Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

CSD-17 Side-Event 6 May 2009

Thomas Rosswall, Chair CCCP

The Challenge

• Climate change will worsen the living conditions of farmers, fishers and forest-dependent people who are already vulnerable and food insecure.

• Hunger and malnutrition will increase. • Rural communities ... face an immediate and

ever-growing risk of increased crop failure (and) loss of livestock ...

• Poor people will be at risk of food insecurity ...

FAO 2009

6 May 2009 CSD-17 ICSU-CGIAR-ESSP-IFAP Side Event

Global

IntegratedSiloed

Local

BusinessAs Usual

CGIARDevelopment

Research

BusinessAs Usual

GlobalChange

TOMORROW

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for Global Change

Adapted from Sara Farley, The World Bank

Tipping points

Per Olsson, SRC, 2009

Programme

• Jim Hansen (Columbia University): Managing Current Risks and Preparing for Progressive Change

• Lindiwe Sibanda (FANRPAN): The Africa Climate Solution: Carbon Sinks and Pools

• Jerry Nelson (IFPRI): Climate Change, Agriculture and Policy: Who Bears the Costs?

• Sarala Gopalan (IFAP): Farmers’ Solutions to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

• Discussion