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Food and climate change - the vital, but often overlooked links between the two

10.10.2022 - By World Economic ForumPlay

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Food production has a huge impact on climate change. And climate change has a huge impact on our ability to produce the food we need.

As the war in Ukraine creates additional challenges to the global food and energy markets, a panel of experts looks at ways food production and consumption can adapt to address some of these huge issues,

This podcast is the audio from a session at the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2022.

Participants: 

Adrian Monck, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Geneva (moderator)

Jason Bordoff, Co-Dean, Columbia Climate School; Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Geraldine Matchett, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Royal DSM NV

Sam Kass, Partner, Acre Venture Partners

Máximo Torero. Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Watch the session here: https://www.weforum.org/events/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2022/sessions/food-and-energy-tackling-a-global-resource-crisis

Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/10/food-climate-energy-agenda-dialogues

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