Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
5.5% of children globally have been overweight since 2012, requiring greater efforts to reach the target of 3% by 2030 (UN, 2023).
Less than 50% of the people involved in agricultural production own land or have secure rights to it (UN, 2023).
9% increase in water use efficiency, but water stress and scarcity remain a concern in many regions of the world (UN, 2023).
Nearly 100 million hectares of net forest area were lost in the last two decades (UN, 2023).
300 billion per year until 2030 is the estimated cost of transforming agrifood systems and eradicating global hunger and malnutrition (ECLAC et al., 2024).
1.45 ± 0.12 °C was the global average temperature increase in 2023 compared to the pre-industrial era (WMO, 2024).
4.77 mm per year increased mean sea level between 2014 and 2023 due to ocean warming and ice loss (WMO, 2024).
25 % of annual anthropogenic CO₂ emissions were absorbed by the ocean between 1960 and 2021 (WMO, 2024).
USD 500 billion was the public expenditure in 2022 to reduce energy bills, 70% represented by Europe (IAEA, 2022).
Between 30%-50% of countries' GDP is contributed by nature (Katz, 2024).
