Africa-EU Summit Science Dialogue Events

Session title: “Making the green deal a reality in the tropical world”.
 
Session description: “Corporations and policymakers alike are beginning to recognize that business as usual in politics, economics and trade is leading us ever closer to disaster. From the climate crisis to the biodiversity crisis, from accelerating soil degradation to global desertification, and from rising global inequality to the obesity and malnutrition epidemics, the warning signs are everywhere: we must change – or else.

What are the key issues to be tackled to ensure this realization leaves the pages of domm-laden reports and changes everyday behaviour? What tools and insights are available as investors and policymakers seek to make societies and business more sustainable and resilient – at minimum disruption? How can research help bridge the gap between the realization of the challenge and the implementation of solutions?

Our speakers will be exploring these questions from a fascinating range of perspectives. Josef Garvi from Zinder, Niger, is transforming the way we think about food and nutrition in some of the world’s most remote drylands. Dr Phosiso Sola has good news about charcoal. Dr Chandrashekhar Biradar will focus on the system changes we need to make the green deal work for all. And Dr Gonzálz-Aranda will help us understand how the highest of high tech can help this oldest of human technologies, agriculture, step up to the plate to manage the challenges of the Anthropocene.”