February 2016 was the hottest month on record. Two months earlier world leaders gathered in Paris to hammer out a climate deal just as extreme weather events were causing drought in Southern Africa....
Jacopo Monzini
Jacopo Monzini works for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as a Senior Technical Specialist – Environment and Climate Change (Climate and Environment for Near East, North Africa and Central Asia region– NEN).
He holds a master degree in Environmental Science (University of Genova) and a Master of Arts in International Sustainable Development (Brandeis University-USA). He joined IFAD in 2013 after several years of experience managing environmental programs related to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management mostly as portfolio manager and M&E Coordinator for the Italian Cooperation, UN-DPKO and other international organizations and NGOs. During his previous experiences in Yemen, Malaysia, USA, Panama, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Haiti he ensured as well fund raising, networking and the establishment of public-private partnership for development.
The panel will highlight the threats that climate change poses to global food production, as well as the power of smallholder farmers to adapt to a changing climate while meeting the world's food ne...