Aligning the Rio Conventions for Sustainable Food Systems Transformation

Food and agricultural systems are at the heart of global environmental challenges, driving 70-80% of biodiversity loss, contributing at least 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, and causing significant land degradation, with over half of agricultural land now degraded. Yet, these systems also hold unparalleled potential to deliver solutions across the objectives of the three Rio Conventions (CBD – biodiversity, UNFCCC – climate change, and UNCCD – desertification).

With WWF, Climate Focus helped develop an expectations paper – Aligning the Rio Conventions for Sustainable Food Systems Transformation – that outlines a some of the most important recommendations for integrating food and agriculture into international climate, biodiversity, and desertification policymaking frameworks.

Read the full report.