China News Service, March 23 (Reporter Peng Dawei) The latest research report released by The Global Alliance for the Future of Food on the 22nd shows that global greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by changing the way food is produced and consumed. A reduction of more than 10 billion tons per year.
This conservative estimate is slightly higher than total global emissions from transport and residential energy use in 2019, and is equivalent to at least 20% of the emissions reductions needed to prevent catastrophic climate change by 2050.
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and in partnership with other organizations to transform the global food system for present and future generations.
It is reported that before the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its climate mitigation report, the "Global Food Future Alliance" has comprehensively assessed how 14 countries - including China, Germany, Senegal, the United Kingdom and the United States - are Integrate food systems into its National Climate Plan (NDC).
These assessments, country case studies and summary reports highlight opportunities for governments to use food system transformation to drive significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and other health, environmental and social benefits.
The next UN climate conference, COP27, will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022.
“The time is fast, and governments need to start looking at food system transformation as a key tool to reduce emissions,” said Patty Fong, climate program director at the Global Alliance for Food Futures. “The good news is that many solutions already exist, we just need better There is no one-size-fits-all solution, but our toolkit can help governments think about how to benefit from food system transformation while addressing domestic priorities.”