A coalition of food awareness organizations led through the NGO ProVeg International obtained permission to establish a ‘Food4Climate’ pavilion at COP27 in Egypt: “Plant-based diets deserve to be recognized as a key mitigation and adaptation solution to climate negotiations,” says Raphael. Podselver, UN Defence Officer at ProVeg International.
With 80 days to go until its official launch, the definition of the COP27 convention of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is gradually taking shape. The approved Food4Climate pavilion will highlight how the food and agricultural formula wants to replace to cope well with the weather crisis.
This will be the first time that more than one hundred m² of food system replacement has been committed to the conference. In recent years, civil organizations dealing with the role of the food sector in expanding emissions have explained that without addressing food systems, achieving the global climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement. The aim of the pavilion is to motivate UN member states to move to plant-based food systems and diets as a component of their climate policy. global to address the demanding situations posed by agriculture and motivate countries to adopt solutions,” podselver said.
The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published last May projected a 14% increase in meat consumption until 2029, while calling for action for the sustainability of the existing food formula. The food formula accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions, 70% of all freshwater use and 50% of all habitable land use. “Concrete targets for agriculture and diversification of protein intake in general are very important if we are to achieve the Paris Agreement and the SDGs,” Podselver said. .
The coalition combines organizations with other experiences aimed at reducing global production and consumption of animal products by 50% by 2040, such as 50through40, which is dedicated to the just transition of livestock. Food corporations like Upfield, Oatly and Impossible Foods will bring their delight in driving nutritional adjustments to more plant-based diets. In addition, it will feature the participation of the International Expert Group on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) and the Jeremy Coller Foundation, who led a global coalition of investors urging governments to disclose express targets to reduce agricultural emissions under the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) before the last COP26.