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Kofi Annan will deliver the keynote address at the World Climate Change and Wine Congress in Spain in April.
The former United Nations Secretary-General and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Kofi Annan will be the guest of honour at the Congress, which will take place on April 13-14 in Marbella.
The event is being organised by the Wine Academy of Spain and coordinated by its founder and president Pancho Campo MW.
Annan will deliver a presentation on "Sustainability, climate change and the corporate world".
The previous conference, held in Barcelona two years ago, attracted 350 delegates from over 40 countries.
Topics up for discussion will include the impact of climate change on oenology and viticulture, closures, packaging, transport, CO2 emissions, energy conservation, and the use of organic/biodynamic vine growing as measures for adapting to climate change.
There will be more than 20 speakers including biodynamic specialist Nicolas Joly, soil scientist Claude Bourguignon, winemaker Carlos Falcó of Spain's Marques de Griñón, Susan McCraith MW and climatologist Greg Jones of the University of Southern Oregon.
The former United Nations Secretary-General and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Kofi Annan will be the guest of honour at the Congress, which will take place on April 13-14 in Marbella.
The event is being organised by the Wine Academy of Spain and coordinated by its founder and president Pancho Campo MW.
Annan will deliver a presentation on "Sustainability, climate change and the corporate world".
The previous conference, held in Barcelona two years ago, attracted 350 delegates from over 40 countries.
Topics up for discussion will include the impact of climate change on oenology and viticulture, closures, packaging, transport, CO2 emissions, energy conservation, and the use of organic/biodynamic vine growing as measures for adapting to climate change.
There will be more than 20 speakers including biodynamic specialist Nicolas Joly, soil scientist Claude Bourguignon, winemaker Carlos Falcó of Spain's Marques de Griñón, Susan McCraith MW and climatologist Greg Jones of the University of Southern Oregon.
