To coincide with the dates and to reflect the themes of the Glasgow Presidency Conference Programme, four COP26 Regional Roadshow events will be hosted in Wales and broadcast to a virtual audience:

  • Energy Transition (4 November) – hosted in North Wales
  • Nature Based Solutions (6 November) – hosted in Mid Wales
  • Adaptation & Resilience (8 November) – hosted in South West Wales
  • Clean Transport (10 November) – hosted in South East Wales

On Monday, November 8th, Katie Palmer, Programme Manager, Food Sense Wales will lead a session that will consider climate change and its impacts on agriculture and food security at regional and national scales.  Details below:

1130 – 1300: Agriculture & Food Independence
Climate change is a significant and growing threat to food security.

This session – which will be led by founder of Food Sense Wales, Katie Palmer – will consider climate change and its impacts on agriculture and food security at regional and national scales. Case studies for adaptation are also discussed, along with the critical role of organisations, governance, policy, and finance.

Speakers include:

Will Ritchie, Curator of National Botanic Garden of Wales; Aled Davies, County Adviser of Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan at NFU Cymru; Katie Davies, Agricultural Advisor at Agri Advisor; Edward Morgan, Group CSR and Training Manager for Castell Howell; Simon Wright, Food Expert and UWTSD Professor of Practice; Katie Palmer, Programme Manager at Food Sense Wales

Content for the four roadshow events will be shaped by people from across Wales, highlighting relevant examples of best practice and ensuring participants are engaging in important conversations around the key COP themes.

The COP26 roadshow events will be streamed live to a public audience and will be available as on-demand video content.

  • The live stream can be accessed via the Live Content page
  • A recording will be made available via the On-demand section of the site shortly after each event.
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