{"id":6748,"date":"2024-02-16T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/?p=6748"},"modified":"2024-02-24T22:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T13:08:26","slug":"hundreds-of-millions-of-people-will-benefit-from-transformed-food-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/sdgs-2\/hundreds-of-millions-of-people-will-benefit-from-transformed-food-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Millions of People Will Benefit from Transformed Food Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jutta Wolf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERLIN (IDN) \u2014 Socio-economic benefits of between 5 to 10 trillion USD a year are expected to emerge from the transformation of food systems around the world, says a new global policy report produced by leading economists and scientists of the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current food systems are destroying more value than they create. The transformation would offer \u201ca better life to hundreds of millions of people\u201d at a cost much lower than the resulting benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe costs of inaction to transform the broken food system will probably exceed the estimates in this assessment, given that the world continues to rapidly move along an extremely dangerous path. It is likely that we will not only breach the 1.5\u00b0C limit, but also face decades of overshoot\u201d, states Johan Rockstr\u00f6m, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)<\/a> and FSEC Principal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only way to return to 1.5\u00b0C is to phase out fossil-fuels, keep nature intact and transform food systems from source to sink of greenhouse gases. The global food system thereby holds the future of humanity on Earth in its hand\u201d, Rockstr\u00f6m adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food systems powerful means to save 174 million lives from premature death<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

In the report, the scientists provide the most comprehensive modelling of the impacts of two possible futures for the global food system to date: our \u2018Current Trends\u2019 pathway, and the \u2018Food System Transformation\u2019 pathway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its Current Trends pathway, the report outlines what will happen by 2050, even if policymakers make good on all current commitments: food insecurity will still leave 640 million people (including 121 million children) underweight in some parts of the world, while obesity will increase by 70% globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food systems will continue to drive a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, which will contribute to 2.7 degrees of warming by the end of the century compared to pre-industrial periods. Food production will become increasingly vulnerable to climate change, with the likelihood of extreme events dramatically increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solutions to health and climate challenges<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

FSEC also finds that the food system can be a significant contributor to economies, and drive solutions to health and climate challenges. In the Food System Transformation pathway, economists show that by 2050 better policies and practices could lead to undernutrition being eradicated, and cumulatively 174 million lives saved from premature death due to diet-related chronic disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food systems could become net carbon sinks by 2040, helping to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees by the end of the century, protecting an additional 1.4 billion hectares of land, almost halving nitrogen surplus from agriculture, and reversing biodiversity loss. Furthermore, 400 million farm workers across the globe could enjoy a sufficient income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe cost of achieving this transformation\u2014estimated at the equivalent of 0.2-0.4 percent of global GDP per year\u2014is small relative to the multi-trillion dollar benefits it could bring. Food systems are a uniquely powerful means of addressing global climate, nature and health emergencies at the same time\u2014while offering a better life to hundreds of millions of people\u201d, says Hermann Lotze-Campen, FSEC Commissioner and Head of Research Department Climate Resilienceat PIK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRather than mortgaging our future and building up mounting costs leading to high hidden health and environmental costs that we will have to pay down the line, policymakers need to face the food system challenge head-on and make the changes which will reap huge short- and long-term benefits globally\u201d, says Ottmar Edenhofer, PIK Director and FSEC Co-Chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis report should open up a much-needed conversation among key stakeholders about how we can access those benefits whilst leaving no one behind, he concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) is an independent academic commission, set up to equip political and economic decision-makers with tools and evidence to shift food and land-use systems.\u00a0 It brings together leading experts across the economics of climate change, health, nutrition, agriculture and natural resources, representing organisations including the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the World Health Organisation, World Bank, London School of Economics, World Resources Institute Africa, and many more. The FSEC Global Policy Report builds on years of study (including the EAT Lancet report). It looks at food system transformation not only from the perspective of environmental sustainability, but also global health, nutrition, economic development, and social inclusion. [INPS Japan\/IDN]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: The current food system is unsustainable for any society, regardless of economic growth rates \u2013 a sustainable transformation would benefit the planet and people. Credit: Jan von Holleben<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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