a principal challenge for the wto as well as for its members is to adjust to new realities in order to achieve its goals in an increasingly uncertain global environment while agriculture and food security are important subthemes of this session the speakers also addressed problems and possible solutions in a broader context the influence of the changing global environment were addressed the challenges brought about as a result of natural crises both in terms of the climate and of disease price shocks food to fuel switches and price volatility as well as financial and geopolitical events have changed the world dramatically even since the time of the marrakesh ministerial