by pennyurquhart | Nov 13, 2020 | Africa, climate change, climate conversations, food security and climate change
Chef Pierre Thiam. Photograph provided by Pierre Thiam. “Fonio never embarrasses the cook.” Pierre Thiam, world-renowned Senegalese chef and culinary ambassador, is cooking this ancient African grain from his “Covid kitchen” in Berkeley, while I and some 30-odd...
by pennyurquhart | Dec 21, 2017 | climate change, climate conversations, food security and climate change
My last ‘conversation on climate’ for the year is with Dr. Morgan Wairiu from the Solomon Islands. Morgan is Deputy Director of the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) at the University of the South Pacific. We sat down over a...
by pennyurquhart | Apr 6, 2014 | adaptation, climate change, food security and climate change
The recently released report of the IPCC’s Working Group II on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation, of which I was an author, makes it quite clear that impacts from climate change are already being felt in all regions of the world. Taken together with the...
by pennyurquhart | Mar 27, 2014 | 5 questions on climate change series, adaptation, Africa, climate change, climate change and health, climate change policy, climate justice, culture, food security and climate change
This is the second in a series of “5 questions” blogs in which I explore the same five key questions with climate change thought leaders. In the interviews, we take a look at recent significant developments in the climate change arena, focus on what global leaders as...
