The United Nations Development Programme and Ministry of Environment and Forestry are organizing a conference on Climate Change, Food Insecurity, and Resilient Livelihoods to be held at Juba Grand Hotel from 28 – 29 June 2017.

The conference launch will take place at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 28 June. The First Vice President H.E. Taban Deng Gai is the Guest of Honour and will preside over the opening ceremony, which will also feature welcome remarks from the Acting Minister of Environment, Honourable Onyoti Adigo Nyikwec, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment Mr. Joseph Bartel and UNDP's Country Director a.i. Mr. Jean Luc Stalon.

The overall objective of the conference is to engage high level stakeholders, senior leadership, and external experts to deliberate on the interlinkages between climate change, food insecurity and resilient livelihoods towards domestic preparedness on climate change adaptation. The conference will identify concrete policy and programmatic options and come up with a comprehensive Action Plan for adaptive resilience building and enhanced community preparedness.

What: Climate Change, Food Insecurity and Resilient Livelihoods Conference

When: Wednesday 28 – Thursday 29 June at 9:00a.m.

Where: Juba Grand Hotel

Who:

H.E. Taban Deng Gai, First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan Hon. Onyoti Adigo Nyikwec, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Mr. Joseph Bartel, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry Prof. Mathew Udo, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Mr. Jean Luc Stalon, Country Director a.i, UNDP Mr. Serge Tissot, Country Representative, FAO Dr. Elliot W. Mghenyi, Senior Agricultural Economist, World Bank Mr. David Smith, Economist and Poverty-Environment Initiative Africa Regional Manager, UN Environment (Nairobi)

Press are requested to RSVP to cover this event:Kymberly Bays, UNDP, kymberly.bays@undp.org and +211 954 396 893.

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