Building Food Security in the face of Climate Change
Building Food Security in the Face of Climate Change’ was a one-day conference that that brought together the research and development community, policy makers, public and private research organizations, donors, and development agencies, both governmental and non-governmental. The objective was to discuss the research an development challenges to be tackled in relation to the linkages between climate change, agriculture, natural resource management and food security.
The Climate Change Threat
Climate change represents an immediate and unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people who depend on small-scale agriculture and natural resource management for their livelihoods.
At the same time, agriculture and forestry also contributes to climate change, by intensifying greenhouse gas emissions and altering the land surface.
How to facilitate the research
To facilitate new research on the interactions between climate change, agriculture, natural resource management and food security, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) have initiated a Mega Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
CCAFS will create unique possibilities in the search for solutions to climate change and food security problems.
A Conference is planned to engage with the research and development community on the R&D challenges to be tackled in relation to the linkages between climate change, agriculture, natural resource management and food security.
About the Event
Building Food Security in the Face of Climate Change’ was a one-day conference that brought together the research and development community, policy makers, public and private research organizations, donors, and development agencies, both governmental and non-governmental.
Approx. 300 people participated in the Conference.
 | Conference Report: Building Food Security in the face of Climate Change The conference report provides the various presentations suplemented with comments, questions and answers. It also gives some results from the group discussions. |
- Welcoming remarks by Thomas Rosswall, Chair of CCAFS Steering Committee (ppt)
- Enhancing Food Security in the Face of Climate Change by David Radcliffe, Senior Policy Officer at the European Commission
- Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: A Proposed New Agenda for Research and Development by Bruce Campbell, Director, CCAFS
- Articulating Africa-Wide Policy Issues for Adaptation and Mitigation by Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, FANRPAN
- Downscaling and its limitation on climate change impact assessments by Sepo Hachigonta, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Enhancing the Adaptive Capacity of Indian Agriculture to Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints by Pramod Aggarwal, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- What types of Decision Support Tools do we need? Building approaches that are useful to national and regional stakeholders by Mark Stafford-Smith, CSIRO
- Linking knowledge with action for sustainable development by Bill Clark, Harvard University (pdf)
Video presentations
See the presentation "Why do we need a global program" by Chair Thomas Rosswall" here: