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'Towards net zero food systems' at the 2023 Bonn Climate Conference

At the 2023 Bonn Climate Conference, the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems organized a side event titled “Towards net zero food systems: how can low emission development strategies help achieve food security and economic growth?” This well-attended session featured the following presentations: “Food systems emissions and removals” by Lou Verchot of the Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center

'Towards net zero food systems' at the 2023 Bonn Climate Conference

At the 2023 Bonn Climate Conference, the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems organized a side event titled “Towards net zero food systems: how can low emission development strategies help achieve food security and economic growth?” This well-attended session featured the following presentations:

  • “Food systems emissions and removals” by Lou Verchot of the Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Alliance of Bioversity-CIAT)
  • “Roadmap on decarbonization of the air and recarbonization of the land through food system Transformation: overview and preliminary findings” by William Sutton of the World Bank
  • “Climate mitigation potential of food system technologies” by Tek Sapkota of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

You can rewatch the presentations below:

See more information on the CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems.

 

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