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COP28 saw an unprecedented focus on the climate impact of the food system. Over 150 governments committed to integrate agriculture and food considerations in their next Nationally Determined Contributions and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization published its first instalment of a roadmap for achieving zero hunger without breaching the 1.5°C threshold.
This heightened attention on the need to transform food systems to align with climate goals raises both new opportunities and challenges for the One Health approach, which also received endorsement from many governments at COP28. One Health underscores the need to consider the interlinkages between human, animal and environmental health to avoid unintended consequences from a single-lens focus.
For instance, some proponents argue that further intensification of animal agriculture could curb deforestation and reduce human-wildlife interactions. However, they could also introduce new risks such as on-farm infectious disease emergence and antimicrobial resistance.
How can such adverse trade-offs between climate action and One Health be avoided or minimized? How can co-benefits between food security, One Health, and climate action be maximized? As governments ramp up efforts to promote climate action within the food system, this webinar – hosted by SEI and the Government of the Netherlands – convenes experts from governments, academia, and civil society to discuss pathways and barriers to ensuring a comprehensive approach to food systems transformation.
Journal article / The authors examine seven common strategies for feeding everyone with a smaller carbon footprint and analyse each for their consequences and benefits.
Moderator: Megan Waters, Senior Policy Advisor, FAIRR, and former US trade negotiator
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Project / The world’s appetite for animal products continues to grow, with profound implications for the environment, human health and animal welfare.
Journal article / The authors examine seven common strategies for feeding everyone with a smaller carbon footprint and analyse each for their consequences and benefits.
Other publication / A Comment in Nature Food details the shortfalls in the FAO's food systems roadmap to eliminate hunger without breaching the 1.5°C climate change threshold.
Feature / SEI scientists weigh in on the new UNEP report exploring potential effects of some novel alternatives to conventional animal products, which launched at COP28.
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