Brazil, Cambodia and Norway among countries leading the way on food systems

Food day has got off to a flying start with the announcement that a “vanguard” of countries are grouping together to transform their food and land use systems.

Brazil, Cambodia, Norway, Rwanda and Sierra Leone are part of this ‘high ambition coalition’ on food which signs them up to defined goals on climate adaptation, cutting emissions, livelihoods and equity, nature and biodiversity, according to a statement. The alliance hopes its whole systems approach to food will become a blueprint for other countries to follow.

Edward Davey from the Food and Land Use Coalition and World Resources Institute Europe comments:

The world has long needed champions to transform the way they produce and consume food amidst the climate crisis. That’s exactly why this Alliance is so important – these countries will show us what transformation can look like, and the rest of the world will benefit from their leadership. Along with the Emirates Declaration, these efforts finally put food in the spotlight in the climate fight, right alongside fossil fuels. 

The UN’s Food and Agriculture (FAO) is also releasing a long-awaited report today, showing – for the first time in detail – how we can feed the world and radically cut global greenhouse gases, given food production is a major source of emissions.