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There is a critical connection between global food systems and the escalating climate crisis. Unsustainable agriculture drives high emissions (around 30% globally), biodiversity loss (up to 60%), and deforestation, threatening national food security. With COP30 approaching in Belém, Brazil, leaders are urged to place food systems at the heart of climate negotiations. Key objectives include securing a "just transition" that supports farmers and animal welfare while implementing nature-positive farming and reducing supply chain waste. We discuss why failure to act risks widespread hunger, instability, and breaching global warming limits, such as the 1.5°C threshold.
Key Takeaways
- Food systems are one of the biggest drivers of the climate and nature crises; emissions from food alone could cause the world to breach the 1.5°C global warming limit, even if fossil fuels were phased out.
- COP30 in Belém, Brazil (near the Amazon rainforest), is expected to be billed as the "nature, food and climate COP," putting food systems at the heart of the climate agenda for the first time.
- The Amazon rainforest, the "lungs of the planet," is dangerously close to a tipping point where massive deforestation could turn it from a carbon sink into a carbon source.
- Farmers in the UK are currently struggling with the impacts of climate change, including the hottest summer on record and the second worst harvest in 2025.
- The transition to sustainable food production must be a "just transition," supporting farmers with stability, security (like the Sustainable Farming Incentive), and fair returns, while promoting regenerative agriculture and animal welfare.
- Priorities at COP30 include securing deforestation-free supply chains, promoting nature-positive farming, and supporting family farms.
Source: COP30: Food System Transformation
Volume 773: debated on Tuesday 14 October 2025
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