How climate change impacts food security

With research agendas on climate change, democracy, human rights, and security, Perry World House convened a high-level workshop on March 18, to develop policy innovations and research solutions to this multidisciplinary dilemma. Featuring policymakers, practitioners and academics from world-renowned institutions and representing a variety of countries and contexts, the discussions explored solutions to critical questions such as: how to produce more food with less environmental impact; whether a diet can be healthy for both planet and people; and how geopolitics might shape food security in a warmer, more urban, and populated world.

The conference discourse highlighted how needs might change in the coming decades as well as many innovations, for instance in plant breeding, livestock management, and regenerative farming that will help meet food demand. Participants also took a deep dive into the nexus of climate change, urbanization, and nutrition, discussing how diets are changing and what policies various countries are putting in place to assure nutritional and overall food security.