The Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change is intended as a follow-up to the Shared Vision Statement agreed at the Seventeenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17) in May 2009 and to further develop the agriculture, food security and climate change agenda. The outcome of the Conference was a Chair's Summary, containing a Roadmap for Action. The Roadmap for Action is intended as a stepping stone to further initiate and broaden partnerships and activities with engagement by all stakeholders, such as the private sector, governments, scientists, NGOs, civil society, farmers, indigenous peoples, women and youth. See: http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/sd/ymbvol184num6e.pdf