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Agenda

Nordic Climate Change Forum for Fisheries and Aquaculture

III NMTT-ICES Workshop
Consumers and Climate Change
16 January 2025, Hotel Marine Plaza, Helsingborg, Sweden
9:00 to 11:00

Session 1 Setting the Scene

Moderated by Carl-Christian Schmidt
This opening session will provide an update on the latest climate change science as it relates to the fisheries sector and a brief review of mitigation and adaptation policies. What are the implications for the fishing and aquaculture industries? The session will also look at the megatrends of food consumption and provide insights on the role of marketing law.
9:00–9:10
Opening, introductions and background by NMTT and ICES
David Reid, Chair ICES Science Committee
9:10–9:35
Climate change, carbon budgets and fisheries: interacting effects
David Reid, Chair ICES Science Committee
9:35–9:50 
Climate impact of our diet and the role of seafood
Professor Elinor Hallström, National Food Institute, DTU, Denmark
9:50–10:10 
Megatrends in food consumption; perspectives from the FAO-OECD Agricultural Outlook
Director Audun Lem, United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization
10:10–11:00 
Marketing sustainability, environmental and climate aspect – legal framework and enforcement practices
Christian Poll and Anna Olesen, Danish Consumer Ombudsman Institution, Denmark
11.00
Summing-up
11:00–11:30 
Coffee break
11:30 –14:25

Session 2 Life Cycle Assessment and carbon labelling in the Nordics

Moderated by Sara Hornborg, RISE, Sweden
The purpose of this session is to better understand the nature of life cycle assessment for seafood products and addressing the limitations and challenges in establishing an international comparative methodology. The session will also provide an overview of national relevant food labelling initiatives. Further, the role of the EU in ensuring a level playing field across the EU market for fish and fish products will be addressed.
11:30–12:00 
Setting the scene: on harmonizing of LCAs, recent advances and further research needs for LCAs of seafood
Sara Hornborg, senior researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden. 
12:00–12:20 
Current status on Product Environmental Footprint Rules (PEFCR) for marine fish for human consumption
Henrik Stenwig, Sjømat Norge, Norway. 
12:25–12:45 
Life Cycle Assessment – The tool for environmental management in the seafood chain; observations from the field
Erik Hognes, INAQ, Norway
12:45–13:45
LUNCH BREAK
13:45–14:15 
Norway’s New Tools project (project by Folkehelseinstituttet, Norway), Developing scores for the environmental and social sustainability of foods
Rannvá Danielsen, senior researcher Norwegian Institute of Sustainability Research, Norway
14:15–14:35 
Iceland Country Case: Carbon Footprint of Icelandic Food
Birgir Örn Smárason Research Group Leader, MATIS, Iceland
14:35–15:00
 Coffee break
15:00–16:45

Session 3 Understanding consumer awareness and changing buying habits

Moderated by David Reid, ICES
This session will focus on measures and initiatives taken by public authorities and private fisheries operators in underpinning consumers buying decisions for food, with a focus on fish and fish products. The session will also provide insights on consumer perceptions on climate change.
15:00–15:30
Sweden’s Mistra Sustainable Consumption project and how taxes can be used to change consumer behaviour
Jörgen Larsson, Associate Professor, Chalmers University
15:30–15:50
A fish processors view on labelling for sustainability, food intake and CO2
Anna Elizabeth Jorgensen, Espersen A/S 
15:50–16:15 
Do consumers care about labelling for climate change?
Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
16:15–16:35 
A fisher organisation perspective on CO2 taxes and carbon labelling
Ole Lundberg Larsen, Danish Fishermen’s Organisation, Denmark
16:35–17:00 
Questions and Answers, Summing up and Farewell