This meeting is organized by the Government of the Netherlands in cooperation with the Governments of Ethiopia, Norway and New Zealand, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). The meeting aims to provide concrete actions to link the implementation of agriculture-related investments, policies, and measures with long-term carbon emission reductions and adaptation benefits. It will address new and additional and innovative ways of financing the roadmap for action and aims to contribute to the UNFCCC climate talks in Cancun, Mexico. The conference will include a ministerial roundtable.  

dates: 31 October – 5 November 2010   location: The Hague, Netherlands   contact: Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands   e-mail: agriculture2010@minlnv.nl   www: http://www.afcconference.com/