Tag Archives: food security

Dr. Anna Taylor, African Centre for Cities (ACC) and CSAG, University of Cape Town has been in a close partnership with the City of Cape Town municipal government, working as an embedded researcher to analyse and contribute to the further development of climate adaptation processes and adaptive pathways, both at ...

In this special edition we have the mother founder presenter Jason Sole alongside his mother and Motherchannel and interviewer owner Judy Sole. We hear about the simply ludicrous fact’s regarding our food production all over the world. There is a ridiculous amount of food that goes to waste on a ...

Climate, Carbon and Cities: Assessing Risk, Transforming Sectors, Building the Future Moderator: Kira Vinke, PIK Speakers: Bambang Susantono, Vice-President, ADB: A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific Mr. A. K. Saxena, Senior Fellow & Director, TERI: Enabling Decarbonization of the Power Sector ...

Press briefing: Soil Carbon Sequestration and Food Security Johannes Lehmann Cornell University Dawit Solomon Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Addis Ababa Cornell University Johannes Lehmann and Dawit Solomon highlighted the importance of soil organic carbon in the global carbon cycles, stating that every 7-10 years all carbon in ...

At this Science to Action Day at COP 22, Marrakech, Ms Charlotte Hebebrand, Director General – International Fertilizer Association (IFA), speaks on Climate-Smart Agriculture ~ What Role for Fertilisers? The presentation opened with a summary on the state of African soils by highlighting key issues, viz; 75% of arable land ...

This Oceans Action Event at COP 22, Marrakech covers solutions to Core Issues, i.e. Food Security, Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience – challenges are far more easily identified than solutions, with this being a time of ‘Action’, the first step to the solutions space is a recognition of the role the ...

Stuart Scott (Executive Director of UPFSI) heads up a presentation at COP 22 on the food and climate change choices, food security and the impacts of climate change on food production. They cover quite a bit in terms of animal extinction and food security or rather food insecurity as climate ...

Change Agent Series (Ep. 3) –  Two guerrilla gardeners (Wayword Sun and Liliana Transplanter) in a network of city greeners representing AMbush Guerilla Gardening Collective talk to us about the evolution of their art-form. They are using planting as a act of inspiration and rebellion against the stark and rubbish ...

COP 20 Lima US Center Panel Presenter on: Ocean acidification & upwelling impacts on the El Locos fishing region in Chile & other coastal Latin American countries. Dr Laura Ramajo has studied ocean acidification from the warm Meditteranean Sea to the cold Pacific ocean.  For the last 7 years researchers ...

The main reason for the press conference is the increasing problems in the Mekon River region. This is about millions of smallholder farmers and the threats to their livelihood, that are coming from climate change in that region. The Mekon river is one of the largest river basins in the ...