{"id":51499,"date":"2024-06-03T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=51499"},"modified":"2024-06-03T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:07:55","slug":"the-great-cop-food-systems-illusion-un-climate-talks-deliver-no-real-world-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/06\/03\/the-great-cop-food-systems-illusion-un-climate-talks-deliver-no-real-world-action\/","title":{"rendered":"The great COP food systems illusion: UN climate talks deliver no real-world action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>\u00a0Dhanush Dinesh is the founder of Clim-Eat, a think-and-do-tank for food and climate.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>When the <i>Stade de France <\/i>in Paris is filled to capacity, it holds 81,400 people. You would then need another 2,484 to reach the number of badge-wearing participants at last year\u2019s UN COP28 climate change conference in Dubai. This illustrates the sheer size of what was the world\u2019s most important climate-focused event in 2023.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But it also begs the question, do these annual \u2018mega-gatherings\u2019 actually deliver anything?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One thing is abundantly clear: despite almost three decades of COPs and ballooning attendance, our greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, and the world continues to warm.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Process hijacking purpose\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My colleagues and I at Clim-Eat \u2013 the think-and-do-tank for food and climate that I founded in 2021 &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/epub\/10.1177\/00307270241254550\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">recently published a paper<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> examining the efficacy of COP summits, specifically in relation to food and agriculture. We found several failures.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Firstly, negotiations on food and agriculture have moved at a snail\u2019s pace over the past 17 years. In spite of numerous meetings, workshops, submissions and decisions, there has been literally no real-world impact as a result.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Secondly, the trend of COP host countries \u2013 known as Presidencies \u2013 launching special initiatives on specific issues of interest has achieved little. These initiatives receive plenty of media attention when announced but amount to little more than virtue signalling.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/05\/29\/rich-nations-meet-100bn-climate-finance-goal-two-years-late\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rich nations meet<\/strong> $100bn climate finance goal \u2013 two years late<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For example, at the launch of COP21\u2019s 4p1000 Initiative, France\u2019s then-Minister of Agriculture said it could reconcile aims of food security and the fight against climate change<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Today, the initiative has yet to report anything on the positive climate action it sought to create.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The same goes for Morocco\u2019s COP22 initiative on Adaptation in African Agriculture. It no longer mentions its ambitious target of raising $30 billion to support farmers \u2013 presumably because it hasn\u2019t been reached. There are plenty of other examples of special initiatives being quietly ushered out of the spotlight.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Unwarranted optimism<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Let\u2019s remember that COP negotiations first recognised agriculture as the key to solving climate change in 2006. It then took six years to agree on the next steps. Then, only in 2022, 16 years after the initial point, did the negotiations agree that <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201csocioeconomic and food security dimensions are critical when dealing with climate change in agriculture and food systems.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Sixteen years to build a sentence to combat a third of global emissions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This suggests there\u2019s little reason to be optimistic about the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cop28.com\/en\/food-and-agriculture\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emirates <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Declaration on Food and Agriculture<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a special initiative launched at last year\u2019s COP28. Signed by 159 countries, it called for action to adapt food systems to climate change, but the summit\u2019s official negotiations on food and agriculture failed to acknowledge the declaration or reflect its priorities. The declaration itself is a creative collection of various adjectives and adverbs, reaffirmations and goals to \u2018strengthen\u2019 commitments. And six months after its launch, it is not clear whether it has led to anything at all; placing faith in its outcomes is utterly fanciful.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The path forward<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This cycle of the UNFCCC and COP Presidencies applauding special initiatives in the short term without holding countries responsible in the long term has to stop. The hamster wheel of inaction continues to spin.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But we can slow it down and perhaps get off the wheel altogether. To do this, my colleagues and I concluded that the UN needs to:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reform the UNFCCC process<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to prioritise measurable results and impacts, shifting its role to that of a watchdog ensuring action from all actors rather than merely organising large, costly meetings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Make COPs leaner and less frequent\/hold them every other year, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reducing participant numbers and focusing on productive meetings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Increase transparency <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regarding the financial costs of COPs, participation and emissions, to hold the UN accountable.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Implementing these recommendations will not be easy. It means changing entrenched ways and tackling entrenched interests. There will be push-back. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But as the UN\u2019s mid-year climate talks begin in Bonn this week, observe the promises made with little follow-through, the unwarranted yet celebratory atmosphere filling the air &#8211; largely destined to be forgotten. Notice that when the clapping has stopped, and the initiators are no longer in the spotlight, they will slink back into the shadows, waiting to resurface onto the next grand stage at COP29 in Azerbaijan.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Negotiations on food and agriculture have moved too slowly, while special initiatives fail to hold countries accountable on their 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