For the launch of this series, Geeta Sethi, Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems at the World Bank joins Liz Curmi, Director and Head of Climate Finance and Energy Transition at Citi Global Insights, to discuss the Twin Challenges of food security and sustainability.

Future of Food - Twin Challenges of Food Security and Sustainability

Food security is typically caused by three main factors: environmental disaster, conflict, and social, political, or economic shifts. In 2022, we find ourselves in a perfect storm of all three. While some of these factors may be alleviated in 2023, their effects will take time to work through. We examine the potential solutions to alleviate current food insecurity and prevent or lessen the severity of future occurrences, looking at four categories: social, technological , public sector, and financial/economic solutions. For our Citi GPS Food Security report click here. In the Citi GPS Food and Climate Change report, we provide a detailed analysis of emissions across the global food system and offer solutions to mitigate these emissions and help create sustainable food systems for a net zero future.

Food security is typically caused by three main factors: environmental disaster, conflict, and social, political, or economic shifts. In 2022, we find ourselves in a perfect storm of all three. While some of these factors may be alleviated in 2023, their effects will take time to work through. We examine the potential solutions to alleviate current food insecurity and prevent or lessen the severity of future occurrences, looking at four categories: social, technological , public sector, and financial/economic solutions. For our Citi GPS Food Security report <a href="https://ir.citi.com/gps/ouhCYt861V59OVIxlshQuMab57DCA3h55al%2Ffu0YxlZDX9zXGgIBrTY3VanmBQpXaUKr8njVefFRekrMuDy%2BzQ%3D%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-source="tiny">click here.</a>
In the <a href="https://ir.citi.com/gps/%2BwQZ8baiZaI53TermCCUdRkqCNcyVHZT%2BC%2BlhqCvEQhdCvzqPyXCOrn7%2BYZ41r6EdhEF3XfiP0o%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link-source="tiny">Citi GPS Food and Climate Change</a> report, we provide a detailed analysis of emissions across the global food system and offer solutions to mitigate these emissions and help create sustainable food systems for a net zero future.
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Food, agriculture, and climate change are inextricably linked — not only is the global food sector one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions, but conversely, climate change will have a detrimental impact on food production in many regions.

Food and Climate Change

The Future of Food series looks at the current state of the world with relation to food insecurity and hunger. 

Future of Food Series

The demand for food is expected to increase by over 50% in the next 30 years. Meeting this demand sustainably and equitably is going to be a challenge. Here to examine what is currently being done to ensure success in meeting this critical task, Liz Curmi, Director and Head of Climate Finance and Energy Transition at Citi Global Insights is joined by Dr. Klaus Kunz, Head of ESG Strategy at Bayer to discuss ‘How can we Feed a Hungry Planet Equitably and Sustainably’.

Future of Food: How to Feed a Hungry Planet Equitably and Sustainably 

Smallholder farmers today produce around one-third of the world's food supply, including up to 80% in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. They are key to achieving global food security, especially with the population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050. At the same time these farmers face poverty due to their inability to access crucial financing, lack of scale, and insufficient market knowledge when negotiating with customers. They are squeezed by increasing costs of key inputs, including chemicals, fertilizers, seeds, and water but prices they receive for their crops have not increased in tandem.