Change Science, University of Leeds, UK |
| Importance of the Democratic Republic of Congo peatlands | Corneille Ewango, CongoPeat Co-Investigator; Associate Professor of Botany, University of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Importance of the Republic of Congo peatlands | Ifo Suspense Averti, CongoPeat Co-Investigator; Associate Professor in Forest Ecology, Marien N’Gouabi University, Republic of Congo |
| CO2 emissions from tropical peatlands – lessons and opportunities | Sofie Sjögersten, CongoPeat Co-Investigator; Professor in Environmental Science, University of Nottingham, UK |
| Protected areas, threats and opportunities | Lera Miles, CongoPeat Co-Investigator; Principal Specialist – Area-based Planning, UNEP-WCMC |
| Panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Simon Lewis with above speakers and additional speakers: | Richard Betts, CongoPeat Co-Investigator; Professor of Climate Impacts (University of Exeter), Head of Climate Impacts Research, Met Office Ed Mitchard, CongoPeat Co-Investigator; Professor & Chair of Global Change Mapping, Edinburgh University, UK Shona Jenkins, Congo Peat project, PhD Candidate, peatlands social scientist, Edinburgh University, UK |
| Concluding remarks on the importance of the peatland and ways forward | Corneille Ewango, CongoPeat Co-Investigator; Associate Professor of Botany, University of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo Ifo Suspense Averti, CongoPeat Co-Investigator; Associate Professor in Forest Ecology, Marien N’Gouabi University, Republic of Congo |
Read the COP26 briefing from the CongoPeat international team of scientists. Download the briefing as a PDF.
Watch the newly released video preview for our COP26 event.