MedClimat 2024 Conference - A Mediterranean in Motion : Feeding and Adapting to Climate Change

📍 Académie du Climat, 2 Place Baudoyer – Paris 4e
📅 Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 3 PM to 8 PM
📩 Contact: contact.medclimat@gmail.com

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The CIHEAM, in partnership with the FARM Foundation and iReMMO Alumni, is organizing the MedClimat 2024 Conference on the theme: "A Mediterranean in Motion: Feeding and Adapting to Climate Change." The event will take place on December 17, 2024, at the Académie du Climat in Paris.

Why MedClimat 2024?

The Mediterranean, a crossroads of agricultural heritage, is facing unprecedented challenges: rising temperatures, resource scarcity, environmental crises, and geopolitical tensions. These pressures threaten the sustainability of food systems, making transnational cooperation and innovative solutions essential.

This event will bring together key stakeholders from the Mediterranean basin – farmers, researchers, policymakers, businesses, and civil society members – to tackle the region's major agricultural and climatic challenges.

MedClimat 2024 is a unique opportunity to take collective action and strengthen the resilience of our food and agricultural systems.

A Dynamic and Engaged Program:

• 3:00 PM – Opening Remarks
  • Karim Amellal, Ambassador and Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean (tbc)
  • Teodoro Miano, Secretary-General of CIHEAM
  • Catherine Migault, General Director of the FARM Foundation
• 3:15 PM – Producing Under Constraints: The Mediterranean Facing Climate Change
  • Serge Zaka, Agroclimatologist and President of AgroClimat 2050
• 3:45 PM – Sustainable Production: What Future for Mediterranean Food Systems?
  • Paul Reder, Farmer and Winemaker in Cournonterral, Hérault, France
  • Riad Balaghi, Project Manager at INRA Morocco and Project Director for the AAA Initiative
  • Representative from the National Council for Food Resilience (CNRA)
  • Representative from a food industry company (tbc)
• 5:30 PM – Between Competition and Tensions: What Levers for Cooperation?
  • Prof. Mouin Hamze, Beans Meta Network (legume-based initiative)
  • Lydia Merrouche, Director and Founder of Fossoul, Consultant in Urban Agriculture
  • Bruno Lepoivre, Director of Net-Zero and Social Commitments at Pacifica
  • Representative from AFD (tbc)
• 7:00 PM – A Mediterranean Taking Action
  • Yasmine Seghirate, Administrator at CIHEAM
  • Matthieu Brun, Scientific Director of the FARM Foundation and Associate Researcher at SciencesPo Bordeaux and iReMMO

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