Emirates Leaders Declaration at COP 28 an Important Step in Advancing Resilient Food Systems

The IISD welcomes the Emirates COP28 Leaders Declaration as a historic first for food systems at a COP, praising its commitment to integrate food and land use into national climate and biodiversity plans by 2025. While the IISD supports the declaration's focus on financial support and the interlinkages between climate and biodiversity, it argues that the document should have explicitly called for the urgent phase-out of fossil fuels within food systems to align with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C target.

• The Emirates COP28 Leaders Declaration is the first leaders-level declaration on food systems and climate at a COP and has been endorsed by 134 heads of state and government, including China, Brazil, and the United States.
• Signatories have committed to a time-bound goal of including food and land use in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs), national adaptation plans (NAPs), long-term strategies (LTSs), and national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) by 2025.
• The declaration emphasizes the need for increased financial support for food systems transformation and the integration of knowledge from local communities and Indigenous Peoples in research and innovation.
• The IISD identifies a critical gap in the declaration: it fails to explicitly demand the phase-out of fossil fuels within food systems, which the IISD views as essential for meeting Paris Agreement targets of limiting warming to 1.5°C or less.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2023). Emirates Leaders Declaration at COP 28 an Important Step in Advancing Resilient Food Systems. https://www.iisd.org/articles/statement/emirates-leaders-declaration-cop-28-important-step-advancing-resilient-food

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Emirates Leaders Declaration at COP 28 an Important Step in Advancing Resilient Food Systems. 2023. https://www.iisd.org/articles/statement/emirates-leaders-declaration-cop-28-important-step-advancing-resilient-food.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2023emirates, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Emirates Leaders Declaration at COP 28 an Important Step in Advancing Resilient Food Systems}}, publisher = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2023}, month = dec, url = {https://www.iisd.org/articles/statement/emirates-leaders-declaration-cop-28-important-step-advancing-resilient-food}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }