Transforming food and land systems to achieve the SDGs

Report

Here we present results of the 2023 ‘Scenathon’, in which researchers from 22 countries across all continents, together with the FABLE Secretariat, explored three alternative futures for national and regional food and land-use systems. Scenathon stands for ‘a marathon of scenarios’ and refers to an iterative process used by FABLE to compare and align national pathways with the SDGs and planetary boundaries. This is the third Scenathon coordinated across FABLE country teams, following the first in 2019 and the second in 2020. Using an open-access modelling tool, the FABLE Calculator and the FABLE decentralized modelling infrastructure, we compare our results with global sustainability goals across four main areas: 1) food security and nutrition [SDGs 2 and 3]; 2) GHG emissions reduction [SDG 13]; 3) forest and biodiversity conservation [SDG 15]; and 4) sustainable water, nitrogen, and phosphorous use [SDGs 6, 12 and 14]. We highlight change levers to guide sustainable development policies to 2030 and to 2050, together with risks of trade-offs and opportunities for synergies.

Authors: Douzal, C; Mosnier, A; Chermain, C; Lynch, J; Harrison, P

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Dublin University Press
• Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
• Publication date: 2024-01-01
• DOI: 10.25546/108572
• EISBN: 9780903200196
• ISBN: 9780903200189
• Language: English
• Keywords: food; agriculture; sustainable development goals