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Envisioning net-zero food systems<\/h1>\/ in Featured Articles<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/header>\n<\/div><\/section>
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A new assessment [1] of over 60 scenarios based on current low-emission practices shows that realizing net-zero food systems will require widescale adoption of new technologies in the next two decades and changes in meat and dairy consumption. A more diverse set of practices and innovative research, including diet shifts and new-horizon technologies, will be needed for this transformation.<\/h3>\n

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Food systems emit approximately 35% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As the global population is expected to grow to 9 billion by 2050, food demand will increase rapidly, and agriculture production must follow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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While net-zero food systems by 2050 are achievable, we must boldly implement more efficient production practices fundamental to meet global food production and climate goals now, say the authors of a new net-zero food systems assessment.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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Credit: Ciniro Costa Jr., Eva Wollenberg, Mauricio Benitez, Richard Newman, Nick Gardner & Federico Bellone. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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\u201cTransforming food systems for net-zero is essential for the whole Paris Agreement equation to work and deliver on the need to limit the temperature increase to 1.5\u02da C above pre-industrial levels by 2050, with important benefits for the resilience of millions of people around the world,\u201d says Federico Bellone, co-author, UN High Level Climate Champions & Race to Zero.<\/p>\n

However, there are no silver bullet solutions that work across local, regional and global scales. Local and regional food system intensification must identify locally relevant strategies to meet socio-economic and environmental targets. \u201cWhile net-zero food systems are achievable, bolder implemen-tation of more efficient production practices is fundamental to meet both global food production and climate goals,\u201d says Ciniro Costa Jr., lead author, Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT. To achieve net-zero, the global food system must implement cost-effective mitigation practices and technologies by 2030 and improve country governance and technical assistance by 2040. By 2050, innovative financial mechanisms and affordable technologies must be implemented to achieve a net-zero emission global food system.<\/p>\n

This roadmap presents milestones. \u201cWe cannot wait to start changing consumption patterns and developing new technologies. We must start now,\u201d say the authors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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\nCosta, C., Wollenberg, E., Benitez, M. et al. Roadmap for achieving net-zero emissions in global food systems by 2050. Sci Rep 12, 15064 (2022). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-022-18601-1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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