A commitment by local and regional governments to tackle the climate emergency through integrated food policies and a call on national governments to act
THE GLASGOW FOOD AND CLIMATE DECLARATION
The Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration brings together local and regional authorities from across the world to speak with a unified voice in committing to putting into practice integrated food policies to tackle the climate emergency.
Launched at the UN COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow, the call encourages national governments to take joined-up action on food and climate.
Why are food systems and local action at the heart of the global climate emergency?
The Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration is a groundbreaking commitment on the role of local food systems and agriculture in fighting climate change, and the role of cities in achieving this goal.
Francisco Jose João Rocha Moura de Castro, Coordination of International Relations, São Paulo
The Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration embodies many of the issues closest to the City of Glasgow, and that is that climate justice and social justice are indivisible. Our transition to net-zero must be a just transition with people and communities at its heart.
Cllr Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council
Why the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration?
Global Food Systems Account for 1/3 of Total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions, and cause...
ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION
CLIMATE CRISIS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
INEQUALITIES
HEALTH
INEQUALITIES
Subnational governments are leading the way by adopting integrated food policies.
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP) is a key opportunity for placing food and local action at the heart of the global response to the climate emergency.
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The Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration is drafted in partnership between international networks of subnational governments, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations working with food systems and climate change and in consultation with subnational, city and region governments.
