In this podcast lawyer Lisa Miron joins me again after our previous podcast “Pandemic Prevention or Power Grab?” were we discussed Bill C293 in Canada. Today we unpack the Food Chain Reaction tabletop exercise. This exercise is one of a long list of simulation exercises that governments, subject matter experts and NGO’s have conducted over the years.

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The Food Chain Reaction was a global simulation exercise held in 2015 to explore the effects of climate change, population growth, and political instability on the global food supply from 2020 to 2030; broken up into 4 time frames, each with sketched out their specific scenarios and narratives.

The game involved representatives from national governments, international organizations, multilateral institutions and business investors, who worked through food shortages, price spikes, extreme weather events, and social unrest. The primary focus was on testing the coordination of international responses and examining how policies can stabilize the global food system.

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