Introduction
The United Nations Millennium Development goals are to reduce hunger and poverty. This was the main reason for the UN declaration of the International Year of Rice in 2004. Rice is the source of more than 500 calories per person per day for over 3 billion people (FAOSTAT). By 2010...
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In response to increasing climate risks and adhering to international trends to achieve carbon emission reduction targets by 2030 and a net-zero emission goal by 2050, Taiwan adopted the new “Climate Responsive Act” on January 10, 2023. The “Climate Responsive Act” is a comprehensive...
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Tsuneo Kuwagata, Mayumi Yoshimoto, Yasushi Ishigooka, Toshihiro Hasegawa, and Motoki Nishimori
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
E-mail: kuwa@affrc.go.jp
Rice productivity and quality in Japan is being impacted by global warming and climate...
The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), taking place in Belém, Brazil, brings together world leaders, scientists, non-governmental organizations, and civil society to define urgent actions against climate change. Through its participation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is working with countries and partners to place agriculture and food security at the centre of negotiations, including discussions on the Global Goal on Adaptation, loss and damage, nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), climate finance, technology and just transition.
Ahead of the international gathering, Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), outlined some of the most important messages the Organization will be carrying to COP30 and beyond.
Our core message is simple: Sustainable and resilient agrifood systems are central to climate action and key to ensuring food security and nutrition for the 1.2 billion people whose livelihoods depend on them. Without transforming agriculture and food systems, achieving the Paris Agreement is nearly impossible. That’s why FAO is committed to supporting countries in negotiations, helping the COP Presidency with the Action Agenda related to agrifood systems, and amplifying the voices of farmers, rural communities, smallholders and Indigenous Peoples – often those on the front lines of climate events.
FAO’s top priorities for COP30 and beyond are: 1) Placing agrifood systems in the outcomes and decisions of the COP; 2) Turning ambition into action by integrating agrifood systems solutions into national climate plans and making them a reality; 3) Redirecting more climate finance toward agrifood systems solutions and scaling them up to maximize impact. Currently, only about 4 percent of climate-related development finance reaches sectors responsible for food production, crop production, livestock, fisheries, and forestry - this must change.
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