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IFOAM EU Seminar
Agriculture in times of Climate Change
Organic farming approaches to face the challenge

  18 October 2011, 13:00-16:00
European Parliament, Room JAN2Q2, Brussels

KEY FEATURES

  • Explore the role of organic agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation.
  • Meet high-level decision-makers and key stakeholders.
  • Share knowledge, exchange ideas and develop solutions.


OVERVIEW

The agriculture and food sector needs to adapt to the consequences of climate change and play an active role in climate change mitigation. To contribute to the climate debate, MEP Elisabeth Köstinger (EPP), Bio Austria and the IFOAM EU Group, in cooperation with the International Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC), invite you to discuss the role organic farming can play in reaching climate change goals. This event offers an opportunity for European policymakers, stakeholders from the food and farming sector, and representatives of civil society to exchange the latest information and research findings. The aim of the seminar is to discuss further strategies and measures to meet the climate challenge in agriculture and assess which measures would be appropriate to tackle climate change within the EU Policy Framework.

RESOURCES


PRESENTATIONS

Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems
Peter Kuikman, Alterra, Wageningen UR


Cows, grass and trees in the EU’s climate policy
Peter Wehrheim, European Commission, Climate Finance and Deforestation

Soil C sequestration and N2O emission in Mediterranean
croplands. A meta-analysis

Eduardo Aguilera, SEAE

Organic soil cultivation as key practice to climate change mitigation and adaption
Michaela Theurl, Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL)

Closing Comments - Agriculture in times of Climate Change
Andre Leu, IFOAM World

Photos
: (EPP Group in European Parliament)
IFOAM EU Climate Change Seminar - October 18, 2011, Brussels

RELEVANT LINKS


Round Table on Organic Agriculture and Climate Change
IFOAM EU Group Climate Change Policy



The IFOAM EU Group acknowledges the financial support of the European Commission, DG Environment throughout the year 2011. The sole responsibility lies with the IFOAM EU Group, and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information provided by IFOAM EU Group.



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