Public Events | NGO Working Group Meetings
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| Ricardo Sanchez presents |
This event, held during the day-long United Nations Summit on Climate Change, brought attention to the close connection of climate change with food & agricultural production. Already, climate change is having a serious negative effect on food production, as droughts, floods and water scarcity affect yields. At the same time, agriculture is contributing a substantial proportion of all greenhouse gases. The luncheon brought together experts from the UN, NGOs, faith communities and academia to examine this pressing topic and to consider options for policy.
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| Gerda Verberg presents |
Global Policy Reform of Food and Agriculture (May 11, 2009; New York)
Side Event during the Commission on Sustainable Development, co-sponsored with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Church World Service, the NGO Working Group on Food & Hunger and others. Speakers included Alexandra Spieldoch of IATP, Gerda Verberg the Netherlands Agriculture Minister and CSD Co-Chair, Monika Kalra Varma, Erika Rosenthal, Arthur Getz, Barbara Adams and others.
Enabling Equitable and Sustainable Development: the IAASTD (May 7, 2009; New York)
A Side Event at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, featuring speakers who were authors of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development. Organized jointly with many others, including FAO, UNESCO, the IAASTD, the Governments of Switzerland and France, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Third World Network and Church World Service.
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| Molly Anderson presents |
Breakfast Roundtable on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food (April 6, 2009; 8:15-9:45; New York)
Special guests: Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and Molly Anderson, Coordinating lead author for the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development and Fellow at the Wallace Center. Organized jointly with the NGO Working Group on Food & Hunger.
NGO Working Group Meetings
October 16, 2009: NGO Working Group Meeting
August 4, 2009: NGO Working Group Meeting
May 12, 2009: NGO Working Group Meeting
April 8, 2009: NGO Working Group Meeting
April 7, 2009: Special Meeting with Thomas Forster (New School) and Flavio Valente (FIAN)
March 8, 2009: NGO Working Group Meeting
January 8, 2009: NGO Working Group Meeting
December 5, 2008: NGO Working Group Meeting
