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This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO eLearning Academy, Agreenium (l'Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France) and UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific). These webinars are an opportunity for all of us to share experiences and lessons learnt, discuss challenges, and propose innovative solutions and models. They aim to provide a holistic and comprehensive view of current trends in thematic areas related to global challenges, by combining development research and innovation perspectives.

The main objective of these technical webinars is to give practitioners the opportunity to interact with international experts, United Nations officers, University professors, researchers and fellow participants, throughout the world. Webinars can be attended as interactive online sessions on Zoom, where sharing perspectives and asking questions to experts is encouraged. These sessions are also recorded and therefore available at any time, through the FAO elearning Academy: elearning.fao.org

OBJECTIVES OF THIS SESSION:

• Define the risks and uncertainties brought by climate change
• Recognize the loss of biodiversity caused by climate change
• Illustrate examples of climate smart agriculture as a response to increasing climate change issues
 

SPEAKERS:

This international technical webinar will be delivered by Ms Federica Matteoli, Natural Resources
Officer at FAO, Mr Philippe Lemanceau, Senior Scientist at the French National Institute for
Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), and moderated by Ms Cristina Petracchi, Leader of
the FAO eLearning Academy

DATE/TIME:

Wednesday 27 May 2020 | 19:30 - 21:00  (GMT+7)

HOW TO ATTEND:

The webinar is free and open to everyone, provided you have the link to the platform.
To join the webinar session on Zoom, kindly register here.
We suggest you to use Google Chrome in order to join the webinar.
We also recommend you to check your time zone here.

Concept Note download: here

CONTACT:

URL:

https://www.unescap.org/events/climate-smart-agriculture-loss-biodiversity-and-uncertainties-associated-climate-change#