Grantham Institute reaction: COP31 gets under way

Elizabeth Robinson, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, said:

“The way we produce and consume food accounts for a third of global emissions and it faces pressure to decarbonise while having to feed a growing population, a task that climate change itself is making ever harder.

“COP31 opens with food, agriculture, and health, and it is important that these three are treated as one agenda, rather than three. COP31 will be judged not on declarations, but on whether funding, targets, and accountability come with feasible action plans, and Monday is the first test of that.”