High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
Website: http://www.fao.org/foodclimate/hlc-home/en/
“….Securing world food security in light of the impact of climate change may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century.
An estimated 850 million people in the world today suffer from hunger. Of those, about 820 million live in developing countries, the very countries expected to be most affected by climate change. Governments, international organizations, civil society, the private sector and other actors, must work together to address these challenges and to devise appropriate strategies and responses….”
SOARING FOOD PRICES: FACTS, PERSPECTIVES, IMPACTS AND ACTIONS REQUIRED
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 28 May 2008
Available online PDF [50p.] at: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/foodclimate/HLCdocs/HLC08-inf-1-E.pdf
“….Further sharp price hikes and continued volatility in markets for food supplies appear to be likely for the next few seasons, according to a report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the run-up to a summit on the global food crisis which is being held in
FAO lists 22 countries that it says are particularly vulnerable to food price increases because of high levels of chronic hunger and because they are net importers of both food and fuel. The report cites
Participants at the 3-5 June summit will discuss how agriculture can be harnessed to produce enough food to meet the demands of the world’s growing population. Many Heads of State and Government , as well as UN Secretary-General and the heads of many UN organizations and the Bretton Woods institutions, will attend the event. The new international task force – brings together the heads of key UN agencies, the International Monetary Fund IMF, the World Bank and other international experts – on the global food crisis is due to present its action plan….”
Content:
I. Introduction
II. Brief assessment of recent developments
III. What next?
IV. Likely impacts of rising food prices
A. Country-level impacts
B. Household-level impacts of high food prices
V. Policies for addressing high food prices: responses to date and policy options
| Information documents | | |
| HLC/08/INF/1 | Soaring food prices: facts, perspectives, impacts and actions required |
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| HLC/08/INF/2 | Climate change adaptation and mitigation: challenges and opportunities for food security | |
| HLC/08/INF/3 | Bioenergy, food security and sustainability - towards an international framework | |
| HLC/08/INF/4-Rev.1 | Financial mechanisms for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change in the food and agriculture sectors | |
| HLC/08/INF/5 | Climate change, bioenergy and food security: options for decision-makers identified by expert meetings | |
| HLC/08/INF/6 | Climate change, bioenergy and food security: civil society and private sector perspectives | |
| HLC/08/INF/7 | Climate-related transboundary pests and diseases | |
| HLC/08/INF/8 | Provisional list of documents | |
| HLC/08/INF/9-Rev.1 | Arrangements for the High-level Conference and information for participants |
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| Technical background documents | | |
| HLC/08/BAK/1 | Climate change adaptation and mitigation in the food and agriculture sector |
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| HLC/08/BAK/2 | Climate change, water and food security |
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| HLC/08/BAK/3 | Climate change and biodiversity for food and agriculture |
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| HLC/08/BAK/4 | Climate-related transboundary pests and diseases |
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| HLC/08/BAK/5 | Climate change and disaster risk management |
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| HLC/08/BAK/6 | Climate change and fisheries and aquaculture |
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| HLC/08/BAK/7 | Bioenergy policy, markets and trade and food security |
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