Connect with your colleagues across multiple disciplines to discuss “Global Climate Change and Food Security.” This workshop brings together people from different disciplines and experiences to leverage our vast networks and capacity to address global climate change in innovative ways. Featuring a series of flash talks followed by break-out sessions with reporting back to the larger group, this workshop works toward a goal of developing a focused effort toward a project and grant submission. This event is free to attend. 

Breakout groups will meet for an hour in regionally-organized groups: Southern/Eastern Africa; West/Central/North Africa; Middle East/South Asia/Central Asia; Far East Asia/Mekong Region; Central/South America; Eurasia/Eastern Europe. 

Featured Speakers

Mariel Borgman, Community Food Systems Educator, Extension Community Food and Environment
Sejuti Das Gupta, Assistant Professor, James Madison College
Krista Isaacs, Assistant Professor - International Seed Systems, International Agriculture, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Pang-Ning Tan, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
David Tschirley, Professor - International Development, Department of Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics
Felicia Wu, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor, Food Safety, Toxicology, and Risk Assessment, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Global Resources, Networks and Programs on Climate Change

Climate change is a global issue and requires global cooperation and collaboration across multiple sectors. A number of international development agencies, alliances, and networks have developed programs, strategies and action plans and are currently engaged in climate resilient agriculture and food systems initiatives. Some of the prominent global resources and networks that are engaged in climate change related programs include: 

• African Development Bank - Climate Change
• Asian Development Bank - Climate Change Fund
• Asian Development Bank - Climate Change Fund Progress Report
• Bayer Corporation - Climate Protection
• Bezos Earth Fund
• CGIAR - Climate Change and Food Security
• Climate Action Network International
• Corteva Corporation - Climate Smart Agriculture
• CropLife International - Climate Change
• European Commission - Climate Change Action
• Gates Foundation - Climate Change
• Green Climate Fund
• Inter-American Development Bank - Climate Change Action Plan
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• International Climate Council Network
• International Universities Climate Alliance
• UN FAO - Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture
• UNEP - Climate Initiatives Platform (CIP)
• UNEP - Global Adaptation Network
• United Nations (UN) - Climate Change
• University Climate Change Coalition
• USAID - Climate Change
• World Bank - Climate-Smart Agriculture

This event is sponsored by the Office of Research and Innovation, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Global Innovations in Development, Engagement, & Scholarship.