Stephens Room – 3503 Thomas Hall, NC State, Raleigh, NCMap: https://goo.gl/maps/SJRxVPGxqbP2Sarah Davidson Evanega, PhDDirector, Cornell Alliance for Science – https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/Sr. Associate Director, International Programs CALS, Cornell University Hunger & Hypocrisy: A Climate for GMO ChangeThe world currently facesthe great challenge of feeding a growing population while simultaneously minimizing agriculture’s negative impact on global climate change. In this talk I will share examples of how the tools of agricultural biotechnology are being employed to help address this and associated urgent challenges. Wewill explore how access to biotechnologies addresses injustices to the poor and other social problems in countries like Bangladesh. We will also discuss how applications of biotechnology may help lessen agriculture’s carbonemissions and other deleterious environmental impacts. Finally, we will explore how denying GMO science challenges a liberal worldview and obfuscates shared values around achieving justice for the poor, and address the critical need to defend evidence-based science in a time of unprecedented urgency.Register at – https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/events/