. Long-term field study of the influence of the photosynthetic performance of temperate grassland species on ecosystem CO2 exchange fluxes at the ecosystem-scale.

than today. The world faces the dual challenges of producing adequate food for mid-century sustainably while adapting and mitigating CO -driven climate change. This meeting addresses these challenges from the gene to the globe in discussing emerging advances in our understanding and their application. Topics include: engineering increased photosynthesis for food security and bioenergy, phenomics in accelerating improvement in CO assimilation and yield, overcoming oxygenation at Rubisco, the evo-devo of the CO assimilation apparatus, inter-compartmental fluxes, kinetic modeling of CO assimilation, what is new in carbon concentrating mechanisms, prospects for modifying stomatal responses and mesophyll conductance, adapting to atmospheric change, quantification of global sinks for CO , and engineering landscapes to offset climate change.