Convened by Community Jameel, the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) and the Jameel Observatory, this event brings together our community of scientists, creatives, humanitarians, technologists and policymakers, the event will explore food security and climate change, including the role of data science to monitor, forecast and inform policy decisions to adapt to the threats posed by climate change.
Hosted at Goals House in the Four Seasons in Sharm El-Sheikh, the carefully curated evening will feature remarks from high-level speakers, climate-conscious food with Taheena, music by El Waili, and vertical gardens by Schaduf, an Egyptian social enterprise harnessing agricultural technologies to make cities more sustainable, in collaboration with the United Nations' International Organisation for Migration.
During 2022, MIT J-WAFS launched the Jameel Index, a new platform to measure countries' food security vulnerability to trade disruption including from climate change.
Artist and image maker
United Nations Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Development Agenda and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27
Alumnna (2020), Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo; Founder, Naïa Design House
Assistant professor, Binghamton University
Founder and head chef, Taheena
Musician
Special presidential envoy for climate, United States of America
Vice chairman, Community Jameel
Director, Food and Climate Systems Transformation (FACT) Alliance; Project lead, Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability; Research manager, J-WAFS
Head, Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action
Co-director, Jameel Observatory | CREWSNET
Executive director, J-PAL MENA
Director, Community Jameel
