In Focus: Driving Cooperation For Food And Agriculture Under a Changing Climate
19 November 2025
10:45 - 13:00 (local time)
Plenary Room
State of play and the path ahead for food systems, with a focus on Dutch and global partners advancing food & agrisystems transformation.
About The Event
At COP30, the Netherlands and its partners continue to play an active role in shaping international collaboration on food and agrisystems transformation: from precision agriculture, seed varieties, soil health to fertiliser sustainability, water systems, and nature-based solutions.
This joint session aims to showcase the Netherlands’ convening and facilitating role, highlighting progress made during the COP, concrete outcomes from initiatives such as the Global Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Conference, and shared ambitions for 2026, especially looking at activities outside of COP events.
The event will bring together Dutch and international partners to take stock of the “state of play” after eight days of COP30 negotiations: reflecting on achievements, lessons, and next steps toward implementing commitments and deals.
Event Objective
– We are here, we are committed, we have the tools and convening power and capacity to help deliver on food systems under climate change.
Co-Host
Event Rundown
11:35 am
Opening remarks: Dutch food & agriculture at COP30 through different lenses
11:50 am
Scene setting: A new architecture in a ‘grave new world’
12:10 pm
State of Play – snapshots from 8 days at COP, where are we now?
12:30 pm
Adjusting the exposure: Questions and reflections from the audience
12:45 pm
Zooming out: From a broader perspective, what lies outside our current ‘frame’ of COP, and how we can break out of this and take forward the discussions we have been having, especially in the complex world we find ourselves in?
1:00 pm
Networking
Encourage everyone to reflect on the questions asked in the session, and discuss: Who and what do you need to progress from here?