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Towards a Sustainable Global Food
Sustainable Development Security
World
1.What is 1.What is Sustainable 1.What is Global Food
Sustainability? Development? Security?
2.Sustainable World 2.Types of Sustainable 2.The 4 Pillars of Food
3.Countries leading Development Security
Sustainability 3.Two examples of 3.Key Factors that
Sustainable Affect Food Security
Development 4.Consequences of Lack
of Food Security
SUSTAINABILI
TY
Sustainability consists of fulfilling the
needs of current generations without
compromising the needs of future
generations, while ensuring a balance
between economic growth, environmental
care, and social well-being.
 SUSTAINABLE
WORLD
Human needs would be met without
chronic harm to the environment and
without sacrificing the ability of future
generations to meet their needs.

This incorporates FOUR TOPICAL THEMES:

1. Environment
2. Energy
3. Materials
 COUNTRIES LEADING
SUSTAINABILITY

Denmark Luxembou Switzerlan

A standout performer
when it comes to
rg
The world leader in keeping
pollution emissions to a
d
As one of the nations
moving the fastest
waste-water minimum (they account for towards getting on-
management, curbing just 0.03% of the global share track with the UN's
greenhouse gas of carbon emissions, Sustainable
emissions and the compared to the USA's Development Goals,
fight to stop climate 14.02% global share2), Switzerland routinely
change, Denmark Luxembourg also scores highly earns top marks as a
ranks #1 in for its efforts towards ensuring top destination for
 United France
Kingdom
Among the top
performers when it
Aiming to go carbon neutral by
2050, France is also a top innovator
comes to waste in its policies to reduce food waste,
management, sanitation promote healthy lifestyles and
and the fight to stop implement forward- thinking eco-
climate change, the UK farming strategies. Making
consistently scores high ecological transition its first priority,
marks for its efforts to including a growing move towards
address pollution- related sustainable transportation and
 WHAT IS SUSTA INA BLE
DEVELOP M EN T?
• World C om m iss ion on
• Sustainable Environm en t a n d
Dev elop m ent m en t in 198 7
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It is the d
ts Develop
e p re s e n t, w ith o u t
the needs of th “sustainab le d e ve lo p m e n t is
h e ab ility of fu tu re
compromising t developm e n t t h a t m e e ts t h e
n s to m e e t t h e ir o w n o u t
generatio needs of th e p re s en t w ith
needs. in g th e a b ilit y o f fu ture
compromis
s to m e et th e ir o w n
generation
 WHAT IS SUSTA INA BLE
DEVELOP M EN T?
• Sustainable
Dev elo p m e nt often • Poor d e velo p in g c ou n tr ie s
le developm ent is
sustainab t h o s e d e v e lo p ed
particularly
linked te n d to b e t h e m ost
ich d ue to countries
a ng e w h
with climate ch a ffe c te d b y c lim ate
seve re ly
az ardous effe cts in the
its h
b e a change.
n t is kn o wn to
environme
r ic t ion in a ch ie vin g
major rest
 TYPES OF
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
 01
ECONOMIC VIABILITY
A project is economically viable if the economic
benefits of the project exceed its economic costs,
when analyzed for society as a whole. The
economic costs of the project are not the same as
its financial costs - externalities and environmental
impacts should be considered.
 02
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
This focuses on solving problems arising from the
interaction between humans and environmental
systems and includes issues related to
conservation, pollution, loss of biodiversity, land
degradation or environmental policy.
 03
SOCIAL EQUITY
This is also known as ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. It is
the fair treatment and involvement of all people
and communities - regardless of race, gender,
national origin, or income level - in the
development, implementation, and enforcement of
environmental regulations and policies.
2 EXAMPLES OF
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
 SOLAR ENERGY
Harnessing the solar energy to reduce pollution in
the environment.

CROP ROTATION
Planting different types of crops on the same land
on a rotational basis for improving soil fertility.
climate change is often seen
as a part of the broader
challenge in sustainable
development thru a two-fold
link:
• Impacts of climate change
can severely hamper
development efforts in key
sector
EXAMPLE: increased threat of natural
disasters and growing water stress will
have to be factored into plans for public
health infrastructure.
• Development choice will
influence the capacity to
mitigate and adapt to
climate change
EXAMPLE: policies for forest conservation
and sustainable energy will improve
communities’ resilience reducing thereby
the vulnerability of their sources of
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 THE WORLD’S
LEADING
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS
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industrial and d th e s p re a d o
ic in t h e g ro u n d ; snowstorms, an
toxins and pla s t s u r g e in o c e a n a n d
e s e a , riv e rs , a n d deserts) and the
the defiling of th s le a d in g t o a r is e
o il s p il ls a n d a c id land temperature
water beds by th e p o la r ic e c a p s
g o f u r b a n w a s te . in sea levels (as
rain; the dumpin h e w e a th e r) , p lu s
melt because of t
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non-renewable
m in e ra ls to p o table
reserves to
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catastrophe d u
5. Waste disposal ecosystems an d th e lo s s o f
a m o u n t o f w a s te o ra l
to excessive biodiversity (dest ru c tio n o f t h e c
o fo o d p a c k a g es t o n )
(from plastic t reefs and mass iv e d e fo r e s ta tio
s te ) u n lo ad e d b y o f
electronic wa that have led to th e e x tin c tio n
la n d fill s a s w e ll a s t h e
communities in particular species a n d d e c lin e in
a n d d u m p in g o f
on the ocean; number of others.of er
o z o n e la y
nuclea r waste.
o f o x y g e n a n d 8. Depletion
7. Reduction p la n e t fro m th e s un’s
r b o n d io xid e in t h e protecting the
increase in ca io le t r a y s d u e to
deadly ultrav
atmosphere due to b o n s ( C F C s ) in t h e
e s u ltin g in th e ris e chlorofluorocar
deforestation, r
y b y a s m u c h a s atmosphere.
in ocean acidit
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r u p tin g residues seeping into
che m ic a ls fro m e r ta b le s , r iv e rs a n d
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in c re a s in g tr a ffic and disease
farmlands, a n d p o llu t io n.
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 GLOBAL FOOD
SECURITY
It is the availability and accessibility of an individual to get sufficient quantity of
food that is reliable and affordable to the individual.

• FOOD • HOUSEHOLD
This is the first basic human This is considered food
need and fundamental right secure when its occupants do
of every human being. not live in hunger or fear of
starvation.
 4 PILLARS OF FOOD
SECURITY
Availability Access Use and Stability
Utilization
physical existence of households have households’ a state wherein the
the food enough resources decision on what household has a
to obtain food in type and how much constant supply of
sufficient quantity, food to purchase, food throughout
quality, and prepare, consume, the year and in the
diversity for a and allocate within long-term
nutritious diet the household
 KEY FACTORS THAT
AFFECT FOOD
SECURITY
Population Global Climate
Growth Water Change
The more people Crisis
Water scarcity has a Significantly increased or
there are, especially huge impact on food unstable rainfall, or
in poor countries production. Without extremely cold or
with limited amounts water people do not extremely hot
of land and water, have a means of temperatures would likely
the fewer resources watering their crops lead to increased
there are to meet and, therefore, to vulnerability to food
 Land Greedy Competitio
Degradatio Land n with
n Deals
Intensive farming Farmlands are being Biofuels
Due to declining
strips the soil of converted into real fossil fuel reserves,
nutrients leading to estate projects such biofuels are
the decline in as housing, increasingly being
agricultural warehousing, resorts explored as a
productivity. and recreational renewable
facilities. alternative. Biofuel,
mostly in the form of
ethanol is produced
through the
fermentation of
sugar cane and corn.
Thus, it becomes a
 Declining
Farmer
Populations
A major cause of
worry worldwide is
the declining
population of
farmers. Filipino
farmers said that
poor quality of the
soil and climate
changes make
farming very
challenging.
 CO N SE QU E N C ES OF
LACK O F F O O D
• H ea lth
• Social SE CU R IT
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q ua lity a m o n g a du lts
e d is ru p tive to Poor dietary
Social unrest c an b s e rio u s d is e a s es
then leads to
's e con o m ic an d a nd
the country as d ia b e t e s
such
political stability. H u n g e r a ls o c a u s es
hypertension.
ess.
 CO NS EQ U E N C E S O F
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