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UN Climate Change
Global Climate Action
8 March 2021
NEWSLETTER
Race to Zero
Driving Agriculture from Breakdown to
Breakthrough
Agriculture can inherently help stem the
climate crisis, with plants capturing and storing carbon dioxide. Yet food,
agriculture and land use currently contribute to a quarter of global CO2
emissions, and [degrade?] the natural systems that supply the oxygen we
breathe and food we eat to the “verge of breakdown”, according to the
Dasgupta Review on the economics of biodiversity.
But we can choose the path to a safer and
more livable future - if we choose to regenerate our relationship with
nature and create nature-positive economies by 2030. To get there, we must
accelerate the transformation of agriculture from a net source of CO2
emissions to a net sink. The benefits of this will ricochet across global
efforts to meet the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, such as
eradicating poverty and hunger and creating jobs, according to the Stockholm
Resilience Centre.
The most straightforward and cost-effective
way to do this is to preserve, protect and restore natural environments
where possible - keeping terrestrial natural carbon stocks intact - and to
farm and graze in harmony with nature, without encroaching on natural areas.
That has to happen as the population grows and incomes rise, pushing food
demand up by an expected 50 percent, according to the World Resources
Institute.
The Leaders Breaking Ground
The International Wineries for Climate
Action recently joined the Race to Zero, with members aiming to halve their
direct and indirect emissions by 2030 and become climate-positive by 2050.
Other food and agriculture majors in the Race to Zero include France’s
Danone, Switzerland’s Nestlé and Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group, through
the Business Ambition for 1.5°C initiative. Now we’re urging food and
agriculture leaders to push commitments for net zero and greater resilience
to cover 20 percent of the industry - by 2023 - as part of our Race to Zero
Breakthroughs challenge.
Including goals for indirect supply chain
emissions will multiply the impacts of this work. Sustainable agricultural
practices, the end of deforestation for agriculture and the addition of
carbon sinks can deliver greater profits for farmers and drive the shift to
net-zero supply chains without significantly increasing costs. The Forest
and Agriculture Commodity Trade Dialogue, a multi-stakeholder consultation
in collaboration with the COP 26 Presidency , is also exploring synergies
that would allow companies interested or committed to deforestation-free
supply chains to advance their decarbonization by joining the Race to Zero.
Commitments from farmers will drive this
transformation further, and ensure they’re not left behind in the
transition. The UK’s National Farmers Union aims to reach net zero emissions
by 2040, while the US Farmers & Ranchers In Action estimates that the
country’s food and agriculture sector can become carbon-negative as early as
2035. The World Farmers Organization is empowering farmers to lead in the
political process by sharing their science-based, results-focused solutions
for mitigating emissions and adapting to climate change impacts they’re
already feeling, like droughts and floods. Smallholders in particular must
be involved, as they often face the worst impacts while producing the food
most of us consume.
Change from policymakers and financiers will
help accelerate the transition. Governments can create a conducive business
and regulatory environment, for example by exposing the hidden costs of
extractive agriculture and redirecting US$600 billion per year in subsidies
towards supporting work such as the Just Rural Transition initiative.
Investors and capital markets can multiply their finance for
climate-positive agriculture by 10 and create financial mechanisms for the
food and agriculture transition.
Regional Climate Action
UN Climate Change kicked off its Regional
Climate Weeks last week with virtual roundtables for Africa, Asia-Pacific,
Latin America and the Caribbean.
Across the four regions, stakeholders
pointed to the importance of efficiently engaging all actors in climate
action - and especially youth and women; on the need for citizen- and
community-led efforts to change behaviours in favour of more sustainable
production and consumption; and on the importance of using nature-based
solutions and “bringing Earth back into the equation”.
In Case You Missed It...
a.. The Powering Past Coal Alliance welcomed
10 new members at its summit this week, including Hungary, Kyoto City and
California Public Employees' Retirement System.
a.. While new national pledges to the Paris
Agreement represent an increase in national efforts to reduce emissions,
their combined impact would only reduce emissions by 1 percent by 2030,
compared to 2010, according to UN Climate Change’s latest synthesis report
on nationally determined contributions. The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, by contrast, has indicated that emission reduction ranges to
meet the 1.5°C temperature goal should be around 45 percent lower.
a.. French energy company Engie has
committed to phase out coal in Europe by 2025 and worldwide by 2027.
a.. Shipping giant AP Maersk will launch the
world’s first carbon-neutral liner vessel in 2023 - seven years earlier than
initially planned, thanks to technological advances and growing customer
demand. That’s exponential growth in action!
a.. The Sustainable Shipping Initiative has
outlined 13 sustainability issues and principles to be taken into account to
ensure the industry is investing in, buying and using sustainable marine
fuels.
a.. In Indonesia, Kenya, Thailand, Mexico
and South Africa, households face sudden energy security concerns,
businesses are experiencing cash-flow problems and energy businesses need
short-term support - according to a NewClimate Institute review of
energy-related government responses to Covid-19 in those countries.
a.. Applications are now open for the 10th
anniversary edition of the UN Global Climate Action Awards.
Mark Your Calendars
a.. Zero Carbon City International Forum,
17-18 March: Organized by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, in
collaboration with UN Climate Change, ICLEI-Local Governments for
Sustainability and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies.
a.. Fridays for Future Global Climate
Strike, 19 March
a.. FT’s Climate Capital Live Summit, 30
March: Hosted in partnership with the UN High Level Climate Action
Champions, this online event will gather leading global names in policy,
finance and industry for a critical deliberation on what a successful race
to net-zero means for all sectors and nations.
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