PFP Forum 2020 on Climate Change
Invitation
Climate change: impacts on primary food sectors and ways towards carbon neutrality
Wednesday 14 October 2020
18:30 to 19:45
Event Overview
The 2020 edition of the PFP Forum was held online, hosted by MEP Norbert Lins (EPP), Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Parliament.
The European Parliament has declared a climate emergency, calling on the European Commission to step up emissions reductions by 2030 to reach climate neutrality by 2050.
Awareness and understanding of climate change impacts on PFP supply chains, particularly in arable farming and animal production, must be strengthened to ensure proper adaptation.
For this online edition, PFP invited both stakeholders and experts to present their views on the environmental challenges ahead for this vital link in the food chain.
Speakers included Tomas Wyns (Free University of Brussels), co-author of a report on decarbonising industry for the EU High-Level Group on energy-intensive industries, Rauli-Jan Albert (Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives), and Christophe Rupp-Dahlem (PFP President).
The presentations were followed by a discussion moderated by Gerardo Fortuna, Agrifood editor for Euractiv.
Participants were invited to join the discussion through an online webinar format.
Programme
| 18:30 | Introduction MEP Norbert Lins, Chair of Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development at the EP |
| 18:35 | The perspectives from the primary food industry Christophe Rupp-Dahlem, PFP President |
| 18:55 | PFP industries reaching carbon neutrality: chances and hurdles Tomas Wyns, Free University of Brussels |
| 19:10 | Impacts on the supply chains of agro commodities Rauli-Jan Albert, Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives |
| 19:25 | Questions and answers |
| 19:45 | End |