Climate Change and Food Security
Dr. René Castro, Assistant Director-General, FAO 28 October 2019, Helsinki
rene.castro@fao.org
Emissions of CO2 total and per capita
FOOD, NUTRITION, AGRICULTURE, IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Source: FAO, 2016d. See Annex table A2 for details by country
Net emissions/
removals from
AFOLU in CO2
equivalent in
2014, by region
PART II:
THE WORLD’S HOPE
CHANGED IN PARIS 2015
Climate Change, the diplomatic challenge of the XXI century:
Nature does not wait for negotiators agreements.
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Ref: MINAE, Costa Rica, 2013
E - R - C = 0
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS COMPENSATION
Goal 2021
21.6 million tons of CO
24.1 million tons of CO
217.5 million tons of CO
2100% 19% 81%
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Costa Rican national level target: CO 2
neutral by 2021
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Coffee could be
low CO 2
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Low carbon
coffee + trees=
CO2 neutrality
Morocco Algeria
Tunisia Egypt
Kenya Tanzania
UAE
Islamic Republic of
Iran
India
Sri Lanka
Philippines Japan
Republic of
Korea China
Portugal
Spain Italy
Chile Peru Mexico
Bangladesh
57 GIAHS sites in 21 countries: In situ conservation accredited by FAO
Fighting Forest fires in Mexico and Central America
Ref: Bernardo Aguilar and Costa Rican Environment Ministry MINAE, August 29 2019
Loving ugly
fruits and
vegies
FOOD, NUTRITION, AGRICULTURE, IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Ref: Fabiana, Embrapa, Brasil 2017
Brazilian CO 2
neutral beef
FOOD, NUTRITION, AGRICULTURE, IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Source: Adapted from Ferreira et al. (2015)
Methane emissions neutralization in
integrated crop
livestock forestry
systems (ICLF) at
Embrapa beef cattle
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Profitability of integrated crop livestick forestry systems (ICLF) at Embrapa beef cattle
Source: Perreira et al. (2015)
Note: 1 BRL=0.449623 USD (15 Jul 2014)
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Trees refresh
cities
“Digital Sequence Information” on Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture is knocking our doors
Tokugawapants Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons
Presented by Jack A. Heinemann
Ref: Jack A. Heinemann and Dorien S. Coray at FAO
February 2019
What role does DSI have for the planet’s and peoples 'challenges?
Digital Sequencing Information underpins many large scale investments in biotechnology and biological research.
more products will
emerge from DSI separate from biological material of origin
design and manufacture of:
medicines biofuels enzymes materials
more products will emerge from DSI analysis
disease diagnosis pathogen detection nutritional advice
Ref: Jack A. Heinemann and Dorien S. Coray at FAO February 2019
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