A much-anticipated road map to bring global agrifood systems in line with the 2015 Paris climate agreement while addressing hunger is a good start but doesn’t go far enough, particularly on curtailing emissions associated with food, experts say.
The report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations lays out how changes in food and agriculture can help keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, as agreed in the Paris accord. FAO demands immediate climate finance for 10 priority areas — including livestock, crops, healthy diets, clean energy, fisheries, and food waste — through 120 recommended actions.
It’s the first time FAO has detailed how to meet the nutritional needs of a global population forecast to reach 10 billion by 2050 while also reducing global greenhouse gasses to net zero by then. The agency released the guidelines on Sunday as the first Food, Agriculture and Water thematic day took place at the United Nations COP 28 climate conference in Dubai.
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Tania Karas is a Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development and humanitarian aid in the Americas. Previously, she managed the digital team for The World, where she oversaw content production for the website, podcast, newsletter, and social media platforms. Tania also spent three years as a foreign correspondent in Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon, covering the Syrian refugee crisis and European politics. She started her career as a staff reporter for the New York Law Journal, covering immigration and access to justice.
