Conference Agenda

Knowledge of the likely impacts of climatic events, in addition to when such events will occur, enables policymakers to make better targeted and cost-effective decisions to strengthen resilient food systems. Climate change is increasingly undermining all four pillars of food and nutritional security: availability, access, utilization, and stability. While the region continues to maintain high aggregate food production, intensifying extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, floods, and wildfires are exposing systemic vulnerabilities in agrifood systems, supply chains, and food markets, as well as households’ ability to afford a balanced and healthy diet. These impacts are not only biophysical but also socioeconomic, amplifying risks related to food prices, affordability, and dietary quality, particularly among vulnerable population groups such as low-income households. Strengthening the evidence base for such solutions is therefore central to guiding policy and investment decisions toward more resilient and equitable food systems. 

This session will explore how climate change is reshaping agrifood systems, driving volatility in production, markets, and prices, and how policies and innovations can be designed to strengthen resilience, in the context of the imperative for all sectors of the economy to be on net-zero compatible pathways. Bringing together experts from the EEA, FAO, and leading research institutions, we will discuss how climate-smart strategies, risk management instruments, and impact-based monitoring, and early warning systems can support proactive planning and policies for farmers, workers, and decisionmakers. The session will highlight how combining data-driven evidence with local knowledge can improve the design, targeting, and evaluation of adaptation and social protection policies such as safety nets. A panel discussion with diverse stakeholders will address the implications of integrating impact evidence and data products into national and regional policy frameworks to safeguard food security in an uncertain climate.