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Food and agriculture investors must act on land use transition

 Assessing the financial impact of the land use transition on the food and agriculture sector

This report by the UNFCCC-supported Race to Zero sets out the implications for financial institutions of the shift towards sustainable land use. It sets out the policy landscape around limiting deforestation and land conversion for commodity production, as well as the financial losses in the food and agriculture sector caused by climate-linked disasters. It argues that investors are overlooking the risks to the financial value of 40 of the world’s largest food and agriculture firms that could be caused by new policies and changing consumer attitudes. It concludes that financial institutions need to do more to eliminate deforestation and land conversion from their portfolios, invest in nature-based solutions and advocate for just rural transition policies.

Read the full report, Assessing the financial impact of the land use transition on the food and agriculture sector, here (PDF link). See also the TABLE explainer What is land use and land use change?

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