International Conference on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Food and Environmental Security (ICCIAFES) Conference Overview

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1 International Conference on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Food and Environmental Security (ICCIAFES) Conference Overview

2 Welcome to Los Baños!

3 Challenges Confronting Us Increasing population - 7.2B to 9.0B people by 2050; - population growth rate greater than food (crop) production rate; - more than 50% lives in urban areas

4 Depletion of resources e.g. soil loss, soil fertility decline, biodiversity loss, depletion of freshwater resources, etc. Global environmental change including Climate Change

5 Rockström et al. (2009) Nature Representation of the safe operating space for the key planetary systems that provide for global environmental stability.

6 Warm nights are increasing; cold nights decreasing fewer more fewer more Frequency of occurrence of cold or warm temperatures for 202 global stations for 3 time periods: 1901 to 1950 (black), 1951 to 1978 (blue) and 1979 to 2003 (red). (Alcamo et al. 2005)

7 Annual means of daily maximum and minimum temperature in Los Baños P > 0.05 P < 0.01 insignificant trend 1.19ºC increase in 27 years (IRRI Climate Unit)

8 Distribution of maximum daily rainfall in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines during two time periods, and Source: Lansigan, 2009.

9 Global environmental change including Climate Change Global warming/ Temperature increase resulting to reduced yields Sea level rise (SLR) leading to salinity, decrease in land for agricultural production Hazards- e.g. typhoons, extreme events, floods, droughts, more intense rainfall, etc.

10 CC threatens Food Security and Environmental Sustainability Adverse affects and impacts on crops, livestock, poultry, fisheries, etc. Affect the resource base, land and water resources, biodiversity, etc. Significantly affects food production systems, livelihoods, health, nutrition, etc. Climate-related hazards often result to agricultural losses

11 Rationale for for ICCIAFES Most CC researches are fragmented conducted by different countries, disciplines and sectors; There is much opportunity for multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary approaches; There is need to promote integrative partnerships that can lead to convergence of ideas for holistic solutions to reduce the adverse impacts of CC on food and environmental security.

12 Objectives of Conference Main Goal: To bring together researchers, academicians, policy makers and planners, development workers, NGOs and other professionals in discussion forum for - the exchange and updating of information; - the integrating and forging of linkages towards enhanced capacity to achieve food security and environmental sustainability.

13 Specific Objectives To update and exchange knowledge on CC science, adaptation strategies, DRR, CRM, CCA planning and management, vulnerability and impacts assessment tools; To gather scientific information and experiences into an integrative body of knowledge, and to identify gaps;

14 Specific Objectives (2) (2) To identify location-specific knowledge and CCA strategies which may be upscaled to other regions; To further promote partnerships and linkages among different sectors for exchange of information and expertise in forging collaborative activities on CCA.

15 Presentations Opening Session : Keynote Paper - Food Security and CC Impacts on Urban-Rural Linkages Plenary Sessions & Open Forum - Status, Prospects and Practices for CCA in Agriculture - Regional and South-South Collaboration in Research and Development

16 Presentations Parallel Sessions & Open Fora - CC Impacts and Vulnerability - CCA and Agriculture - Institutional and Economic Aspects of CC Impacts and Adaptation - Systems and Tools for Analyzing CC Impacts and Vulnerability

17 Presentations Panel Discussions Poster Paper Exhibits Post-Conference Tour on CC-related activities, and culture

18 Conference Topics Topics Effects and impacts of climate change on food and environmental security issues including assessment and analytical tools; Institutional (policy, governance, culture) and economics aspects of CCA Country and regional collaborative experiences on CCA, DRR, and CRM Other CC-related issues

19 Book of Abstracts Expected Outputs Selected papers to be published as Special Issues of the: UPLB-SESAM Journal of Environmental Science and Management (JESAM) SEARCA Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development

20 Distribution of Participants by Continents or Regions Continent/ Region Number of Participants Africa 2 Asia East & Central Asia 2 Southeast Asia 38 South Asia 10 Philippines 50 + South Pacific 3 Canada 1 Europe 3 Central America 1

21 Acknowledgments

22 Acknowledgments Speakers, Paper Presenters, and Poster Authors, Session Chairs and Rapporteurs Support Team from SEARCA and UPLB