International action will be needed to deal with major issues like climate change in the future

International collective action will be needed to tackle global-level challenges, like the climate change which a United Nations expert panel has warned will increase the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and migration this century.

National-level efforts will not be enough, such as individual government responses to the opportunities presented by investment in the “green economy”.

That’s why “Is Better Global Governance of the Food System the Answer?” is the question posed in the next event of the Teagasc & RDS public lecture series 2012-2014. The lecture title is “Grand Challenges for Global Agriculture and Food”, presented by Dr Maximo Torero, director of the markets, trade and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC.