Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
40% of humanity already lives in highly climate-vulnerable areas (UNEP, 2023).
$1 billion invested in coastal flood adaptation leads to a $14 billion reduction in economic damages (UNEP, 2023).
6.5 million premature deaths annually are caused by air pollution (UNEP, 2019).
14% could increase the volume of trade in clean technologies, including those for air pollution control, if tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in these technologies are eliminated (UNEP, 2019).
1.3% of annual GDP could be the economic cost of droughts and floods in Central Asia (FAO, 2023).
At 3%, the total value of crops produced by women farmers is reduced each day of extreme high temperature compared to men (FAO, 2024).
Only 7.5% of total climate finance tracked in 2017/18 went to climate change adaptation (FAO, 2024).
5% of their income is lost by poor households per year due to heat stress and 4.4% due to flooding (FAO, 2024).
84% of countries mention technology in mitigation and 63% in adaptation within their NDCs (World Bank, 2023).
44% was the increase in global biofuel production between 2011 and 2021, continuing its sustained growth during that period (IFPRI, 2023).
