Faculty Research Fellow Sam Deese Discusses Future of Food on Panel of Experts

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the EPA have estimated that food production by itself accounts for nearly a quarter of all greenhouse emissions in the world. What we eat, where it comes from, and how food gets to the table impacts our world in more ways than we may think. Join BU Global Programs during International Education Week to learn more about this as well as the impact that climate change and geopolitical instability is having on food systems globally.

On November 19, a panel of experts, including Pardee Center Faculty Research Fellow Richard Samuel Deese, discussed what can be done to curb the effects of climate change – which require collective action on a global scale – and how we can feed the world’s growing population more sustainably while minimizing the effects on human health.

Watch the full panel discussion above.

Moderator:

  • Dr. Sarah Phillips (CAS), Associate Professor of history who combines the study of politics and public policy with histories of environmental and agricultural change.

Panelists:

  • Dr.Lindsey Locks (SPH & SAR), an expert in global health and working with NGOs. She has worked with UN agencies and global health organizations and studies nutrition, global health, epidemiology, and more.
  • Dr. Benjamin Siegel (CAS), researches modern South Asia, environmental history, agricultural history, and the history of medicine and the body.
  • Dr. Magaly Koch (CAS), a geologist and expert in groundwater resources and environmental change of arid lands. She studies the human impact in environmental changes, flash floods, and specializes in the application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.
  • Dr. Richard Samuel Deese (Pardee Center & CGS), a historian and recent author of the book Climate Change and the Future of Democracy.
  • Michael Leviton (MET), chef, educator, and early proponent of sustainable food systems and eight-time James Beard Foundation Award nominee. Michael was the former chef/owner of Lumiere in Newton, chef/partner of Area Four in Cambridge, and currently co-founder of Craigie Burger in Boston.