COP28 World Climate Action Summit Leaders’ Event Transforming Food Systems in the face of Climate Change Statement by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General, on behalf of the multilateral system
by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General
01/12/2023
COP28
World Climate Action Summit
Leaders’ Event
Transforming Food Systems in the face of Climate Change
Statement by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General,
on behalf of the multilateral system
1 December 2023
Food security and climate change are interlinked and global agrifood systems are the climate solution.
We have to produce more with less. Agrifood systems must be transformed to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable to effectively contribute to food availability, accessibility, and affordability, and to achieve all the SDGs.
We have the solutions to help countries build resilience, adaptation, and mitigation, and achieve food security, but we need enabling policies to close the investment gap to ensure that climate finance is increased and reaches those who need it most, especially smallholder farmers.
We also need to ensure the loss and damage fund that was historically set in motion yesterday reaches the agricultural communities that are on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
Implementation of the Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action, guided by the FAO Road Map for achieving SDG2 while maintaining 1.5 degrees Celsius, are key instruments for achieving the SDG targets under the Four Betters, leaving no one behind. Let’s walk the talk! Action now on the part of each of us!