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Sustainability is a major driver for human activities. Sustainable food and agriculture contribute to food security and will help countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals as set out by the United Nations. In particular Goal 2 is to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. There is an increased demand for food for growing populations, rising hunger and malnutrition, adverse climate change effects, overexploitation of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, and food loss and waste. Chemists and chemistry are pivotal to the achievement of sustainable and viable ecosystems and facing the challenges that will face humans and the planet in the next 50 years. Ingenuity and innovation are essential components of the future and chemistry will be at the forefront of our efforts. This meeting is a timely reminder that, for all the high-level discussions at COP and elsewhere, the achievement of goals is not simply a question of stopping doing things – it is as much about finding new and better ways with science at their core.
 
Dates: Tues 23rd November (10 days after COP)
Location: Online (zoom)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5MudOqhqTgsE9x-t6PE0ofPRxlg2A-F1k1W
 
Session 1 - Policy issues
10.15-10.30 – Introduction and Welcome – Murray Smedley. Chair Å·ÃÀAV Agriculture Group.
10.30-11.00. Dr Hannah Rigby, DEFRA - Agri-food innovation development – a futures study
11.00-11.30. Prof Robin May - Chief Scientific Advisor to FSA
11.30-12.00. Dr Christian Reynolds - City, University of London
 
12.00 – 13.00 – Break
 
Session 2 - Science Issues. Recycling and Reuse
13.00-13.30 Dr Adam Charlton, University of Bangor. Beacon, Wales.
13.30-14.00 John Points -  https://johnpoints.com/
 
Session 3 - Horizon scanning
14.00 – 15.30 Ten-minute presentations by speakers followed by Q&A and discussion.
Chaired by Gavin Milligan, Green Knight Consulting.
Prof Tom Welton, Å·ÃÀAV President, Imperial College.