Food Security and Climate Change

Istanbul Seminar on Education for Sustainable Development: 'ESD at the Crossroads'

The Learning Teacher Network, in cooperation with the Regional Environment Center (REC) Turkey, welcomes you to an International Seminar on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Istanbul, Turkey on September 26-27, 2014; the title of the seminar is 'ESD at the Crossroads'.

By interactive discussions among the participants the seminar will discuss key issues that bridge the Decade for Education for Sustainable Development to UNESCO’s forthcoming Global Action Programme.

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Wednesday, 9 April, 2014

Online Course: Introduction to the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Stakeholder Forum has partnered with CIFAL Scotland to offer a unique e-learning opportunity which will enhance the capacity of participants to engage with the international Post-2015 process to design and agree a set of Sustainable Development Goals.

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Tuesday, 8 April, 2014

Climate change and sustainable development goals

A new blog post by Joy Hyvarinen (FIELD Executive Director) considers climate change and the new sustainable development goals. It suggests that thinking about the climate treaty’s goal to slow climate change to a level that is not dangerous could help to design the new goals. It argues that poor and vulnerable countries and communities need a second line of defence against climate change and suggests that the new goals should be rooted in the Millennium Declaration.

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Nourishing the City: The Rise of the Urban Food Question

In this lecture, Prof Kevin Morgan will explain why cities are becoming food policy actors for a whole series of reasons, largely to do with public health, social justice and ecological integrity. 

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Monday, 17 March, 2014

BBSRC funding call

BBSRC invite submissions to the second Horticulture and Potato Initiative (HAPI) call. Approximately £4M of funding is available to support a portfolio of projects at 80% fEC. Guidance about the process for submitting outline proposals are described in the call text which is featured below and attached:

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Monday, 13 January, 2014

Waste not, want not

UK food security champion Tim Benton blogs here about food waste.  You can read more about food waste within global food systems in the following featured publication:

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Monday, 13 January, 2014

Developing the DECC's Evidence Base

For the first time, the Department of Energy and Climate Change have set out their priority interests for developing evidence to underpin policy development and to learn from delivering policies.

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Monday, 13 January, 2014

First Minister Visits Edinburgh Foodbank

Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland, visited an Edinburgh foodbank on Tuesday 17 December.  He condemned the sharp rise in the use of foodbanks as highlighted in a Scottish Government report today as "absolutely unacceptable".   

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Tuesday, 17 December, 2013

Workshop on Green Economy in the Gulf Region

The workshop offers a forum for presenting original and high-quality research on the different aspects of the green economy approach in the Gulf, both examining current developments and plans and looking at the likely future course. We welcome papers examining individual country case studies, comparative studies and regional-level studies.

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Monday, 16 December, 2013

Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Competition

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Government of Sweden invite eligible organizations to respond to Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Competition. 

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Friday, 13 December, 2013

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