Dates
2-6 October 2023

Program

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Overview
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) is joining members of the global climate change adaptation community at the Adaptation Futures conference (AF2023), being held in Montreal, Canada from 2-6 October 2023.

From over 120 countries, more than 2,000 members of the climate change adaptation community are gathering in Montreal, and online, to share cutting-edge knowledge and solutions that will enable us to collectively confront the new climate reality and shape a resilient future.

AAS will coordinate the 11 sessions in the Africa Pavilion and will host its own session on Tuesday 3rd Oct 2023 at 14h30-16h00 (GMT-4) discussing food security in Africa: lessons learnt, opportunities, and priorities for adaptation. The session shall feature seven early-to-mid-career researchers from the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence (ARISE), working on the nexus between climate change and food security.

AAS Events at AF2023
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Food security in Africa: lessons learnt, opportunities, and priorities for adaptation
Date: Tuesday 3 October 2023
Time: 14h30-16h00 (GMT-4).
Location: Africa Pavilion, Room 520B (Session #989)
Organisers: The African Academy of Sciences (AAS)

AAS will host a session addressing Food security in Africa lessons learnt, opportunities, and priorities for adaptation. This session will highlight the progress made towards Africa’s food system transformation in the context of climate change and just transition. Additionally, the session shall explore the role of research and innovation (R&I) in Africa’s food system transformation in the context of climate change adaptation. Here, researchers from the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence (ARISE), working at the food security climate change nexus across Africa, shall present insights from their work – highlighting advances made, lessons learnt as well as opportunities, needs, and priorities for adaptation.