A world without hunger is possible - Conference by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
October 13, 2020 | 10:00 h - 12:00 h
A world without hunger is possible - what must be done
Recommendations for European action on the path to achieving SDG 2
Conference by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 / 10am-12pm
The event will be broadcasted as a live stream. Direct link here
At this online event, Minister Gerd Müller and a number of experts will be dis-cussing what steps have to be taken to address hunger and malnutrition.
The focus will be on the findings of two recent studies:
‘Ceres2030 – Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger’ by Cornell University, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
‘Investment Needs and Policy Action Opportunities for Reaching a World without Hunger (SDG 2)’ by the Center for Development Research (ZEF) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The research teams have outlined options for joint European action towards SDG 2 in a plan of action that is to be handed over to EU Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen during the event.
Speakers:
- Dr Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Carin Smaller, IISD and Co-Director Ceres2030
- Dr Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, Nature
- Professor Joachim von Braun, Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and Chair of the scientific advisory group to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
- Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economic Sciences
- Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Dr Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
- Dr Maximo Torero, Assistant Director-General and Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and co-author of the ZEF/FAO study
- Jutta Urpilainen, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships
- Dr Maria Flachsbarth, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Please find more information and event programme here.