The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) would this
weekend join some 40,000 delegates from 195 countries, to the 21st Conference
of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention Climate Change (COP21) holding in
Paris, reports NaijaAgroNet.
This is coming as Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari would
join other heads of state and prominent figures to the Paris meeting in
solidarity against climate change, slated to hold gather in Paris 30 November –
11 December.
NaijaAgroNet gathered that the Paris climate conference is
aimed at producing a legally binding agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas
emissions that contribute to climate change. Climate change threatens to derail
efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with the heaviest effects
being felt by the poor -- including millions of small-scale farmers -- who have
contributed least to the problem.
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries hold great potential to
be a transformational force in the global response to climate change, provided
that the international community initiates a shift towards food systems that
are more resilient, more productive, and more sustainable.
Events listed for Paris confab include high-level FAO
participation in addition to other FAO experts engagement on ground.
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