Is urgent reform of world's food system still a side dish at climate talks?

Food systems are such a major driver of climate change that failure to address the issue would be enough to jeopardise the 1.5C Paris Agreement target – even if fossils fuels were immediately phased out. Getty Images via AFP - JUSTIN SULLIVAN

Dubai, UAE – The indivisible link between climate and nutrition was a pivotal subject at Cop28 on Sunday as campaigners carried on their fight for food systems – responsible for a third of greenhouse gas emissions – to be included in the summit’s final and critical global stocktake on climate policy.

The UN released part one of a roadmap to wipe out hunger and malnutrition while staying within 1.5°C. The document, the first of its kind, recognises that reforming the world’s entire food system is imperative to limiting temperature rises.