I en nylig artikel skriver World Economic Forum, at uregelmæssigt vejr, skiftende temperaturer og mere ekstrem tørke og oversvømmelser gør landbruget mere uforudsigeligt og vanskeligt end nogensinde.
Derfor mener World Economic Forum, at uden handling kan klimaforandringerne presse mere end 140 millioner mennesker til at migrere inden 2050, og fødevarepriserne bliver ustabile. Der estimerer således, at en naturkatastrofe i en del af verden kan få prisen på korn overalt i verden til at stige mere end 50 pct.
For seks år siden i Paris forpligtede de udviklede lande sig til at mobilisere 100 milliarder dollars om året i klimafinansiering til mindre udviklede lande inden 2020, men hertil skriver World Economic Forum:
But far more resources are needed, even as pandemic responses have exploded the budgets of many developed countries, tempting some to cut overseas development assistance. At this COP, we are calling on governments to make a pledge to IFAD’s replenishment and it’s ASAP+ climate finance programme, to help raise the final $350 million required to help more rural communities recover from the pandemic and rebuild their lives.
If governments up their climate finance contributions to rural small-scale farming, they are investing in the food of the future – raising famers’ production, sales and incomes and securing the global food supply. Without increased investments in the resilience of small farms to climate change, we will face more, and more frequent, crises in the years ahead.
The effects of climate change can drive conflicts over land, water and other resources, pushing people to migrate. Investing to counter deforestation and loss of wildlife habitats, meanwhile, can cut the risk of viruses crossing from one species to another, triggering global pandemics.
Smallholder farms are central to restoring the health of our planet and stemming climate change. Their wellbeing matters to all of us, not just the 2.5 billion people worldwide who depend upon them for a living. A green transition is central to many countries’ COVID recovery plans. But some of the best investments we can make to combat climate change and all that flows from it are in sustainable agriculture and small farms in Africa.
We are at a pivotal point. The world’s leaders need to step up to the challenge.
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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/why-we-must-invest-more-in-the-farms-of-the-future-small-farmers-agriculture-food-systems-international-fund-for-agricultural-development-idris-elba/
