Green

Climate Fight Takes Aim at Food in First Ever Net-Zero Plan

  • UN’s FAO publishes anticipated food systems’ road map to 1.5C
  • Guidance seeks to balance zero-hunger with net-zero goals

Cattle at the Las Mercedes ranch in Barinas, Venezuela.

Photographer: Manaure Quintero/Bloomberg
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Sign up for the Green Daily newsletter for comprehensive coverage of COP28 right in your inbox.

Reducing overconsumption of animal-based products in the rich world, curbing food waste and overuse of fertilizers and capturing carbon in soil. These are some of the United Nations’ new recommendations to bring the global agrifood industry in line with the Paris climate agreement.