Achieving global biodiversity targets requires shifting food and land use system trajectories

The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-use and Energy (FABLE) consortium brings countries together to identify pathways for achieving national and global biodiversity, food, climate and development goals in tandem. Results from FABLE show that achieving at least three targets (1, 3, 10) in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) depends on how food systems are managed between now and 2050.

Our position paper, launched this week to coincide with COP16, highlights those ambitious changes in diets, closing yield gaps and replacing unproductive crops, accelerated adoption of agroecological practices, and widespread restoration and protection, would bring the world closer to achieving global biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation targets by 2050, without compromising food and nutritional security.