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I was recently in Des Moines, Iowa for the 2022 World Food Prize and Borlaug Dialogue, talking with people from around the world about food system transformation. I was excited and honored to emcee Wednesday’s discussions and I moderated a panel yesterday, too—more on that later.
但是首先,我想谈谈今年的世界食品奖获得者辛西娅·罗森茨威格博士。她是NASA戈达德太空研究研究所的高级研究科学家,负责气候影响小组。他们的使命确实很重要 - 基本上是研究气候因素对人类福祉的影响和相互作用。
She was selected for the Prize for her work to understand the relationships between the climate and food systems especially through the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project, or AgMIP, which she co-founded.
罗森茨威格(Rosenzweig)不仅致力于改善农业模式本身,而且还提高了使用这些模型来了解日益增长的气候危机,如何影响农作物和粮食安全以及农民如何反应的科学和技术能力。她的工作非常重要 - 现在比以往任何时候都更重要。
“We cannot solve climate change unless we address greenhouse gas emissions coming from food,” Rosenzweig says. “At the same time, we can’t ensure food security for all unless we develop resilience to the changing climate that is already happening and is projected to exacerbate in the future.”
And we can’t wait. I’ve been vocal in criticizing businesses and organizations whose pledges rely on the year 2050, or even 2030. It’ll be too late, andagmip’s data backs this up。如果温室气体排放量很高,到2030年我们到达2030年,玉米的产量已经下降了24%。
我们还收到了美国国际发展机构管理员Samantha Power的消息。她说:“比任何其他力量更重要的是气候变化威胁到人类养活自己的能力。”“今天,我们种植农作物的方式不仅必须减少温室气体的排放,还可以帮助易受气候变化的社区建立韧性。”
众所周知,受气候变化最大的危害的社区也是历史上最边缘化,最不受欢迎,受到种族主义和厌女症影响最多的社区。该性别组成部分也非常重要,如果妇女拥有与男性对教育,向推广机构,金融和银行服务相同的资源和相同的访问权限,她们可能会使数百万的人摆脱饥饿和贫困。
开发局BRAC International总监Shameran Abed说:“我们拥有资源,证据和专有技术,以实现极端贫困。我们需要做的是动员政治意愿。”
就像我提到的那样,昨天早上,我有机会调节一个令人难以置信的小组,在气候时代的健康和营养方面进行了零。我谈到了私营部门如何加紧努力,并确保他们使他们所带来的投资受益于我们社区的健康和营养。科学家如何投资于包括更多营养丰富农作物的研究。我们如何专注于在历史上被边缘化和服务不足的社区中建立弹性。
能够谈论这些问题,在得梅因获得世界粮食奖和Borlaug对话,真是令人难以置信,我也感谢像萨曼莎·鲍尔事件。诺曼·博洛格(Norman Borlaug)是一位农艺师,他率先绿色革命,是发展中国家的高产作物和西方农业方法的大规模实施,包括某些肥料和农药。
The Green Revolution saved millions of people from starvation, and at the same time, led to Indigenous crops and cultivation techniques becoming more expensive or lost altogether. These can both be true, and we need to reckon with all elements of our past if we truly want our future to be more sustainable and just.
So I look forward to more nuanced and meaningful conversations this week with food system leaders in Des Moines, and with you, too—email me atdanielle@m.kyqhra.com分享您的想法,观点和观点。
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