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IPCSpecial EventsExperts' Meeting on “Climate Change – the Role of Food and Agricultural Trade”December 9 , 2008 Poznan Poland 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Significant research exists on the connections between climate change and agriculture. Only cursory treatment, however, has been given to the role of trade of food and agricultural products in this nexus, although it is a vast and important topic. Experts at this meeting discussed pressing policy matters at the interface between climate change and agricultural trade with the aim of outlining priorities for research and analysis that contribute to finding effective solutions through international cooperation in the context of negotiations towards Copenhagen 2009 and beyond. Meeting Information Presentations Christophe Bellmann, Programmes Director, ICTSD: Trade and Equity in a World Where Goods Carry Carbon Passports Jason Clay, Vice President, World Wildlife Fund: Getting Carbon Right for Agriculture: Carbon, Bundled Values and Supply Chains Eduardo Leão de Sousa, Executive Director, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) Energy Crops as an Adaptation Response to Climate Change Rodgrigo C.A. Lima, General Manager, Institute for International Trade Negotiations (ICONE) Anthony Nyong, Principal Climate Change Expert, Africa Development Bank Gerald Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute Climate Change, Agriculture, and Trade |