Food Systems in the Spotlight for Change at COP28

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Food systems are both a cause and casualty of the climate crisis, but they also have a huge mitigation potential. As a result, food systems transformation has become a top priority of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

In the lead-up to COP28, food and agriculture experts, and representatives from the private sector, civil society, and farmers organisations from the Global South have emphasised that food systems solutions should be front and centre in the fight against climate change. They have urged state and non-state actors to deliver pledges and commitments that translate into real transformative and systemic action on food systems and nature.

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