Former US Vice-President Al Gore to speak at summit in Dublin

Former US Vice-President Al Gore will be heading to Dublin this April for a major international conference focusing on world hunger.

Gore, who is an active campaigner on climate change will attend the conference in Ireland aimed at discussing hunger, nutrition and climate justice.

The conference, organised by the Irish government, is being held at Dublin Castle as part of Ireland’s EU Presidency.

According to the conference website, the conference 'will bring together key policy makers and global thought leaders with local people and practitioners facing the realities of rising food prices, failed crops, undernutrition and voicelessness.  

The objective will be to facilitate a respectful dialogue and learn from practical experience and robust evidence to inform a new approach to addressing hunger, nutrition and climate justice, in the context of the new international development agenda.'

Other key Irish guests among the global leaders and policy-makers include:

• President Michael D Higgins
  
• Former President Mary Robinson
• Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore

'Hunger – Nutrition – Climate Justice' is being organised in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). 

It is supported by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).

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Categories: US, Ireland, Aid, Conference, Climage Change