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Opinion: Why Food Production Is Critical to Climate Change - Governments have largely overlooked a huge potential source of emissions savings: where we get our food
As the war in Ukraine heightens food insecurity, a new report argues that producing what we eat in a sustainable way will lessen dependence of imports while fighting climate change.
The co-author of a new report explains how most governments are overlooking a principal route to cutting emissions
As world leaders gathered for the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) last November, hopes were high for significant breakthroughs over a wide range of climate objectives. At a bare minimum, countries had to reaffirm their commitments through enhanced nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and other pledges to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting surface temperature increases to 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100.
The world has long monitored global deforestation, but tracking ecosystem restoration is a more subtle, challenging process, needing metrics for long-term success, carbon storage, biodiversity and local economy benefits.