Climate Change and Food Security: Taking Stock after the COP 15
24th February 2010
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On behalf of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the International Food & Agriculture Policy Council (IPC) organized in cooperation with the OECD Roundtable on Sustainable Development a Dialogue on “Climate Change and Food Security: Taking Stock after the COP 15” at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France.
Agriculture features as an important item on the agenda of climate change negotiations. The production and trade of food and agricultural products will be impacted by climate change, as well as by policy responses to climate change. The agricultural sector is not only of vital importance to many developing countries in terms of income generation, it is also responsible for providing the most basic need of people all over the globe.
As the global community aims to reach a new international climate change framework, it is also faced with pressing food security needs among the world’s poor. An increased understanding of the nexus between climate change, agriculture, food security and trade is required so that greater policy coherence can be attained at both the international and national level.
This specific Dialogue assessed the progress made during the COP 15 with respect to effectively addressing the issue of food security. Hereby the focus was placed on the subject of technology transfer and identifying research priorities.
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