Rethinking the food system for health, climate and nature

Rethinking the food system for health, climate and nature Policy insight April 2024 Rethinking the food system for health, climate and nature Introduction “This is a clear In December 2023, the UN Food and Agriculture opportunity for the Organisation (FAO) published the first instalment of next UK government a food system roadmap, aiming to eliminate global to show global hunger and contribute to. [...] In our publication, Behind the scenes of the National Food Strategy, we interviewed the central team involved in creating the strategy, to draw out lessons from the process.2 One of the conclusions that emerged was the review’s successful use of data and evidence for diagnosing the problems and building a convincing case for the changes needed. [...] If the UK develops and approves alternative proteins, it will do so in the context of some of the highest food standards in the world, helping to prove the sector’s credibility. [...] Taking into account imports, the UK’s carbon storage and meat and dairy consumption alone uses an area of farmland natural habitats.” equivalent to the whole land area of the country.10 This is despite it only providing 32 per cent of the total calories the country consumes and 48 per cent of the protein.11 Eating less meat and dairy is a way to free up land which will be needed to expand tree pla. [...] In the same way that the UK worked with the IEA to internationalise its 2050 pathways calculator, to decarbonise the world’s energy systems, the next UK government should use the blueprint, provided by the NFS review, to help the FAO develop global food systems pathways rooted in quantitative analysis and democratic decision making.