MedClimat 2024: "Feeding and adapting to climate change in the Mediterranean"
The FARM Foundation, CIHEAM and iReMMO Alumni organized a conference on the adaptation of Mediterranean agriculture to climate change,
December 17, 2024 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Climate Academy (Paris).
A major event on the future of Mediterranean agriculture
MedClimat 2024 brought together farmers, businesses, policymakers, researchers, funders, and civil society actors from across the Mediterranean basin to discuss ways to preserve agricultural heritage while adapting to the changing realities of climate change. The Mediterranean is a climate change hotspot, with rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and biodiversity loss threatening the sustainability of food systems, reinforcing the need for a cross-border cooperation and of innovative solutions.
The conference took place in five stages:
An opening by representatives of the FARM Foundation and CIHEAM, then by Karim Amellal, ambassador and interministerial delegate to the Mediterranean
A keynote by Serge Zaka, agroclimatologist and President of AgroClimat 2050, who brought his unique expertise on climate transformations in the Mediterranean
Round table “Producing sustainably: what future for Mediterranean food systems?” which brought together farmers and experts to explore concrete adaptation solutions
Round table “Between competitions and tensions, what levers for cooperation?” which made it possible to address the issues of governance and regional collaboration
A final session " A committed Mediterranean » which highlighted the concrete initiatives taken in the region
More than 100 people were present in the room
to attend this event on the future of Mediterranean agriculture.
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Doors open at 3 p.m.
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.: OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Speakers: Teodoro Miano, Secretary General CIHEAM
Catherine Migault, Executive Director of the FARM Foundation
Karim Amellal, Ambassador and Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.: KEYNOTE – Producing under constraints: the Mediterranean facing climate change
Speaker: Serge Zaka, Agroclimatologist and President of AgroClimat 2050
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Producing sustainably: what future for Mediterranean food systems?
Speakers: Vanessa Riou, Director of Farming Spirit and member of the National Council for Food Resilience (CNRA)
Paul Reder, Breeder and winegrower in Cournonterral, Hérault, France
Lydia Merrouche, Director and Founder of Fossoul, urban agriculture consultant
Moderator: Précila Rambhunjun, Climate and Resilience Project Manager at the FARM Foundation
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Between competition and tensions, what levers for cooperation?
Speakers: Prof. Mouin Hamze, Beans Meta Network (legume-focused initiative)
Riad Balaghi, Project Manager at INRA Morocco and Project Director at the AAA Initiative
Bruno Lepoivre, Director of Pacifica's Net-Zero Program and Social Commitments
Guénaël Le Guilloux, Director General of Agropol
Moderator: Claire Maréchal, Project Manager at CIHEAM
7 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: A committed Mediterranean
Speakers: Yasmine Seghirate, CIHEAM Administrator
Matthieu Brun, Scientific Director of the FARM Foundation and Associate Researcher at SciencesPo Bordeaux and iReMMO
Cocktail
For any questions, please write to: contact.medclimat@gmail.com
