Climate change and conflict

This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.

A seminar co-organised between Focali, School of Global Studies at University of Gothenburg and Centre for Environment and Sustainability (GMV) was held last week in Gothenburg where presentations were made on current multi-disciplinary research in Burkina Faso on the topics of forests, climate and livelihoods.

Exploring the possibility of measuring the Adaptive Capacity of cooperatives and their farmers to the Impacts of Climate Change in Eastern Africa  

SIANI was present at the Food Security Futures conference held in Dublin 11-12 April.  The conference was organized by IFPRI, CGIAR and FAO and revolved around three topical and two umbrella sessions.  Summaries of the sessions are available here.

LiveWell aims to contribute towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the food chain in EU and demonstrate sustainable and healthy diets.

This reports highlights social learning as an essential aspect in dealing with the complexities around climate change and uncertainty in food production. It is not just about adapting to these...

A report named "Environmental pressures from European consumption and production" has been made by the European Environmental Agency where they describes methods for quantifying environmental pressures caused by European consumption patterns and economic production sector

The right to food is one of the most basic rights of humankind. However, hunger remains unacceptably widespread, while many systems of food production in use are simply unsustainable. Mary...