Dear all,

You are invited to a seminar on nutrition and sustainability on 12 November in Rome - attend at FAO or join livestream

Seminar on Nutrition and Sustainability: A Long-term Vision for Effective Strategies
Tuesday 12 November
08:00 to 18:00
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Green Room)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), along with Bioversity International, the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition, and the governments of Malawi and Flanders are co-organizing a seminar to explore practical approaches and solutions to nutrition and sustainability in Rome, Italy on 12th November 2013.  The seminar - Nutrition and Sustainability: A practical approach to integrating climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems, nutrition and health agendas - will be held at FAO headquarters from 8 am to 6 pm.

This seminar will bring together around 300 scientists, policymakers, experts, students and practitioners to develop responses to countries' requests about "why?" and "how?" to link nutrition and sustainability, and to discuss the tradeoffs.

Provisional agenda is available at http://www.unscn.org/en/nutrition_and_climate_change/nutrition_and_sustainability_seminar_12_november.php

How can you participate?

To be invited to this event, please contact the UNSCN Secretariat at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 5 November and share who you are and why you want to attend the Nutrition and Sustainability Seminar. Access to FAO will be restricted to those who have been invited.

The seminar will be streamed live in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese: http://www.fao.org/webcast

Join the discussion on Twitter with the hashtags #sustfoodsystems and #sustdiets.

We welcome your participation. For more information go online to: http://www.unscn.org/en/nutrition_and_climate_change/nutrition_and_sustainability_seminar_12_november.php

Regards to all,


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Barbara Burlingame, PhD
Deputy Director, Nutrition Division (ESND)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
ITALY
Tel:  +39-06-570-53728
Email:  [log in to unmask]
Skype: barbara.burlingame




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