United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a transformation of global food systems which he considers essential to fight against global warming, pandemics or armed conflicts.
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The war waged on our planet must end, and food systems are one of the keys to peace,
" insisted Mr. Guterres, UN organizer of a virtual world summit on food systems, on the sidelines of the Annual general meeting of the organization.
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The secretary general pleaded for the international community to develop "
food systems that protect our planet
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Feeding a growing world population while safeguarding the planet is possible,
" he said.
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Everywhere, we must strengthen the resilience of local food systems to external shocks such as conflict, climate change and pandemics,
” he insisted.
For its part, the United States has pledged to "
put an end to the end and malnutrition
" thanks, according to a statement from the White House, to a "
programmed investment over several years of more than ten billion dollars. intended to accelerate the transformation of food systems
".
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Hunger is growing in the world, climate change is accelerating and threatening agricultural production: against this worrying backdrop, the UN organized all day Thursday, after a year and a half of preparation, this summit global with 85 heads of state and government to encourage states to reform their food systems to try to meet the challenges.
The stakes are immense.
Food systems are believed to be responsible for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions.
And hunger continues to grow: it affects 811 million people around the world while 2.7 billion people do not have access to healthy food, according to a UN report.