How is food produced?

The current models of industrial agriculture, fishing and livestock raising promoted by agribusiness corporations and many governments and by a number of international institutions are major contributors to climate change because of their dependence on fossil fuels and other chemicals that result in high emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). They also lead to changes in land use, destruction of forests and watersheds, degradation of soils and depletion of water supply and fisher-grounds. Extreme climate variations and natural disasters associated with climate change are worsening, resulting in the loss of arable lands, changes in natural growing conditions, destruction of livelihoods and reduced availability of food.

This thematic bloc will discuss which models of agricultural, fishing and livestock production, long with related policies (e.g. investment) are the best options to cool down the planet and to reduce people's vulnerability to climatic variations; and how women, Indigenous Peoples, peasants, fisherfolk, pastoralists, rural and urban communities can contribute to solving the climate crisis and ensuring sustainable and culturally appropriate availability of food for all respecting the right to food framework.