Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

EU Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

6:10 pm

Photo of Eamon GilmoreEamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Indeed, yes. On the other hand, it also is estimated that the effects of climate change will wipe out one quarter of the world's agricultural produce over the same period. Consequently, it is pretty clear that the issues of population, climate and of course hunger and nutrition are highly interconnected. This is the reason we decided to pull them together. Our intention now is to carry that forward and to shape European policy in the first instance and to shape the review of the millennium development goals.

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