Deep Climate Conversations: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security
Jennifer Hadden
DEEP CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS
Topic: "Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security”
Thursday, February 22
9:00am - 10:15 am PST / 12:00pm - 1:15 pm EST
The Environmental Politics and Governance network (epgnetwork.org) has launched a new initiative, Deep Climate Conversations. This will be an online structured roundtable (i.e., questions circulated in advance to speakers) on a specific issue. The objective is to explore climate issues at a deeper, theoretical level.
This will be a 75-minute event: 60 minutes for discussion of planned questions, leaving about 15 minutes for comments from the audience.
Please register in advance here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Moderators
Jennifer Hadden, University of Maryland, College Park
Aseem Prakash, University of Washington Seattle
Panelists
Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo
Michelle Jurkovich, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Paul Winters, University of Notre Dame
The roundtable will focus on the following questions:
- What are the biggest governance challenges related to climate and food systems? What research questions need to be answered on mitigation in food systems? On adaptation? Is there a tension between climate mitigation and adaptation in the agricultural sector?What are the biggest governance challenges related to climate and food systems? What research questions need to be answered on mitigation in food systems? On adaptation? Is there a tension between climate mitigation and adaptation in the agricultural sector?
- Addressing climate and food security is often thought about in terms of supply-side policy such as incentivizing new technologies or encouraging/discouraging particular agricultural approaches. What incentives (or disincentives) do corporate actors (agri-businesses) have to promote low-carbon farming methods? Moreover, what is the political feasibility of including demand-side policies (reducing food waste and meat consumption) in the policy mix? Should corporate power (supermarkets in particular) be closely examined here as well?
- Is there a rural backlash against climate policies? Farmers in many countries are protesting against climate mitigation policies, although rural economies would be severely impacted by the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events. Is climate mitigation perceived as imposing an urban agenda on rural areas? What might be the appropriate policy response?