Coalition Calls For A Stronger Food Systems Approach At COP28

As the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP28) in Dubai looms just a month away, a powerful coalition comprising more than 80 organizations and prominent figures from across the food systems community has issued an urgent plea to incorporate a food systems approach within the UNFCCC.

A collective open letter, which includes signatures from WWF, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF), Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, The Food Systems Partnership, and the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), is calling on UNFCCC Parties to recognize the pivotal role of food systems. This encompasses aspects such as food production, consumption, waste, land use changes, and nutrition, in the pursuit of the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.