Africa: Food Crisis and Climate Change Seminar

The International Trade Union Confederation of Africa (ITUC-Africa) with support of Sustainlabour is currently organizing a trade union seminar on Food Crisis and Climate Change which will take place on August 18 – 19 in Lomé, Togo.
The seminar hopes to create a space a for discussion regarding the causes of the deteriorating state of global food availability including financial factors; unequal distribution of land; unsustainable use of natural resources such as water, and threats to biodiversity, along with a special analysis of the impacts of climate change on agriculture. Another premise of the event is to develop a regional plan of action for the coordination of trade union activity in this area. Trade union representatives from more than 25 countries as well as experts from various international organizations will be in attendance.