Climate change: challenges for agriculture and food security – a roundtable during the FAO Food Security Summit On 17 November a roundtable tackling climate change adaptation and mitigation and the challenges for agriculture and food security will take place during the World Summit on Food Security in Rome.The round table will discuss current and future challenges in various regions of the world regarding the impacts of climate change on food security and rural livelihoods, with emphasis on the impact on women; technology transfer, capacity building, information management, policies and financing needs for adapting agriculture to climate change. It will also discuss agriculture as a potent contributor to mitigation incentives for developing countries and its possible inclusion in a future climate change agreement in Copenhagen. [more...]

Highlights

WSFS Issues paper: New challenges: climate change and bioenergy

Climate Change, Food Insecurity and Hunger

UN-REDD video

FAO Climate change events

FAO
16 November 2009 - 18 November 2009
Italy, FAO Headquarter, Rome
Genetic Diversity and Food Security
FAO - Nordic council of ministers - NordGen
18 November 2009
Italy
Expert consultation on GHG emissions and mitigation potentials in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector
FAO
2 December 2009 - 4 December 2009
Italy, FAO Headquarters

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UNFCCC Climate change events

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Other Climate change events

The Danish Society for Nature [rl@dn.dk; info@cphco2009.dk]
3 December 2009 - 6 December 2009
Denmark, Copenhagen
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY BASED ADAPTATION
IIED, EPMS
21 February 2010 - 27 February 2010
Tanzania, United Rep of, Dar es Salaam

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