FROM PLATE TO PLANET - HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE DRIVING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH FOOD

We cannot limit global warming to 1.5C without much more urgent and far reaching action to transform food systems. Cities and regional governments are pioneering action on food and climate change – and the frontrunners are even linking up actions and measuring their progress. Such innovative action contrasts dramatically with weak and fragmented action on food and climate change by national governments – as shown by their inadequate national climate pledges submitted under the Paris Agreement. This report details dozens of inspiring examples and stories of effective on-the-ground action. Local authorities are cutting emissions by promoting healthy and sustainable diets, reducing food waste, shortening food chains, training organic farmers, and ensuring their poorest inhabitants can access healthy and sustainable food.