The Biodiversity Events Day started in the Egyptian Red Sea resort City of Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday as part of the UN International Climate Change Summit, COP27, currently taking place here.
Discussions will tackle the impacts of climate change on the planet’s biodiversity, as well as ways to halt biodiversity loss.
Claudia Sadoff, Executive Managing Director of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) thanked Egypt for paying such big attention to the agricultural sector at the climate conference.
Climate change is a battle to ensure the security of humanity, Sadoff said.
Global warming, together with lack of precipitation and atmospheric variations, has taken its toll on agricultural productivity and crops, she told the gathering.
Indeed, high temperatures reduce productivity and nutritional value, Sadoff noted.
She made it clear that even if an average Earth temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius is maintained, weather adversities will continue to affect players in the agriculture sector.
Agriculture is an integral part in the battle of climate change, Sadoff noted, urging all world countries to focus on financing food systems that are pivotal to human security.
