FAO is supporting the last round of Climate Change Talks before the final meeting of the Convention of the Parties (COP15), in Copenhagen, Denmark taking place in Barcelona to guarantee that food security adaptation and mitigation are taken into account in view of a new climate change deal. 

Side events led by FAO

• Food security and agricultural mitigation in developing countries -In search of synergies. 5 November 2009, 18.00-19.30, Lentisco Room, Agenda
  Panel
  Programme:
  Food Security and Agricultural Mitigation in Developing Countries -Options for Capturing Synergies (Leslie Lipper, Senior Environmental Economist, FAO)
  
  Prof Li Yu'eSynergies between Food Security, Adaptation and Mitigation (Li Yu'e, Professor, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
  
  Food Security and Agricultural Mitigation (José Manuel Bulas Montoro, Chief Staff of Senator Alberto Cardenas, Chair President of the Agriculture Commission in the Mexican Senate)
  
  Agriculture and Climate Change: The Role of Finance (Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Director, Global Environment and Climate Change, International Fund dor Agricultural Development (IFAD))
  
  Report: Food Security and Agricultural Mitigation in Developing Countries: Options for Capturing Synergies
  
  Read the coverage of the side event by ENB on the Side

Side events co-sponsored by FAO

• REDD Readiness: Learning Lessons and Building Momentum (led  by the UN-REDD Programme (FAO/UNDP/UNEP), Wednesday, 4 November 2008
  
  Read the coverage of the event done by ENB on the Side
• WATER DAY - 3 November
  Six sessions dealt with a range of water-related issues and climate change:
  Water and Livelihoods; Water, Ecosystems and Forests; Water and Land; Water and Regional/transboundary cooperation; Water and Land; Water and Gender; Water and Energy.
  For more information visit http://www.unwater.org/activities_WDbcn.html and see the programme