On 13 February, CTA and other partners organised the fourth ‘Brussels Development Briefing’ - part of a series of discussion meetings on ACP-EU development issues. This briefing focused on The climate challenge for ACP agriculture.
Objectives and Programme of the Briefing
- Isolina Boto, CTA [presentation]
Introductory remarks
- Ojo Olusola, ACP Secretariat
- Lluis Riera Figueras, DG Development, European Commission
Panel 1: From Rio to Bali: emerging key issues for ACP countries
- Mark Rosegrant, IFPRI [executive summary - presentation]
- Mr. Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, ICTSD [executive summary - presentation]
- Isabelle Niang, ENDA [presentation]
Discussant: Hon Josep Borrell Fontelles, Chair of the Committee on Development, European Parliament and former President of the European Parliament [video interview]
Panel 2: Impact of climate change on rural development
- Benito Müller, Oxford Climate Policy/Oxford Institute for Energy Studies [paper - presentation]
- Leo Peskett, ODI [executive summary - presentation]
- Rachel Berger, Practical Action [executive summary - presentation]
Discussant: Hon Bernadette Lahai, Member of Parliament in Sierra Leone and Member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, chair of African parliamentarians Network on Climate Change
Conclusions
- Ishmael Sunga, SACAU
- Chris Addison, Euforic
- Oumy Ndiaye, CTA
More:
Reader (pdf)
Key documents and organisations
Profiles of panelists and discussants
Report of the meeting (pdf)
For more information please contact Romano Purro (rp@euforic.org)
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