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World leaders will chart a new path to a future where we limit climate change at the COP26 summit in Glasgow next year. The objective of \u2018Race to Zero<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 is to build momentum ahead of that summit, amplifying calls for a shift to a decarbonized economy and securing stronger commitments from governments to reach the goals set out by the Paris Climate Agreement.<\/p>\n The\u00a0CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)\u00a0is excited to be hosting this \u2018Race to Zero\u2019 dialogue event in partnership with the UK\u00a0Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).<\/p>\n Attending this event will be stakeholders drawn from across our food systems\u2014farmers, consumers, policy makers, researchers, activists and more\u2014to reach consensus on priority policies and solutions to drive a more ambitious climate agenda and win the \u2018Race to Zero\u2019.<\/p>\n This event also supports the\u00a0Just Rural Transition (JRT)<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0initiative, launched at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit. The JRT brings together governments, companies, civil society, farmers groups and indigenous people to support a growing global \u2018community of purpose\u2019 that hopes to halt the rapid degradation of nature, and refocus our collective efforts toward sustainable development for people and the planet.<\/p>\n Background<\/p>\n Our food systems – made up of worldwide agriculture and global food supply chains – contribute around a quarter of our total Greenhouse Gas Emissions every year.<\/p>\n Based on current trends, we will not achieve the goal of limiting global temperature rises to 2\u00b0C, as global leaders committed to through the Paris Climate Agreement. While all the sectors of our economies need to do their bit to meet this target, our food systems in particular need to make a big contribution. So far, they are not.<\/p>\n There has been massive investment in ecosystems of innovation to promote \u2018climate-smart\u2019 ways of producing, distributing and consuming food. These are helping to make over 500 million small scale farmers more resilient to the effects of climate change, delivering greater food security for all. But food systems must scale these innovations to accelerate our ‘Race to Zero’ carbon emissions, a crucial part of the equation in limiting climate change.<\/p>\n What are the \u2018Race to Zero\u2019 dialogues?<\/p>\n