The food system drives one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, and can deliver the fastest, most affordable climate solutions we have | Climate Week

While food system transformation receives less than 3% of climate finance, this oversight is actually our greatest opportunity. 

Improving production practices, reducing food loss and waste, and shifting to more plant-rich diets could cut up to 14 billion tonnes of emissions per year, deliver up to $3.4 trillion in annual economic savings through improved health outcomes, and support farmer livelihoods while preserving biodiversity.

The Food program at Climate Week NYC brings together the pioneers already delivering these solutions - from farmers to investors and from advocates to innovators. The solutions that we scale today determine whether we can feed 10 billion people by 2050 within planetary boundaries.  

Here are some resources to learn more:

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• Transforming the global food system: A philanthropic return on investment analysis  

• Your questions about food and climate change answered 

• Cool food pledge: Making 2.4 billion meals a year more climate-friendly  

• Environmental impacts of food production 

• Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers 
   

Climate Group, Greener by Default, and Tilt Collective are partnering up during Climate Week NYC to promote sustainable catering strategies and share best practices. Because when it comes to climate action, serving plantforward menus at your events is one of the best ways to walk the walk.

Check out the event guide resource.