:: The Role of the International Treaty in Facing the Global Challenge of Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change

Background paper presented at the ‘Policy Seminar on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Global Challenges and Future Direction’ in Bari, Italy in December 2009. It focuses on the climate change topic (its dimensions, basic facts and mains impacts on agriculture), but also on its interlinkages between the ITPGRFA.