On 23rd May, Gordon Conway attended a meeting at the Royal Society to discuss food security and climate change, focusing on the five challenges set out in the 2011 Food and Farming Report.

Achieving food security in the face of climate change

On 23rd May, Sir Gordon Conway attended a meeting at the Royal Society, hosted by the Foundation for Science and Technology.  The meeting mainly focused on three newly released reports, which can be downloaded by clicking on the links in the right hand column of this article.  

Chair:  

The Earl of Selborne GBE FRS - Chairman, The Foundation for Science and Technology 

Speakers:

Sir John Beddington CMG FRS FRSE - Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Government Office for Science.  The audio recording of his speech can be found here.

Dr Peter Holmgren - Director, Environment, Climate Change and Bioenergy Division,  Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.  The audio recording of his speech can be found here.  

Professor Tim Wheeler - Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development. The audio recording of his speech can be found here. 

Panellist:

Sir Robert Watson CMG FRS - Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

See the Foundation for Science and Technology's website for a full and detailed summary of the event.