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Urgency and need for adaptation to Climate Change
Rome -- Last 10 March 2008, Minister for the Environment of Iceland Mrs Thorunn Sveinbjarnardóttir visited FAO Headquarters at the invitation of the Gender, Equity, and Rural Employment Division. During a ceremony marking the celebration of the International Women's Day, the Iceland's Minister and FAO officials, including Deputy Director-General Mr James Butler and Ms Marcela Villarreal, Director of the Gender Division, exchanged views with three Rome based-International schools. The discussion, also attended by IFAD's Assistant President Jessie R. Mabutas and Ms Tana de Zulueta Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies, focused on understanding the impacts of climate change, how men
1. Minister for the Environment of Iceland Mrs Thorunn Sveinbjarnardóttir: "No time to loose" (Photo ©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti)
2. FAO's Deputy Director-General Mr James Butler: "Science is one of the solutions"
3. Ms Jesse Rose Mabutas, Assistant President, Finance and Administration Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): helping women and the community in Chad and Brazil
4. Ms Marcela Villarreal, Director, Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division (FAO): "Gender equality is essential"
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Liliane Kambirigi
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