Surviving Food and Water Insecurity

In a follow up to the Food and Water Insecurity program recorded at COP26, Dr. Peter Carter, Paul Beckwith and Regina Valdez discuss potential solutions to concerns raised by this program.

This video was recorded on January 14th, 2022, and published on January 29th, 2022.

Some of the topics discussed:

• How water pumped from aquifers is divided in terms of use such as 72% being used to support agriculture illustrating the intimate connection between water and food.
• The latest UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report (SOLAW 2021) states that industrial agricultural systems are at a breaking point.
• The importance of transitioning to a plant based diet
• Vertical farming
• Desalination and Atmospheric Water Generation
• Adopting sustainable food production practices on both land and sea

Links:

• Food and Water Insecurity

• The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture: Systems at breaking point (SOLAW 2021)

• Eco-Migration

• Clausius-Clapeyron Relation

• Ocean Pasture Restoration and the New Paradigm

Regular Panelists:

• Dr. Peter Carter - MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

• Paul Beckwith - Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as at Carleton University

• Regina Valdez - Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC. GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:

• Charles Gregoire – Climate Reality Leader, Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum

• Heidi Brault - Climate Reality Leader, BA(Psychology), Library & Information Technician Diploma - Video production and website assistant - Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 Team Lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum.

Attributions:

Background Music:

• Title: Through the City II
• Author: Crowander
• Source: Free Music Archive
• License: BY-NC 4.0

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• Image and Video Attributions