Twenty-Fourth Annual World Food Day Teleconference
October 16, 2007
CLIMATE: CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND CONSEQUENCES
The links between climate change, hunger and poverty will be the focus of the 2007 teleconference. Three international leaders -- Suzanne Hunt, independent consultant, currently dividing her time among the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Global Bioenergy Partnership, Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Research Scientist and Leader of the Climate Impacts Group at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Dr. Stephen H. Schneider, Stanford University professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and founder and editor of the Interdisciplinary journal, Climate Change, -- will discuss the many crosscutting issues of global climate change and the potentially disastrous consequences, especially for millions of poor and chronically undernourished people. The overwhelming majority of the world’s climate scientists are convinced that the looming crisis is caused primarily by “humankind’s activities” and will require immediate and farsighted action by all nations, rich and poor. In addition to the guest panelists there will be a live uplink from the World Food Prize ceremonies and cameo comments from other experts.
The program was broadcast live from Washington DC, Tuesday, October 16th, from noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The DISH Network carried the program on a tape-delay basis and was made available in English worldwide through the facilities of the American Embassy Television Service.
Read the Executive Summary of the teleconference.
For additional information on the World Food Day Teleconference or other World Food Day resources and event planning ideas please contact Patricia Young, National Coordinator (patricia.young@fao.org.)