scholarly journals Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and 2°C climate change targets

Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 370 (6517) ◽  
pp. 705-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Clark ◽  
Nina G. G. Domingo ◽  
Kimberly Colgan ◽  
Sumil K. Thakrar ◽  
David Tilman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Food System ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Global Food System ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Fossil Fuel Emissions

The Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the increase in global temperature to 1.5° or 2°C above preindustrial levels requires rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Although reducing emissions from fossil fuels is essential for meeting this goal, other sources of emissions may also preclude its attainment. We show that even if fossil fuel emissions were immediately halted, current trends in global food systems would prevent the achievement of the 1.5°C target and, by the end of the century, threaten the achievement of the 2°C target. Meeting the 1.5°C target requires rapid and ambitious changes to food systems as well as to all nonfood sectors. The 2°C target could be achieved with less-ambitious changes to food systems, but only if fossil fuel and other nonfood emissions are eliminated soon.

Pathways to a sustainable, inclusive and healthy food system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Gaupp
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Food System ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Climate Extreme ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Global Food System ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Global Food

<p>Currently, the global food system is the single largest threat to people and planet. Food is the leading cause behind transgressing five of the nine planetary boundaries. It is a major source of carbon emissions, as well as the single largest contributor to global deforestation, overuse of fresh water and eutrophication of our aquatic ecosystems. And while agriculture has been a major engine of poverty reduction, agricultural activities are unable to deliver a decent livelihood for an estimated 80 percent of those living in extreme poverty. The projected increase in frequency and severity of climate extreme events is posing additional threats to the global food system.</p><p>A transformation towards a more inclusive, sustainable and health-promoting food system is urgently needed. This presentation will introduce the newly established Food Systems Economics Commission (FSEC) that provides detailed and robust evidence assessing the implications of the policy and investment decisions needed to foster a food system transformation. It integrates global modelling tools such as integrated assessment modelling and innovative applications of agent-based modelling with political economy considerations.  It investigates the hidden costs of our current food system, explores transitions pathways towards a new food and land use economy and suggests key policy instruments to foster the transformation towards a sustainable, inclusive, healthy and resilient food system.</p>

scholarly journals The 21st Century Coal Question: China, India, Development, and Climate Change

Atmosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 476
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Warner ◽  
Glenn A. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Community Based ◽  
China And India ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Fossil Fuel Emissions

China and India are not only the two most populous nations on Earth, they are also two of the most rapidly growing economies. Historically, economic and social development have been subsidized by cheap and abundant fossil-fuels. Climate change from fossil-fuel emissions has resulted in the need to reduce fossil-fuel emissions in order to avoid catastrophic warming. If climate goals are achieved, China and India will have been the first major economies to develop via renewable energy sources. In this article, we examine the factors of projected population growth, available fossil-fuel reserves, and renewable energy installations required to develop scenarios in which both China and India may increase per capita energy consumption while remaining on trach to meet ambitious climate goals. Here, we show that China and India will have to expand their renewable energy infrastructure at unprecedented rates in order to support both population growth and development goals. In the larger scope of the literature, we recommend community-based approaches to microgrid and cookstove development in both China and India.

Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Responsibility

Hypatia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 690-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris J. Cuomo
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Full Responsibility ◽  
Fossil Fuel Emissions ◽  
Do So

In this essay I present an overview of the problem of climate change, with attention to issues of interest to feminists, such as the differential responsibilities of nations and the disproportionate “vulnerabilities” of females, people of color, and the economically disadvantaged in relation to climate change. I agree with others that justice requires governments, corporations, and individuals to take full responsibility for histories of pollution, and for present and future greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless I worry that an overemphasis on household and personal‐sphere fossil fuel emissions distracts from attention to higher‐level corporate and governmental responsibilities for addressing the problem of climate change. I argue that more attention should be placed on the higher‐level responsibilities of corporations and governments, and I discuss how individuals might more effectively take responsibility for addressing global climate change, especially when corporations and governments refuse to do so.

scholarly journals Climate change responses benefit from a global food system approach

Nature Food ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Rosenzweig ◽  
Cheikh Mbow ◽  
Luis G. Barioni ◽  
Tim G. Benton ◽  
Mario Herrero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Food System ◽  
Climate Change Responses ◽  
Global Food System ◽  
Global Food

scholarly journals Overcoming undesirable resilience in the global food system

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom H. Oliver ◽  
Emily Boyd ◽  
Kelvin Balcombe ◽  
Tim G. Benton ◽  
James M. Bullock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Global Food System ◽  
Major Reform ◽  
Lock In ◽  
Global Food

Non-technical summaryOur current global food system – from food production to consumption, including manufacture, packaging, transport, retail and associated businesses – is responsible for extensive negative social and environmental impacts which threaten the long-term well-being of society. This has led to increasing calls from science–policy organizations for major reform and transformation of the global food system. However, our knowledge regarding food system transformations is fragmented and this is hindering the development of co-ordinated solutions. Here, we collate recent research across several academic disciplines and sectors in order to better understand the mechanisms that ‘lock-in’ food systems in unsustainable states.

scholarly journals Do markets and trade help or hurt the global food system adapt to climate change?

Food Policy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 154-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly E. Brown ◽  
Edward R. Carr ◽  
Kathryn L. Grace ◽  
Keith Wiebe ◽  
Christopher C. Funk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food System ◽  
Global Food System ◽  
Global Food

scholarly journals Introduction: Ethics and the Future of the Global Food System

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-33
Author(s):  
Madison Powers
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Pollution ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Food System ◽  
World Population ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Food System ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Freshwater Availability

The coming decades will present an immense challenge for the planet: sustainably feeding nearly ten billion people that are expected to be alive by 2050. This is no small task, and one that intersects with climate change, geopolitics, the increased globalization of agricultural markets, and the emergence of new technologies. The world faces a challenge of increased demand, propelled by an expanding world population and a global shift in dietary patterns toward more resource-intensive foods. Moreover, changes in demand occur in the context of declining soil fertility and freshwater availability, agriculture's growing contribution to water pollution and climate change, and the emerging threats to agricultural productivity caused by climate disruption.

scholarly journals Financing food system transformation: insights from global climate projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 9s10 ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
Abrar Chaudbury ◽  
Saher Hasnain
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Climate Targets ◽  
The Face ◽  
Global Food

Climate change poses unprecedented and complex challenges to global food systems. Critical vulnerabilities, continuing inequalities, and unsustainability have demonstrated that food systems need significant intervention in order to deliver safe, just, and healthy food for all, against the backdrop of a changing climate. Innovative interventions and effective financing are needed across the food system to achieve these grand ambitions. While there is recognition of a systems approach in the face of complex issues such as climate change, interventions and financing mechanisms have historically focused narrowly on production or specific sectors within food and related systems. Given the diverse array of stresses and shocks, this approach will not achieve the desired paradigm shifts necessary to secure global food systems and meet the Paris Agreement climate targets. Through a comprehensive review of projects funded through the Green Climate Fund (GCF), this paper shows that paradigm shifting interventions can benefit from a food systems perspective by moving beyond specific sectors and activities and delivering outcomes across the socio-economic and environmental spheres. Climate change and food system challenges are complex and necessitate system approaches, and financing instruments need to be designed and structured with systemic complexity in mind.

The Telecoupling Approach to the Global Food System and Climate Change Regime: The Pivotal Role of Brazil and China

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-107
Author(s):  
Douglas de Castro ◽  
Daniele Arcolini Cassucci de Lima ◽  
Caroline Romano
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food System ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Global Food System ◽  
Global Food
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