Year: 2023
Type: report
Abstract: Key HighlightsCurrent food, climate and environment challenges are deeply interconnected, meaning solutions must address all three aspects simultaneously, in a systemic way.Political inaction and incoherent, disconnected initiatives that do not consider trade-offs and co-benefits associated with different agri-food transformation pathways will delay progress on climateresilient food systems and could lead to maladaptation.Systems approaches facilitate integrated thinking across sectors to identify positive synergies and manage trade-offs.CGIAR recommends the promotion of inclusive, participatory, and context-specific climate actions, which requires a supportive policy and legal environment, as well as adequate financing. Food systems transformation lies at the heart of climate actionClimate change is undermining efforts to end hunger, safeguard food security, and ensure adequate nutrition for all humankind.Its adverse impacts are felt unequally, with about 3.6 billion people globally living in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change 1 -many of whom are smallholder producers CGIAR works with in the Global South.Increasing weather and climate extreme events have exposed millions to acute food and water insecurity, 2 and this number will grow with every fraction of a degree of warming.As global temperatures and sea levels rise, changing precipitation patterns and increasing weather and climate extreme events exacerbate food safety concerns 3 and make it difficult for both farmers to grow food and people around the world to access it.Climate change is also affecting the capacity of our soil to store carbon, and is degrading the habitats where many animals, plants and microorganisms essential for food production live, leading to biodiversity loss.Because current food, climate and environment challenges are connected, solutions are needed that address all these aspects simultaneously, in a systemic way.
Authors: Marshall, Suzie, Castro Nunez, Augusto Carlos, Cramer, Laura K., Colombo, Chiara Christina, Samarasekara, Vidisha, Villarino, Maria Eliza J., Villani, Chiara, Zhang, Wei, Mukherji, Aditi
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7000480421