A/70/287 Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food Summary The present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 69/177, constitutes the second report to the Assembly of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the right to food. The report outlines the adverse impact of climate change on the right to food. It places particular emphasis on the geographic and socioeconomic vulnerabilities of those most affected and highlights the negative impact that current agricultural practices and food systems are having on climate change. The report concludes by stressing that in order to eradicate hunger and ensure the full realization of the right to food, more must be done to develop relevant, effective mitigation and adaptation policies and a human rights approach must be adopted as a means of achieving climate justice. Contents Page 2/25 I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II. Impact of climate change on the right to food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 III. Regions affected by food insecurity resulting from climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 IV. Effects on vulnerable populations and their livelihoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 V. Impact of agriculture and food systems on climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 VI. The United Nations climate change regime and the right to food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 VII. Adverse impact of mitigation policies on the right to food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 VIII. Adaptation policies and measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 IX. Agroecology: an alternative to industrial agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 X. Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 15-10041