18 October 2022

Increased demand for food has pushed agriculture into being the primary driver of biodiversity loss. Further, intensive use of land has led to large-scale degradation. Irrigation is also driving a majority of water scarcity issues that threaten the long sustainability of food production. As per IPCC, land conversion and fossil fuel-dependent agriculture practices are responsible for one-fourth of global emissions. These pressures have led to widespread and high-level calls for a transition in the way we produce food. Nature-based solutions are apparently simple and cost-effective ways of increasing the sustainability of agriculture and food systems while simultaneously mitigating climate change effects and enhancing biodiversity.

This brown bag discussed how amenable nature-based solutions are to being deployed in food systems, the opportunities for doing so, and the necessary conditions for their successful adoption.

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