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G20: ACTIONS NOW TO FEED THE WORLD AND
EDITORIAL
SAVE THE PLANET, URGES FAO

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save the planet at the same time,” QU Dongyu, Direc- WR DWWHQG WKH 81pV &OLPDWH &KDQJH &RQIHUHQFH NQRZQ
tor-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of DV &23 ZKLFK ZLOO UXQ IURP 2FWREHU WKURXJK
the United Nations (FAO), said at the G20 Leaders Sum- November in Glasgow, Scotland.
mit in Rome on Sunday.
With just nine agricultural seasons until the 2030 tar-
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ownership and all society must work in coherent part-
Qu spoke during two sessions – one focused on cli-
nership based on science and innovation.”
mate change and the environment and the other on sus-
tainable development – at the Summit hosted by Prime The G20 Rome Leaders Declaration culminating the
Minister Mario Draghi of Italy and attended, mostly in Summit encouraged partners and stakeholders every-
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senting around two-thirds of the world’s population and launched by FAO as a means to respond to the impacts
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also recognized the importance of sustainable agri-food
He expressed his thanks to Italy for its support to the
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a major contribution to tackling the interlinked global
al food security was high on the agenda throughout the
challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.”
2021 G20 Presidency. The Leaders Summit culminated a
year with 175 events, 20 ministerial meetings, two other What FAO is doing
G20 Leaders- meetings – one on Health and one on Af-
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ghanistan – as well as dozens of working group sessions
Members and all partners coherently on the 2030 Agen-
that have led among other outcomes to the Matera Dec-
da and the SDGs, Qu emphasized.
laration on Food Security, Nutrition and Food Systems, to
Boosting public and private investments, increasing
which FAO was a major contributor.
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Agri-food systems around the world are being threat-
sources for farmers and the vulnerable, and implement-
ened by a hosts of factors ranging from civil conflicts
ing policy reforms that provide incentives for private
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sector actors to support agri-food systems transforma-
made things worse, pushing more than 800 million peo-
tion and rural development are cardinal principles of
ple into chronic hunger, while another 3 billion cannot
what needs to be done concretely to make agri-food
afford healthy diets, the Director-General said. We are
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not on track to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 de-
and more sustainable,” he said.
grees, he said.
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