BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250329T0645Z-1743230727.4738-EO-697463-1@10.73.10.96 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260430T152533Z CREATED:20250328T201224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T201224Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T122000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T132000 SUMMARY: Ensuring the Right to Food in the Face of Climate Change: The Role of UN FAO DESCRIPTION: Join the Harvard Human Rights Journal and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic for a talk by Dr. Daniel Gustafson\, Special Representat ive of the Director-General at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Orga nization (FAO)\, former Deputy Director-General of the Organization\, on “E nsuring the Right the Food in the Face of Climate Change: The Role […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the Harvard Human Rights Journal and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic for a talk by Dr. Daniel Gustafson\, Special Representative of the Director-General at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)\, former Deputy Director-General of the Organization\, on “Ensuring the Right the Food in the Face of Climate Chang e: The Role of UN FAO.” The talk addresses the interrelations between clima te change and global hunger from the perspective of the UN FAO\, highlighti ng how climate change exacerbates food insecurity and hinders the full real ization of the right to food\, while also examining how food systems contri bute to climate change and why their transformation seems essential for bot h food security and climate mitigation. Dr. Gustafson will provide insights on the UN FAO’s role and current activities\,  recent challenges and initi atives by countries related to climate change and the right to food. He has over 40 years of international experience working on approaches linking sc ience and policy for food security\, sustainable agricultural transformatio n and capacity development\, having been the UN FAO’s Country Representativ e in Kenya\, Somalia\, India and Bhutan. Moderated by Professor Emily Broad Leib.

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