Pastures of Plenty: Sustainable Livestock Solutions for Climate, Nature, and People
Join us for a hybrid Climate Week NYC side event, to gain a better appreciation of the diversity of livestock systems and understand how a transition to sustainable livestock systems can contribute to net zero emissions and restoration of degraded land. LD4D will present its latest Evidence Briefs on Climate Finance for Livestock Development.
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Overview
While livestock production has a significant impact on the earth’s land, water, and climate, it also is an essential part of a food system that does and will continue to nourish and support billions every day. Livestock production systems are extraordinarily diverse, yet to address urgent global challenges—climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as biodiversity protection, food security, and improved livelihoods—we need significant, coordinated, and strategic investment across the Global North and South.
Diverse livestock production systems—from pastoralism on natural grasslands, smallholder mixed farming, and semi-intensive systems to commercial production on converted land—can and must play a role in tackling climate change. Fortunately, many livestock producers are aware of their environmental impact, and many are—or want to—evolve and adapt their operations to keep producing good food in ways that avoid or mitigate emissions. The challenge is how we can meet the demand for accessible, healthy, and sustainable food while moving toward sustainable and low-emissions livestock systems.
The Advancing Livestock for Climate (ALive4Climate) Alliance hosts this event to explore the narratives around livestock and highlight how the diversity of livestock systems can offer pathways tailored to these different system contexts to achieve durable improvements in climate, biodiversity, nutrition, women’s empowerment, and fair resource access. The session provides an opportunity for participants to learn more about the critical role sustainable livestock systems play in addressing climate change and what solutions need to be scaled and financed.
The session will:
- Discuss the key opportunities and most promising solutions from leading scientists
- Provide a deep dive with experienced financers into how a transition to sustainable livestock systems can be resourced
- Share the how-to solutions and examples of successful partnerships from different parts of the world in achieving livestock sustainability
Focus on climate finance
The event will highlight LD4D work on Climate Finance for Livestock Development. Jeannette Gurung, Executive Director at Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) and member of the LD4D Solutions Group on Climate Finance & Livestock will speak during Panel 2: Climate financing for livestock solutions.
About the organizers
ALive4Climate unites organizations and individuals dedicated to transforming livestock systems to achieve societal goals, recognizing their role in sustainable agri-food systems. This global community leverages collective resources and expertise to highlight the importance of livestock in the Global South, advocating for evidence-based campaigns, communication, and policies at all levels to support sustainable livestock and animal agriculture.
