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In 2013, the international community will review progress on the Millennium Development Goals, two years before the target date for their achievement.  Policy discussions will also begin on the post-2015 framework for international development. And while there has been significant progress on many of the development goals, with improvements in education, healthcare and other basic services across the developing world, nearly one billion people still suffer from hunger, most of them women and children. With the world’s population set to reach 9 billion by 2050, a 70% increase in agricultural production is required if everyone is to be fed. Yet over the same period; climate change, water scarcity and land degradation could reduce food production by one quarter, leading to further increases in the number of people suffering from hunger. 

It is those who are already poor and vulnerable who will be worst affected by climate change, despite having contributed least to the causes of climate change. The global challenges of hunger, nutrition and climate justice are linked. To be credible, the global response must be based on a clear understanding of the rights and the reality of the lives of the people most affected, now and in the future.

The Dublin Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice has been coorganised by CCAFS, Irish Aid, the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, and the World Food Programme. It will bring together key policy makers and global thought leaders with local people and practitioners facing the realities of rising food prices, failed crops, undernutrition and voicelessness. The objective will be to facilitate a respectful dialogue and learn from practical experience and robust evidence to inform a new approach to addressing hunger, nutrition and climate justice, in the context of the new international development agenda.

by Savings Sidekick">The aim will not simply be to adopt an outcome document, but to inspire new ways of thinking about global development challenges and to invigorate and broaden the debate, at all levels, listening to and learning from the experiences of local people, and rooting future thematic policy approaches in their lives and their efforts to cope.  To facilitate a focused dialogue, participation will be by invitation, but there will be opportunities for everyone to participate online. 

Conference Documents

HNCJ Conference Provisional Agenda(PDF)

HNCJ Conference Papers, including full case studies (PDF)

Case studies

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