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What's methane got to do with it? 🤔 That was the topic of a panel discussion our own Ruth Leary had the pleasuring of moderating at the Climate Change & Business Conference 2024 🌏 The panel discussed how climate performance is now the price of entry for many of our export markets and featured leaders from Fonterra, Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Future Farmers NZ.   Some key insights from the panel:   🟢 Simon Tucker on Fonterra’s scope 3 emissions reduction target and the fundamental driver: “Our largest and most high-value customers were making very aggressive climate reduction targets and turning to us as one of their sources of scope 3 and saying ‘how are you going to work with us? What are you going to commit to in order that we meet our targets?’ If we want to drive the highest possible value from our farmer-owner's milk, we need to set a scope 3 target and have a credible plan about how we’re going to achieve it.” 🟢 Jenny Cameron on the speed in which big global players have declared science-based targets: “Methane is a hard nut to crack but that’s the job to be done for New Zealand. It is absolutely required by our value chain.” 🟢 Aimee Blake on focusing on the ACLR approach when communicating to farmers in an increasingly ungoverned and virtual environment: make sure your information is accessible, credible, legitimate and relevant. 🟢 Ruth Leary on why reducing agricultural emissions is an urgent focus: “If we think about who we’re selling to in the global markets, we’ve got five lambings, five dairy seasons, to try and achieve some of these targets that our global customers have set to reduce their scope 3 emissions.” #CCBC2024 #leadingclimateaction #sustainablebusiness Sustainable Business Council NZ, Environmental Defence Society (EDS), Climate Leaders Coalition

This think piece by Sayed Azam-Ali, OBE, is written as a reflection on the seventh instalment in the GFAR Talks webinar series on the topic: “The UN Food Systems Summit – progress and pitfalls on science informed actions at national and global levels”.  GFAR Talks is a showcase for debate on challenging and provocative topics related to agrifood system… Continue reading COP28 is an opportunity to put food security at the heart of climate action.

📝 As we move from CBD COP16 (Cali) into UNFCCC COP29 (Baku) and UNCCD COP16 (Riyadh), it’s more urgent than ever to accelerate action on food systems. We must work together to deliver better outcomes for people, nature and climate. To keep up the momentum, we are calling on the food systems community to endorse the Food Systems Call to Action. Our key asks are clear and urgent: ✅ Scale and re-orientate all sources of finance to incentivize and fund resilient, sustainable, and equitable food systems ✅Strengthen and implement existing global goals and action plans, strategies, and policies at all levels, and accountability frameworks ✅Support farmers, Indigenous Peoples and local communities and meaningfully include them in policy-making and decision-making processes Hundreds of leaders have already signed, supporting a shared vision and priority actions and principles for urgent action. Sign the Call to Action by sharing details about your entity and submitting a Statement of Action—either now or within 6 months of endorsement. Sign the Food Systems Call to Action: https://lnkd.in/eAMVj-3c Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g8A3ucmk Let’s take action together for people, nature, and climate! #ActionOnFood #GoodFoodForAll #HighLevelChampions Ambition Loop Just Rural Transition High-Level Climate Champions

🆕‼️ Our #FoodForwardNDCs tool is now live! It contains evidence-based policy guidance for some of the most critical food areas - to help turn commitments made at #COP28  into place-based action that delivers impact on land and in water. Try it now 👉foodforwardndcs.com

As we gear up for the 3 Rio Conventions—UNCBD COP16, UNFCCC COP29, and UNCCD COP16—it's crucial to accelerate action on food systems. All actors must work together to transform food systems to deliver better outcomes for people, nature, and climate. To keep up the momentum, we are calling on all food systems actors to endorse the Food Systems Call to Action. Hundreds of leaders have already signed, supporting a shared vision and priority actions and principles for urgent action. Sign the Call to Action by sharing details about your entity and submitting a Statement of Action—either now or within 6 months of endorsement. ✍️ Sign the Food Systems Call to Action: https://lnkd.in/eBrfZ3qv 🌐 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e3bY295p

An excellent overview of the challenges associated with techno-optimism, partnerships of convenience, ambiguous all-encompassing terminology, and betting on industry’s “goodwill” incentives. As the article highlights, any climate/environmental action needs to be based on reducing consumption in the first instance.

What makes a successful climate plan in the food and ag sector? 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 A transparent plan is clear on the data collection, monitoring and reporting methods used in a given plan and the methodologies used to baseline emissions and estimate outcomes. Transparency ensures value for outcomes and supports a strong market for ecosystem outcomes. 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 In order to close the gap between our current state and our goal state, programs and methods must be widely applicable across commodities and sourcing regions, and must scale cost-effectively. This will allow the agrifood industry to establish broad guidelines for operation, and will allow agrifood companies to build programs that achieve the necessary impact at the scale of their sourcing. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Industry standards and protocols are evolving alongside the industry. A strong climate-forward plan will be rigorous enough to meet the requirements of current protocols, and to stay relevant as protocols adjust guidelines and processes. Taking climate action with these pillars in mind is key to closing the Impact Gap between the food and ag industry's current trajectory and its 2030 net zero commitments. Despite some of the industry wide shortcomings on climate action, there are many examples of companies building emissions reductions plans the right way. To learn more about some of the impactful programs Regrow is supporting, visit https://lnkd.in/ekqh4Wrf

“The failure of delegates at COP28 to directly address the causal relationship between meat consumption and climate change was just repeated by G7 nations and the Bonn climate conference attendees. These failures show how “incredibly politically charged” this issue is in multinational gatherings dominated by countries with very high rates of meat and dairy consumption, said Martin Frick, who heads up the World Food Programme’s Berlin office.  “We are moving in the right direction, but we are not moving fast enough,” said Frick. “Unless we are really serious about food, and look at it from a systems approach, ask ourselves the hard questions and give ourselves the hard answers, I don’t see how we can fix climate change.”  Still, some do see progress. “Only six months ago, 159 governments at world-leader level made a commitment to incorporate food into their climate plans,” said Edward Davey, senior advisor of the Food and Land Use Coalition based at the World Resources Institute. The COP28 pledge includes incorporating the climate footprint of food into each country’s “nationally determined contribution,” or NDC — a specific emissions target required by the Paris Agreement. Countries are expected to submit new NDCs by next February, and Davey said those updates will indicate whether those countries are taking the pledge seriously.” #climate #climatechange #climateaction #climateresilience #climatesolutions #foodpolicy #nutritionpolicy #sustainablediets #healthysustainablediets #dietitians #nutritionists #nutricionistas

🌍 Fixing Food’s Big Climate Problem: A Call to Action! 🍽️ Did you know that our global food system is one of the largest contributors to climate change? From deforestation to livestock emissions, our food choices have a massive impact on the planet. In fact, food-related activities account for around 34% of global greenhouse gas emissions—more than power generation or transportation! 🚜 In his latest article, Dr. Jonathan Foley, Ph.D., of Project Drawdown dives deep into the environmental costs of our food system and offers a comprehensive strategy to address these challenges. From reducing food waste to shifting diets and protecting vital ecosystems, Foley outlines the critical steps we must take to create a sustainable and climate-friendly food system. 🌱 Let’s not wait. It’s time to rethink our food and make choices that nourish both people and the planet. Together, we can drive change and build a better future! 🌿 https://bit.ly/3Azvh7K Want to join our Jackie Mays Burger movement? Visit JackieMays.com today and join our email list. 💪🎉 Or better, invest in our open Seed Round 2, with incentives for early or larger investments. Open thru Sep 30 for private investors, with the best incentives thru Aug 31. https://bit.ly/3XLOKfa THANK YOU! #ProjectDrawdown #JackieMays #ClimateAction #SustainableFood #FoodSystem #ClimateChange #SustainabilityX

DELAY, DISTRACT and DERAIL: 3 tactics that help Big Meat and Dairy undermine climate action worldwide. A new report by Changing Markets Foundation is out now, revealing the systematic tactics used by leading meat and dairy companies and their lobby groups to obstruct meaningful climate action. This comprehensive investigation delves into how these industries employ lobbying, greenwashing, and disinformation to delay, distract, and derail efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/e7wiGt_Y #NewMerchantsOfDoubt #BigMeat #BigDairy #environment #beefindustry #dairyindustry #bigmeat #bigdairy #climateaction