We Can’t Resolve the Climate Crisis Without Transforming the Food System – For Good
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War in Europe, a pandemic and disrupted supply chains have exposed faultlines in the global food system which we ignore at our peril. An agrifood system based on a few calorie-rich crops transported along carbon-heavy supply chains is a major cause of the climate crisis, land use change and environmental degradation. Without transforming the food system we cannot achieving the targets of the Paris Agreement or the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In this talk, I argue how we can use forgotten crops, diverse farming systems, indigenous and scientific knowledge and novel products to address the climate and food crises and transform our food systems – for good.
Speaker
Professor Sayed Azam-Ali (CEO Crops For the Future)
After a PhD in Environmental Physics, Sayed Azam-Ali worked at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India, before becoming Professor of Tropical Agronomy and then Chair in Global Food Security at the University of Nottingham. In 2008, he was appointed Vice-Provost at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia, and in 2011 founding CEO of Crops For the Future Research Centre, the world’s first centre for underutilised and forgotten crops. He is now CEO of Crops For the Future UK. Sayed Azam-Ali is a past Chair of the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture. In 2021 he received an OBE for services to underutilised crops and increasing global food security and has written `The Ninth Revolution; transforming food systems for good’ https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12262#t=aboutBook
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This event will be held with the University of Nottingham School of Geography.
War in Europe, a pandemic and disrupted supply chains have exposed faultlines in the global food system which we ignore at our peril. An agrifood system based on a few calorie-rich crops transported along carbon-heavy supply chains is a major cause of the climate crisis, land use change and environmental degradation. Without transforming the food system we cannot achieving the targets of the Paris Agreement or the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In this talk, I argue how we can use forgotten crops, diverse farming systems, indigenous and scientific knowledge and novel products to address the climate and food crises and transform our food systems – for good.
Speaker
Professor Sayed Azam-Ali (CEO Crops For the Future)
After a PhD in Environmental Physics, Sayed Azam-Ali worked at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India, before becoming Professor of Tropical Agronomy and then Chair in Global Food Security at the University of Nottingham. In 2008, he was appointed Vice-Provost at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia, and in 2011 founding CEO of Crops For the Future Research Centre, the world’s first centre for underutilised and forgotten crops. He is now CEO of Crops For the Future UK. Sayed Azam-Ali is a past Chair of the Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture. In 2021 he received an OBE for services to underutilised crops and increasing global food security and has written `The Ninth Revolution; transforming food systems for good’ https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12262#t=aboutBook
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Registration for this event is open and attendance is available in person or virtually.
Please note that our registration process has recently changed:
Members
If you are a member of the Society and have an account already, please log in to your account before your register. If you are a member and don’t have an account set up already, you will need to create an account. Your username is the email address that is linked to your membership.
Non-Members
If you are not a member of the Society you will need to create an account in order to register for events.
Once you have created an account, you will be required to log in each time you would like to register for an event. You will also have access to a Dashboard area that will show which events you have registered for and past events you have attended.
Any information you provide to us will only be used by The Royal Meteorological Society and appointed representatives.
The Royal Meteorological Society has a number of local centres across the UK, where meetings are held throughout the year. The East Midlands Local Centre are currently hosting meetings which can be attended in person or virtually. For further information on the local centre, upcoming events or to be added to the mailing list, please contact eastmidlands@rmets.org.
This event will be held with the University of Nottingham School of Geography.
