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Connecting Climate Change and Health: Food Systems under Pressure
We warmly invite you to our upcoming webinar "Food Systems under Pressure" on October 27, 15:00-16:15 CET as part of our new webinar series "Connecting Climate Change and Health".
Climate change is undermining food systems worldwide: droughts, floods and heat reduce harvests, disrupt supply chains and drive up food prices. The health consequences are severe, ranging from acute malnutrition in drought-affected regions such as the Horn of Africa to an increased risk of food-borne diseases and a growing burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The webinar will therefore explore how we can build food systems that are resilient and sustainable in order to protect nutrition and health.
Agenda
- 15:00–15:10 Welcome and introduction to the webinar series
- 15:10–15:20 Input 1 - Climate Change & Food Security: Risks and Solution Pathways
- 15:20–15:30 Input 2 - Healthy, Climate-Resilient Diets: Benefits, Challenges and Potentials
- 15:30–15:40 Input 3 - Extreme Weather Events and Malnutrition: Heath Impacts on the Ground
- 15:40–16:10 Moderated Q&A
- 16:10–16:15 Summary and Closing
Speakers
- Dr. Christine Chemnitz, Director, Agora Agrar
- Dr. Marco Springmann, Senior Researcher in Environment and Health, Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford and Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Global Health, University College London
- Alina Seebacher, Advocacy Officer Climate, Food Security & Health, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Germany
Please note:
The webinar will be recorded. If you do not wish to appear in the recording, you are welcome to keep your camera turned off.
We look forward to your participation and to an engaging discussion.