WEBINAR: Agri-food systems transformation in times of climate change and pandemics: what role for science?

1 October 2021. As part of the pre-COP26, FAO organized a side-event “Agri-food systems transformation in times of climate change and pandemics: what role for science?”

The Pre-COP was held in Milan from 30 September to 2 October 2021 and was the last official ministerial meeting before the COP, which will be held in Glasgow from 1 to 12 November.

The objective of this event was to underscore the urgency of addressing food security, hunger and poverty issues within the climate change context for concrete climate action and show how scientific evidence can contribute to creating sustainable solutions. The outcomes of the UNFSS 21 (including the Science Days and the Pre-Summit) fed into this panel discussion at pre-COP26 and pave the way to wider discussion at COP26.

• Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist, FAO
• Joachim von Braun, Chair, Scientific Group of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021
• Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, The Earth Institute
• Abdalah Mokssit, Secretary, IPCC
• Roula Majdalani, Leader, Climate Change and Natural Resources Sustainability Cluster, ESCWA
• Moderator: Zitouni Ould-Dada, Deputy Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, FAO