Food Systems: A Watershed Moment At COP27?
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Food may be the solution to some of our most pressing environmental and social challenges. But right now, our food and agriculture systems are broken in multiple ways.
At least 2 billion people lack regular access to safe and nutritious food, while one-third of all food produced globally is either lost or wasted—and if food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. Food and agriculture alone is responsible for more than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. And this year, record-high food prices have triggered a global crisis driving millions more into extreme poverty.
But food may be our biggest solution—if it can get the attention it deserves. In the past, food has not been center stage at major negotiations around climate, deforestation, or other pressing problems.
However, that’s changing. At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November, the world has an opportunity to implement solutions that can be a win-win-win—for the environment, for solving hunger, and for promoting more sustainable economies.
For the first time ever, there will be at least two food systems pavilions at COP27 in Egypt. The Clim-Eat and ProVeg Food and Agriculture Pavilions—among others in the works—are taking food systems issues to the main stage. Due in part to critical work from civil society groups like the Global Action Platform on Sustainable Consumption and Diets, food now has a big presence at COP.
These food systems pavilions unite dozens of leading international food organizations spanning the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, from farmers and youth to policymakers and scientists.
The Rockefeller Foundation will be featuring their new film “Food 2050,” which highlights innovative, optimistic visionaries across the globe that are healing people and planet through food.
There is no pathway to reaching our 1.5°C target without transforming the way we produce, distribute, and consume food and use our land. READ further from the link above
At least 2 billion people lack regular access to safe and nutritious food, while one-third of all food produced globally is either lost or wasted—and if food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. Food and agriculture alone is responsible for more than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. And this year, record-high food prices have triggered a global crisis driving millions more into extreme poverty.
But food may be our biggest solution—if it can get the attention it deserves. In the past, food has not been center stage at major negotiations around climate, deforestation, or other pressing problems.
However, that’s changing. At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November, the world has an opportunity to implement solutions that can be a win-win-win—for the environment, for solving hunger, and for promoting more sustainable economies.
For the first time ever, there will be at least two food systems pavilions at COP27 in Egypt. The Clim-Eat and ProVeg Food and Agriculture Pavilions—among others in the works—are taking food systems issues to the main stage. Due in part to critical work from civil society groups like the Global Action Platform on Sustainable Consumption and Diets, food now has a big presence at COP.
These food systems pavilions unite dozens of leading international food organizations spanning the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, from farmers and youth to policymakers and scientists.
The Rockefeller Foundation will be featuring their new film “Food 2050,” which highlights innovative, optimistic visionaries across the globe that are healing people and planet through food.
There is no pathway to reaching our 1.5°C target without transforming the way we produce, distribute, and consume food and use our land. READ further from the link above
Keywords
food systems
agriculture
food security
food loss
food waste
health and diet