High Level Policy Dialogue on ‘Deciphering Nexus of Poverty Eradication, Food Security and Climate Change through Multi-stakeholder Partnerships’ : VIDEO LINK CLICK HERE
Introduction
As per the report on agriculture development, food security and nutrition, the number of people suffering acute food insecurity increased from 135 million in 2019 to 345 million in 82 countries by June 2022, as the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions, and the continued economic fallout of the pandemic pushed food prices to all-time highs. Projections show that almost 600 million people will still suffer from hunger in 2030. Global food insecurity had already been rising, due in large part to climate phenomena. Global warming is influencing weather patterns, causing heat waves, heavy rainfall, and droughts. Rising food commodity prices in 2021 were a major factor in pushing approximately 30 million additional people in low-income countries toward poverty and food insecurity. At the same time, the way that food is often produced today is a big part of the problem. It’s recently been estimated that the global food system is responsible for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions—second only to the energy sector; it is the number one source of methane and biodiversity loss. Up to a certain point, rising temperatures and CO2 can be beneficial for crops. But rising temperatures also accelerate evapo-transpitration from plants and soils, and there must also be enough water for crops to thrive.
For areas of the world that are already water-constrained, climate change is increasingly causing adverse impacts on agricultural production through diminishing water supplies, increases in extreme events like floods and severe storms, heat stress, and increased prevalence of pests and diseases. Food insecurity is intricately linked to poverty and without solutions, falling crop yields, especially in the world’s most food-insecure regions, will push more people into poverty – an estimated 73 million people in Asia alone could fall below the poverty line by 2030 as a result.
Objective
The main objective of this event is to identify the nexus of poverty (SDG1), food insecurity (SDG2) and climate change (SDG13) and how partnerships (SDG17) can find solutions on several bottlenecks impeding greater progress. Policy and institutional fragmentation between levels, actors and sectors often do not consider the impacts of climate on food scarcity and eventually on poverty. Funding gaps and fragmentation impede progress across levels, while data and information often are not available or not shared between sectors and across borders for effective and informed decision making. During this event, we will explore how a changing climate is affecting the foods we eat and pushing vulnerable population towards poverty. We will dove into region-specific examples and find strategies we need for a sustainable food system. We will also learn how we can use the common ground of food to help make climate change relevant to everyone. This event is an effort towards capacity building regarding the impact of climate change on food security as well as steps to tackle and lead sustainable lifestyles through building resilience, knowledge, and understanding of the crisis of food security.
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H.E. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat  |
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 Sh. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India is an active politician from Rajasthan. He has keen interest in Cooperatives, Social Work, Education, Sustainable water resource development, Industry, Rural Development etc.
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Eminent Speaker |
| Dr. Arvind Kumar |
Dr. Satya Tripathi |
 Dr. Arvind Kumar is a strategist and key-influencer in development sector with more than 28 years of experience as an author, columnist, Water and Human Rights Pro-activist, and specializes in concepts like ecosystem-based adaptation, water-energy-food nexus, with specific emphasis on Transversal approach of inter-linkages between water, environment and SDGs. He has published over 500 plus research articles and several books. He is a proud recipient of Achievers Award for his contribution to the Environment from International Human Rights Organization in collaboration with United Nations Information Centre, India. |
 Dr. Satya S. Tripathi is Secretary-General of the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet. A development economist, lawyer and changemaker with over 40 years of varied experience, Mr. Tripathi is also the Chancellor of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences – and Senior Distinguished Fellow on Innovative Finance at the World Agroforestry Centre. He has served with the UN for more than two decades in key positions and was most recently the UN Assistant Secretary-General, Head of New York Office at UN Environment and Secretary of the UN Environment Management Group. |
| Mr. Shombi Sharp | Dr. Susan Gardner |
 Mr. Shombi Sharp, a national of the United States of America, is the UN Resident Coordinator for India since November 2021. Mr. Sharp has devoted more than 25 years of his career to promoting inclusive and sustainable development internationally, bringing experience he has acquired at the United Nations and externally to this new position. |
 Dr. Susan Gardner with over three decades of experience is Director of the Ecosystems Division of the UN Environment Programme where she leads global programmes to promote nature-based solutions for sustainable development including for food systems transformation, climate resilience, global biodiversity protection and disaster risk reduction. She was awarded the Gold Medal for Exceptional Services from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the highest national honor award this agency bestows. |
| Ms. Lin Yang | Ms. Dani Gaillard-Picher |
 Ms. Yang brings over 23 years of experience as a diplomat and staff of the United Nations. She joins us from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) where she provided advice on intergovernmental processes as well as follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, SAMOA Pathway and Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review as the Head of Strategic Planning and Communication Services, Office of the Under Secretary-General. |
 Ms. Dani is International Policy Advisor, Swedish Water House, SIWI. She was previously Senior Specialist for Global Processes at GWP, linking thematic and policy work to global water and climate processes, including with UN bodies, the International Decade for Action and other key partners. Prior to that, she served as Director of Policy and Programs for the World Water Council where she worked extensively on conceptualizing and supporting multi-stakeholder change processes through the triennial World Water Forums. She served as Vice Chair for the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) and was a member of the WMO Hydrological Coordination Panel. |
| Mr. Sanjeev Bhuchar | Ms. Shweta Tyagi |
 Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Bhuchar currently serves as a Senior Watershed Management Specialist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). With nearly three decades of expertise, he has been actively engaged in various projects focused on piloting and scaling community-based and science-driven watershed management, as well as springshed management in the Hindu Kush Himalayas. Dr. Bhuchar is currently managing the intervention to scale gender-equal and socially inclusive springshed management at ICIMOD |
 Ms. Shweta Tyagi is Chief Functionary, India Water Foundation. She is results-focused development sector professional with a 22 years of demonstrated history and a proven ability to manage project teams to deliver multiple projects and programmes across diverse sectors of sustainable Development, Water and Sanitation, Social Development, Livelihood Generation, climate change etc. Excellent knowledge of project management and strategic planning of partnership creation and coordination, as well as advising decision-makers and strengthening capacities. Experience of Natural Resource management among rural communities for implementing |
For more information please contact:
Ms. Shweta Tyagi
Chief Functionary
India Water Foundation
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