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Festival of the Future COP26 Series: Food

Thursday 14 October 2021

In the lead up to COP26 join us for a series of four events where we will discuss some of the key issues around climate change. In this event, we will look at how food can be affected, from a range of expertise and perspectives. Booking essential.

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Thursday 14 October 2021, 14:00 - 15:30
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Yes

In the lead up to COP26, the University of Dundee is organising an exciting virtual seminar series that will grapple with some key issues around water, food, energy and creativity from a range of expertise and perspectives.

Food

Humans have been producing food from agriculture for over 10,000 years; however, during that time the Earth experienced a relatively unique period of climatic stability. Our current concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and observed warming are pushing our climatic conditions beyond this stability and into potentially a new era. This will have severe repercussions for our food systems, means of distribution and equity in access. It will also impact the configuration of our landscapes, as we shift to new methods of production and convert less productive areas to other uses.

Drawing on these themes and more, we are excited to introduce our panel of speakers. We will have Prof. Derek Stewart(Business Sector Leader – Agri-Food, James Hutton Institute) who will present on his innovative work ensuring food security of Scotland through the development of novel production systems;

Dr. Beverley Searle (Senior Lecturer, University of Dundee) who will take a human well-being perspective on the societal shifts likely to take place as well as present on the ongoing Tayside Bioregions project;

Prof. Jennie Macdiarmid (Professor in Sustainable Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen) who will present on the importance of understanding factors related to nutrition and international impacts of our current food system.

We will have 15 minutes for each speaker, followed by a 30-minute panel discussion. This session will be chaired by Dr. Alexandra Morel (Lecturer in Environmental Science, University of Dundee).

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