Sarah Chabane
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A new report by the Global Alliance for the Future of Food shows that food systems receive only 3% of public climate finance, despite accounting for one-third of all global emissions. An urgent topic to tackle on the way to COP27 and that will be hopefully taken into account during the UN Climate Conference. If the global community wants to meet the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement climate finance needs to fund food systems transformation. This is an urgent issue — even if we halt all non-food-systems-related emissions immediately, emissions from global food systems alone would likely exceed the emissions limit required to keep global warming below 1.5°C in the next 40 years. Some key points: • Investing in food systems transformation is a cost-effective way for the climate finance community to achieve huge emissions reductions. An estimated USD 300 to 350 billion is needed every year through 2030 to support the transition to sustainable and climate-resilient food systems. • 70% of current Nationally Determined Contributions lack adequate detail on the funding needs for climate action in food systems, it hinders the mobilization of climate finance. • Beyond NDCs, countries must ensure that their domestic food and agricultural policies are coherent with climate goals. Read more in this key report: https://futureoffood.org/insights/untapped-opportunities-climate-financing-for-food-systems-transformation/
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Magaji Obaike
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My eco-anxiety and empathy quota for the environment and planet prompted me to take advantage of any opportunity to urge polluters/government to stop bad climate practices. I began my waste sorting (biodegradable, plastics, and others) exactly three years ago today. Disturbing is each time I want to empty the bin for plastics waste I am alarmed by the quantity of plastics (polyethylene that is the highest emitter of methane gas) generated and I wonder: why is the government skeptical or in denial of this plastic emergency despite its broken waste management system and the obvious negative impact of throwaway plastics? Why am I not cutting down on my plastic consumption? Truth is, I do my very best and even go the extra mile where possible. Eco-activists or enthusiasts like myself in Nigeria are left with scarce options to enable us truly #breakfreefromplastic or the least reduce consumption, because plastic and packaging are so integral to commerce that even portable water is commercialised. Thus, to drink water you almost always would drink from a plastic (sachet or bottle). My point is, with the recent IPCC report and the perilous warnings, indeed we don’t have time or the luxury to leave anyone behind. #StopThePlasticForcefeedingNow #DecouplePlasticsFromConsumptionNow #BanPlasticNow https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/multimedia/fighting-plastic-waste-a-double-edged-sword/ https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#FullReport Photo: My water(sachet) consumption for only three days.
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Magaji Obaike
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Already ranked among global top ten countries with highest level of mismanaged plastic waste, and despite obvious and manifold signs--clogged drainage, soil poisoning, littered surrounding--we are still either skeptical or in denial about the plastic pollution emergency in Nigeria. If you ever get thirsty, you must drink from a throwaway plastic (sachet or bottle) regardless of where you are: at home, in the office, or in transit. Nylon bags have become so integral to buying and selling that the word 'shopping' has become just another fancy word for transporting single-use plastic and packaging from one place to another. Arguably, asides value for our money, when we buy we are simply buying and transporting single-use plastic and packaging. ***I live alone and below is my collection and storage of throwaway plastic and packaging for 120 days (Oct - Jan)
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This is such a big issue, governments need to start acting on it! However, I would recommend you to target someone else than WeDontHaveTime such as a local or national government or governors, a specific company, etc. This is not something that We Don't Have Time has done. By targeting one organization, institution, or company, we will be able to contact them and ask them to join the climate dialogue!
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Yes I agree with you, one solution I have taught of is recreating REFILL CENTERS in different locations in NIGERIA. This will give a chance to reduce the throwaway Plastics and nylon bags in the streets and drainage system.
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No gainsaying that ANYTHING far reaching is usually sacrificed on the altar of profit by governments, especially in our own clime. They cannot be trusted with well-meaning projects. I plan to use a comprehensive public-private partnership to promote and inspire mobile dispensary services to consumers' doorstep and while promoting circular economy--return, refill, and reuse; essentially to decouple plastic packaging in all of its forms from consumption at the source.
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