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The current global food system is responsible for one third of human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally and accounts for at least 15% of fossil fuel use annually. The 2022 Emissions Gap Report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) states that “any climate stabilisation pathway requires a substantial reduction in emissions from food systems”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its Sixth Assessment Cycle mitigation report also emphasises that “even if fossil fuel emissions were eliminated immediately, food system emissions alone would jeopardise the achievement of the 1.5ºC target and threaten the 2ºC target”. Without transformation of our food systems, the targets of Paris and Kunming-Montreal Agreements, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are unattainable.
Given this, the DCJ Food and Agriculture coordination group has been set up in 2022.
