Symposium evaluates how Climate change will affect food security…

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Led by Food Tank President Danielle Nierenberg, thought-leaders including Howard Buffett, Dan Glickman and Rajiv Shah meet this week to discuss the how climate change will impact food security in a growing world.

“With 80 million more mouths to feed each year and with increasing demand for grain-intensive livestock products, the rise in temperature only adds to the stress. If we continue with business as usual on the climate front, it is only a matter of time before what we [saw] in Russia becomes commonplace,” said symposium participant and President of Earth Policy Institute Lester Brown.