Summary

In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 50/9, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights identifies measures for minimizing the adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food. The High Commissioner focuses on socioeconomic systems, presenting five pathways that illustrate how human rights-grounded measures can minimize the adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food and how a transformation of food systems can, at the same time, help mitigate climate change.