date:Jun 19, 2014
, noted FAO Director-General Jos Graziano da Silva. The recently-released working group reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) present compelling evidence on the threat that climate change poses to food security. It is our duty to act now. Water -- and its sound management -- must be central in our response to these challenges, he added.
The first major joint activity underway is a High-level Panel on Water for Food Security, led by FAO within the framework of the 7th W