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Climate change & food security
Sara Johnson 21st May 2014
Sara Johnson Climate Change & Food Security Marketplace, 13th June 2014
Climate Change & Food Security
Climate Change is making people hungry: Oxfam’s Hot & Hungry report
Oxfam’s climate change work in southern countries Campaigning on Food & Climate: Taking on
government & big business
CLIMATE CHANGE IS MAKING PEOPLE HUNGRY
Extreme weather
Destroys crops and kills
livestocks
Food shortages,
poor quality and price hikes
People hungry
CLIMATE CHANGE IS MAKING PEOPLE HUNGRY
HOT & HUNGRY- 10 gaps:1. Adaptation Finance
2. Social Protection
3. Food Crisis Aid
4. Food Stocks
5. Gender
6. Public agricultural investment
7. Agricultural research
8. Crop irrigation
9. Crop insurance
10. Weather monitoring
Read the report: www.oxfam.org/foodclimatejustice
Oxfam’s work in Southern countries
“I see the climate is changing a lot. Before it wasn’t like this.
Sometimes these days, with the cold and frost, the grass gets really dry. Often people get
pessimistic because of the lack of water here, but if you work hard,
you can do it.”
Virginia Ñuñonca, Peru
Oxfam’s work in Southern countries
Weather stations Ricardina, Peru
CAMPAIGNING UK & EU negotiations
CAMPAIGNING
Global negotiations: Lima 2014, Paris 2015 Ban Ki-moon Climate Summit Sept, 2014
CAMPAIGNING Big businesses to reduce emissions in their supply
chain Behind the Brands – Kellogg’s & General Mills
Behind the Brands Videohttp://youtu.be/438BOU-zvJI
Any questions?
Contact Details
Sara Johnson – [email protected]
www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involvedwww.oxfam.org/foodclimatejustice