Climate change and conflict
The UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Food Security and Nutrition reflects on what the work being done to make SDG2 a reality and the road ahead to reach it
An introduction by the Assistant Director General at Sida about the challenges of reaching SDG2 - Zero Hunger.
The new programme AgriFoSe, Agriculture for Food Security 2030, a 60 million swedish krona investment by Sida, was launched last week at the SLU Campus near Uppsala. AgriFoSe is developed by a consortium of scientists from SLU, Lund University, Gothenburg University and Stockholm Environment Institute, SEI and is hosted by SLU Global.
In 2050 we’ll have over 9 billion people to feed and the effects of climate change to take into account. The question isn’t so much “Will we fly hoverboards to work?” but more “Can we feed ourselves without destroying our planet?”
The UN-REDD programme recently launched a new online REDD+ training course for practitioners, policy makers and communities.
Take the time to get to know the themetic cooperation between SIANI & Focali around forests, landscapes and food security at the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) in Paris on December 5-6.
The motto of the Global Landscapes 2015 implies that everything is connected. Indeed, land use change and related issues are among major drivers of the changing climate. As the global leaders gather in Paris for the COP21, the Global Landscape Forum aims to leverage the opportunity to shape the global development agenda.
Win a trip to the 3rd European Forest Week in Engelberg, Switzerland!