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Deputy Secretary-General's video message for the IRENA-Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week side event on "UN Food Systems Summit and UN High-level Dialogue on Energy"
Statements | Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General
Statements | Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you, Dr Nawal, for your introduction. I am pleased to join you in exploring synergies between the Food Systems Summit and the High-level Dialogue on Energy.
2021 must be the year we bend the curve of COVID-19 and take decisive steps to limit temperature rise to 1.5 ºC above pre-industrial levels.
Even before the pandemic, the world was struggling to eradicate poverty. Hunger was on the rise. Inequalities were widening. Biodiversity loss was staggering.
The virus has thrown us even farther off track in our work for the SDGs.
But pandemic recovery offers a chance to change course.
Energy consumption of fossil fuels is responsible for the majority of global carbon emissions. At the same time, access to energy is essential for eradicating poverty, maintaining health and empowering women.
We need to ensure a just transition to renewable energy, while providing sustainable energy services to the 789 million people currently without access to electricity and the 2.8 billion people lacking access to clean cooking solutions.
At the same time, hunger and poor nutrition are on the rise. By 2050, the world will need to feed about 10 billion people.
As with energy, there is a risk of making things worse. Food systems are currently associated with 30 per cent of energy consumption and 29 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.
Addressing this link is critical for enabling our planet to nourish a growing global population, while ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future for everyone.
That is why the Secretary-General is convening the Food Systems Summit and the High-level Dialogue on Energy this year.
The goal is to raise ambition and catalyze actions towards transforming how we produce, distribute and consume both food and energy.
The outcomes from these summits will provide a springboard for climate ambition for the Nationally Determined Contributions and long-term strategies due by COP26 in Glasgow this year.
I urge all countries, cities, businesses and civil society actors, and especially women and youth, to fully engage in our efforts across the Decade of Action to advance the SDGs and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
I thank the UAE for their support and wish you a fruitful discussion.
Thank you.
Thank you, Dr Nawal, for your introduction. I am pleased to join you in exploring synergies between the Food Systems Summit and the High-level Dialogue on Energy.
2021 must be the year we bend the curve of COVID-19 and take decisive steps to limit temperature rise to 1.5 ºC above pre-industrial levels.
Even before the pandemic, the world was struggling to eradicate poverty. Hunger was on the rise. Inequalities were widening. Biodiversity loss was staggering.
The virus has thrown us even farther off track in our work for the SDGs.
But pandemic recovery offers a chance to change course.
Energy consumption of fossil fuels is responsible for the majority of global carbon emissions. At the same time, access to energy is essential for eradicating poverty, maintaining health and empowering women.
We need to ensure a just transition to renewable energy, while providing sustainable energy services to the 789 million people currently without access to electricity and the 2.8 billion people lacking access to clean cooking solutions.
At the same time, hunger and poor nutrition are on the rise. By 2050, the world will need to feed about 10 billion people.
As with energy, there is a risk of making things worse. Food systems are currently associated with 30 per cent of energy consumption and 29 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.
Addressing this link is critical for enabling our planet to nourish a growing global population, while ensuring a sustainable and prosperous future for everyone.
That is why the Secretary-General is convening the Food Systems Summit and the High-level Dialogue on Energy this year.
The goal is to raise ambition and catalyze actions towards transforming how we produce, distribute and consume both food and energy.
The outcomes from these summits will provide a springboard for climate ambition for the Nationally Determined Contributions and long-term strategies due by COP26 in Glasgow this year.
I urge all countries, cities, businesses and civil society actors, and especially women and youth, to fully engage in our efforts across the Decade of Action to advance the SDGs and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
I thank the UAE for their support and wish you a fruitful discussion.
Thank you.