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FAO / AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS ARE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

Transforming agriculture and food systems to make them more sustainable while ensuring food security is central to tackling climate change and addressing major environmental issues like the loss of biodiversity and land degradation, said Kaveh Zahedi, head of the climate division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

His comments came ahead of three crucial United Nations climate and environmental summits, including the annual meeting on climate change (COP29). In these three events, FAO’s advocates for placing agrifood system solutions at the heart of the global efforts to tackle climate change while safeguarding rural livelihoods, explained Zahedi.

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Date 10/18/2024 1:15 PM

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 26 SEPTEMBER 2024, ROME, ITALY / RECENT

SHOTLIST:

21 JUNE 2022, NOVI SAD, SERBIA

1. Drone shot, tractor harvesting wheat

SEPTEMBER 2019, MONGOLIA

2. Wide shot, farmer driving tractor in a green house

SEPTEMBER 2023, CHOLUTECA, HONDURAS

3. Track shot, irrigation system to produce lemon and Guiana
4. Wide shot, farmer operation an irrigation system
5. Close up, water pouring from irrigation system

15 SEPTEMBER 2023, ROME, ITALY

6. Wide shot, FAO headquarters

26 SEPTEMBER 2024, ROME, ITALY

7. SOUNDBITE (English), Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
“Without agriculture and food systems, without agrifood system solutions, it's simply not going to be possible to achieve the global aspirations in terms of biodiversity and the Global Biodiversity Framework, in terms of climate change and the Paris Agreement, or indeed in terms of land degradation and the Land Degradation Neutrality goals that countries have set themselves.”

AUGUST 2023, KAVANGO EAST REGION, NAMIBIA

8. Drone shot, drought-impacted region in northeast Namibia
9. Drone shot, livestock producer in a drought-impacted region

1 FEBRUARY 2024, ANJAHAMAHAVELO, ANOSY REGION, MADAGASCAR

10. Drone shot, solar-powered irrigation farm
11. Wide shot, farmers working their land

6 MARCH 2024, DOLOW, GEDO, SOMALIA

12. Wide shot, female farmer walking and carrying tools and yield
13. Wide shot, farmer herding her goat
14. Wide shot, farmer milking her goat

26 SEPTEMBER 2024, ROME, ITALY

15. SOUNDBITE (English), Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
“It's not just about the quantity of finance, it's also about the quality and whether it's reaching where it needs to reach, whether it's reaching the frontlines of the communities that are facing climate change, the communities that are suffering from biodiversity degradation. So in a way, our role [FAO] is to make sure that the financing is reaching the custodians of the land, those who have the greatest interest in sustainable use, in sustainable agriculture, in building resilience, because it's about their livelihoods.”

22 JANUARY 2024, CILACAP, JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA

16. Drone shot, aquaculture ponds in rural areas

25 JULY 2022, QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIET NAM

17. Med shot, farmer in aquaculture shrimp pond
18. Close up, shrimp

7-11 NOVEMBER 2022, PUNJAB, INDIA

19. Drone shot, agricultural field and bales
20. Drone shot, cultivated agricultural field
21. Med shot, female farmers working

8 – 12 JUNE 2022, UBAY, PHILIPPINES

22. Wide shot, farmer plowing a ricefield with a buffalo

26 SEPTEMBER 2024, ROME, ITALY

23. SOUNDBITE (English), Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
“Harmoniya is an initiative that really is about farmers. It's about helping farmers to close that financing gap, it's about partnership, of bringing the right partners to play, and really getting from the global conversation into the national implementation, with farmers in the lead. It's that kind of partnership that can help us close the financing gap.”

JUNE 2024, BORAMA DISTRICT, SOMALIA

24. Drone shot, a plot of the FAO drought-tolerant seeds programme
25. Wide shot, FAO officers in the drought-tolerant seeds project
26. Wide shot, a sorghum plot of the FAO drought-tolerant seeds project
27. Drone shot, plot of the FAO drought-tolerant seeds project

Script Transforming agriculture and food systems to make them more sustainable while ensuring food security is central to tackling climate change and addressing major environmental issues like the loss of biodiversity and land degradation, said Kaveh Zahedi, head of the climate division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

His comments came ahead of three crucial United Nations climate and environmental summits, including the annual meeting on climate change (COP29). In these three events, FAO’s advocates for placing agrifood system solutions at the heart of the global efforts to tackle climate change while safeguarding rural livelihoods, explained Zahedi.

SOUNDBITE (English), Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
“Without agriculture and food systems, without agrifood system solutions, it's simply not going to be possible to achieve the global aspirations in terms of biodiversity and the Global Biodiversity Framework, in terms of climate change and the Paris Agreement, or indeed in terms of land degradation and the Land Degradation Neutrality goals that countries have set themselves.”

Zahedi explained that transforming agrifood systems “can bring multiple benefits across the biodiversity, climate, land degradation and, of course, food security agendas,” at the same time.

He said that international cooperation and collaboration, technology, and finance are three crucial elements to scale up agrifood systems solutions.

Zahedi noted that “finance is key, and it’s going to be a central part of the conversation” in the upcoming climate and environmental summits.

Zahedi emphasized that FAO is committed to ensuring that the appropriate financial resources reach the agricultural communities at the “frontlines” of the climate crisis.

SOUNDBITE (English), Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
“It's not just about the quantity of finance, it's also about the quality and whether it's reaching where it needs to reach, whether it's reaching the frontlines of the communities that are facing climate change, the communities that are suffering from biodiversity degradation. So in a way, our role [FAO] is to make sure that the financing is reaching the custodians of the land, those who have the greatest interest in sustainable use, in sustainable agriculture, in building resilience, because it's about their livelihoods.”

Zahedi said that FAO supports the COP29 Presidency "Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers," which aims to help farmers and “close the financing gap.” Last month, FAO’s Director-General, QU Dongyu, announced that the Organization will host it at its headquarters in Rome.

SOUNDBITE (English), Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
“Harmoniya is an initiative that really is about farmers. It's about helping farmers to close that financing gap, it's about partnership, of bringing the right partners to play, and really getting from the global conversation into the national implementation, with farmers in the lead. It's that kind of partnership that can help us close the financing gap.”

More than 40 percent of the world’s population is highly vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis, which demonstrably correlates to higher levels of undernourishment.

This is especially concerning considering the results of the latest UN’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report. It showed that around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023.

By 2050, up to 10 percent of land areas used for major crops and livestock could be unsuitable because of climate change.

In the last quarter of 2024, three major UN gatherings will tackle climate and environmental issues: the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) will be in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November; the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) hosted by Azerbaijan in Baku from 11-22 November; and the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 2 to 13 December.

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