M AY 2 0 1 6 1. Overview ■ 95% of the global population growth over the next 30 years will occur in urban areas. By 2050, around 70% of our global Climate change will bring new pressures population of over 9.2 billion will be to food systems and exacerbate...
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M AY 2 0 1 6 1. Overview ■ 95% of the global population growth over the next 30 years will occur in urban areas. By 2050, around 70% of our global Climate change will bring new pressures population of over 9.2 billion will be to food systems and exacerbate existing urbanised. ones. Responding to the challenges of climate change will therefore necessitate ■ The size and power of urban centers mean that how urban people eat and a ‘food systems transformation’ in urban what they eat has huge impacts on food areas. This necessary transformation will systems and can also make a significant require decision-makers to take leader- contribution to how we tackle climate ship, recognizing that: change. ■ Urban food systems are major Cities can be drivers of change. They take ■ contributors to climate change. up less than 2% of the earth’s surface but generate 85% of the worlds GDP, ■ rban food systems are highly U consume 76% of the world’s energy and vulnerable to climate change. produce more
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