Food and nature experts have expressed dismay at the outcome of Brazil’s recently-concluded Cop30 climate conference, after the final text failed to make any mention of the impact of climate change on food systems.
A plan to address food systems emissions is critical to decarbonisation, with the sector responsible for around one-third of overall emissions, which originates from areas including livestock, waste disposal, food processing, as well as rice paddy fields, which produce large quantities of methane.
