Organizations representing over 350 million family farmers and producers sent an open letter to world leaders on Monday, warning that global food security is under threat unless governments increase adaptation funding for small-scale production and encourage a shift to more diverse, low-input agribusiness.
Food insecurity is a worldwide issue that manifests differently in various regions of the world. National organisations ranging from Jordan to the United Kingdom and India have also signed. The letter warns that "global food system is ill-equipped to deal with the impacts of climate change, even if we limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius" and that "building a food system that can feed the world on a hot planet" must be a priority for COP27.
Progress in finance is critical to COP27 success. At the Glasgow climate summit in 2021, advanced economical countries consented to double overall adaptation funding to $40 billion per year by 2025, which is still only a fraction of what is needed.
The signatories urge governments to collaborate with them in order to develop a stronger, stable, and equitable food system. The United Nations Climate Summit (COP27) kicked off in Egypt with 90 heads of state meetings to discuss food security and climate finance.