This episode was recorded live in front of a virtual audience in advance of a key meeting at the United Nations known as the Food Security Summit. 

This episode is produced in partnership with CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network and features a panel discussion examining the links between food systems and action needed to confront climate change. 

Introductory Remarks:

Gernot Laganda, Chief / Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes,  UN World Food Programme (WFP)  

Framing remarks

Peter Laderach, Principal Scientist WFP/CGIAR

Panellists 

Ben Webster, Head of Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) Secretariat

Astrid Zwick, Head of InsuResilience Secretariat

Walter Baethgen, Director of the Regional and Sectoral Research program in the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, IRI

Jerry Velasquez, Director Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund 

Dr Saleemul Huq, Director International Centre for Climate Change andDevelopment (ICCCAD), Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) and AT5 Chair of the UNFood Systems Summit

Closing remarks

Christine Schneeberger, Deputy Head Global Cooperation, Swiss Agency for Developmentand Cooperation (SDC)

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