ROMA – The only way to reduce carbon emissions and restore nature on the path to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to transform our food systems, the Director General of theFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The objective is theParis Agreement. This transformation towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and more sustainable global agri-food systems is increasingly recognized as essential to achieving the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. The change “contains solutions for the climate crisis and the interconnected challenges of food, water, land and biodiversity,” Qu said at a high-level party event titled Cut carbonadapt food systems and restore nature on the road to 1.5°C.
Those 730 million people who suffer from hunger. Every year, countries participating in the climate convention inform FAO about how the climate crisis is severely affecting their agri-food systems. Farmers, pastoralists, fishermen and producers rely on these systems for their income, food and nutrition. They are on the front lines of the climate crisis and, too often, they are among the 730 million people who suffer from hunger today.
New funding is needed. Transforming agri-food systems requires increased financing and investment that reaches farming communities, leveraging private investment and helping to repurpose agricultural investment, the Director-General said. Qu stressed that agri-food systems must be integrated into national plans and prioritized in multilateral environmental agreements. Each nationally determined contribution should reflect the full potential of climate action resulting from the transformation of the agri-food system.
From statement to action. The Director-General also highlighted the signing, a year ago at COP28, of the Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace, in which 70 governments and 39 organizations called for bolder collective action to build climate resilience in countries fragile and conflict-affected contexts. FAO has responded to this request and welcomes the decision to allocate US$169 million to finance historic projects in Somalia and Iraq, which FAO will implement, as well as a third project in Burundi with the One Acre Fund.
The IPSOS survey for Amref on climate and the impact on global health. 87% of Italians believe that climate change represents a serious threat for the entire world, especially for the global health of individuals (89%, a concern that rises to 92% among Generation Z). This is one of the data that emerged from the research carried out by Ipsos per Amref Italy to investigate Italians’ perception of climate change and its impact on health in Africa and around the world. The fourth edition of the survey “Africa and Health: the opinion of Italians” was conducted in view of Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan (11-22 November 2024).
The fears of Generation Z. From the investigation Ipsos per Amrefstable compared to 2023 is the idea that the manifestation of climate change that will have the worst consequences on our planet is represented by the increase in heat waves and the rise in temperatures (47% which rises to 53% between Generation Z). In second place the increase in drought and the decrease in water availability (43%), followed by the decrease in food availability due to the impacts of the climate on agriculture (41%, with +4% compared to last year) and the increase in floods (32%).
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