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The Global
Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change in The Hague,
The Netherlands - 31st October - 5th November
IFOAM with other
Civil Society Organizations helped to thwart a push for food security and
climate change strategies based on top-down second green revolution based ‘solutions’.
The two IFOAM side events and important keynote speakers such as Kanayo Nwanze
(IFAD President) ensured that the final version was more balanced and included
Organic Agriculture in its wide-ranging list of recommendations. For the full report
from the Hague click here
The conference set-up favored
developed countries and agribusiness corporations and illustrates the critical
importance of CSO vigilance and participation which is particularly important
given that the forthcoming UNFCCC climate negotiations are considering
agriculture in expanded market mechanisms including the CDM. The UN also intends
to set-up an agriculture working group to explore which type of agricultural
practices and systems might be supported under such mechanisms.
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Cancun UN Climate Conference Event Page for further information
OFFICIAL CONFERENCE STATEMENTS AND OUTCOMES
Chairs Summary (Official Outcome) Statement by IFAD President CSO Plenary Statement
IFOAM SIDE EVENTS
Community Based Adaptation - 2nd November
Download Presentations Jane Nalunga - NOGAMU Cristina Grandi - IFOAM Richard Ewbank - Christian Aid
Organic Agriculture - Mitigation, Adaptation and Food Security - 5th November Download Presentations Harrie Oppenoorth - HIVOS Adrian Mueller - FiBL
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSO) STATEMENTS Download CSO Statements
Organized by the Governments of
the Netherlands, Ethiopia, New Zealand and Norway as well as FAO and the World
Bank the event is significant given the forthcoming annual decision-making
meeting (CoP16) of the UN for Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cancun, Mexico in
December. This conference was preceded by a pre-conference in
Ethiopia.
IFOAM DELEGATION IFOAM
Food Security Advocacy expert Cristina Grandi will lead the IFOAM
delegation and collaborate with the Round Table on Organic
Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) and NOGAMU (National Organic Agriculture Movement of Uganda).
KEY MESSAGE / OBJECTIVES
IFOAM raised awareness of its campaign messages, high sequestration,
low emission, food secure farming which highlights the superior
performance of organic agriculture in preventing global warming and
adapting to it. However, our most important message was ‘not just
carbon’ given our major concerns that international policies in their
focus on carbon will incentivize business-as-usual industrial agriculture
resulting in biodiversity loss, increased GHG emissions and even greater
food insecurity in the developing world.
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