Not exact matches
The topics were broad but there was a clear premise ¨ change the system, not the climate ¨, and the outcome of discussion during these days is the Margarita Declaration consisting of 62 points some on specific issues within the climate change negotiations, as well as other crosscutting issues which delegates at the UNFCCC usually do not
take into account such as the impact on education,
food sovereignty, the rights of Mother Earth, the adoption of new ways of life unattached to the idea of development and intergenerational exchange as solutions to the rising global temperatures and its disastrous effects.
We talk about intensification in terms of
food security (which at COP22 has
taken on the meaning of
food intensification), rather than talking about what just agriculture might look like:
food sovereignty.
Instead of creating one more body for business - as - usual, governments, funding agencies, and international organizations should be
taking bold action: committing to shift resources away from climate - damaging practices of chemical - intensive industrial agriculture and meat production and towards investment in and commitment to agroecology,
food sovereignty, and support to small - scale
food producers.