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Denmark will host the World Food Summit next week

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"The environmental footprint of food production will increase by between 50 and 90 percent by 2050 due to population growth and income increases unless food production and consumption become more sustainable," said Food Minister Mogens Jensen.

Posted on Aug 23 ,08:20

Denmark makes the final arrangements for the World Food Summit - Better Food for More People which is to take place in Copenhagen on August 29 and 30. The event intends to help governments, food producers and other food actors identify the efforts that could bring the globe closer to the UN's sustainability goals.
Global food production - and food consumption - must be far more sustainable. Otherwise, accelerating consumption will have enormous consequences for both climate, environment and biodiversity when the world's growing population needs to have food on the table, explains the hosts of the summit.
With food systems affecting about 12 of the 17 Sustainability Goals set by UN for 2030, Mogens Jensen, Minister of Food, Fisheries and Equality and Minister of Nordic Cooperation hopes to convince its counterparts invited to the summit to sign that they will work for a healthier, safer and more sustainable food production.

"We know from scientists that the environmental footprint of food production will increase by between 50 and 90 percent by 2050 due to population growth and income increases unless food production and consumption become more sustainable. We must take this problem seriously. If we are to seriously ease our climate footprint on the planet, it requires us to make some difficult choices and decide what and how to produce and consume food in the future. World agriculture and food production must be climate-friendly," he said.
The World Food Summit runs from August 29 to August 30 and will include talks and debates among politicians, researchers, business leaders, and opinion-makers. Against this background, participants across sectors and continents need to identify ambitious efforts, for example in relation to diet and resource efficiency.

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