A free public webinar will be held on Monday by UC San Diego to explore how the war in Ukraine is impacting prospects for energy and food supplies, and in addressing other looming global challenges.
The webinar will take place at 5 p.m where experts from the UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy, The Economist and The New York Times will speak on the topics. It can be watched from the UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy website: https://gps.ucsd.edu/
Lisa Friedman, a reporter at the New York Times, will serve as moderator. Guest speakers are to include Jennifer Burney, David Victor, and Stephan Haggard, UCSD professors at the School of Global Policy and Strategies, Vijay Vaitheeswaran, an editor at The Economist.
In a statement, UCSD said the form has convened because “What many in the West don’t know is that Russia and Ukraine account for over 20 percent of world’s wheat exports. Ukraine alone accounts for just under 15 percent of world trade in corn and 40 percent of seed oils. The rapidity with which the world food situation has deteriorated is alarming. The most severely affected countries are precisely those most vulnerable.”
As the conflict in Ukrain continues, there have been major disruptions to global commodity markets—notably energy and food. According to UCSD, these impacts are affecting the ability of western nations to sustain effective sanctions against Russia, the ability of Ukraine to provide basic services for its population and the cost of essential food and energy products for vulnerable populations around the world.
