OxTalks is Changing
During Michaelmas Term, OxTalks will be moving to a new platform (full details are available on the Staff Gateway).
For now, continue using the current page and event submission process (freeze period dates to be advised).
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Where Is Food on the COP Menu? Rethinking Food Systems and Climate Action
As COP30 approaches, questions about the role of food systems in global climate negotiations are more urgent than ever. Despite being responsible for a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions and being especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, food systems have long remained on the margins of COP discussions, sidelined to external pavilions and parallel sessions rather than featured on the main stage.
In this TABLE event, we ask our panelists to envision a gathering of world leaders and decisionmakers in the near future that adequately weighs the role of food systems in climate change and understands the measures needed to shift diets in a sustainable way and scale back food systems’ impact on the environment. We’ll explore how food systems could gain stronger recognition at COP30 and beyond. What would an ambitious, food-centered climate agenda look like? Drawing on their expertise and the most recent evidence, such as the EAT-Lancet report, our panel will discuss how rethinking food could reshape these international conversations.
Confirmed Panelists:
- Senni Alho, Innovations Officer, Clim-EAT – Sigrid Wertheim-Heck, Associate Professor in Global Food System Sustainability at the Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University & Research – Tamsir Sallah, Member of the International Association of Students in Agriculture and Related Sciences (IAAS World) and the Former Exchange Coordinator of IAAS Netherlands – Jillian Student (moderator), Knowledge integrator and researcher on transdisciplinary research and education, Wageningen University & Research
Please note: Event starts at 17:15 CEST local time (in the Netherlands) and but is listed as 16:15 BST here for our online audience in London.
Date:
21 October 2025, 16:15
Venue:
Online
Speakers:
Sigrid Wertheim-Heck (Wageningen University),
Tamsir Sallah (IAAS),
Senni Alho (Clim-EAT),
Jillian Student (Wageningen University)
Organising department:
School of Geography and the Environment
Organiser:
Jacquelyn Turner (TABLE, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
jacquelyn.turner@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8717603716433/WN_f-nWI_RnQ2qTSfuUK-8xCA
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Jacquelyn Turner
