Considering what is at stake in the ongoing process of cooperative climate crisis response, Climate Civics is adopting a new logo. We call it our Watersheds logo.
It evokes our planetary reality and what that means for human security and prosperity:
- We live on a planet orbiting a star, whose light feeds the biosphere.
- Our atmosphere has given us the optimal conditions for development as an intelligent, creative problem-solving species, but as its composition changes, it is heating up, putting human security at risk.
- Mountains are the base of the image, as a reminder that glaciers and watersheds anchor vital ecosystems, while what happens on land runs down to the sea, affecting planetary health and climate stability.
- The sprigs of wheat are symbolic, representing all agriculture and food production, and grow out of the watersheds fed by mountain headwaters.
- We wish to recall in this imagery the international commitment to ensure “the integrity of all ecosystems, including in forests, the ocean, mountains, and the cryosphere”.
- All of this connects back to the quality of our civic processes, because human experience is driving disruptive change, and human security is put at risk by what is happening.
We have the knowledge, collaborative problem-solving capability, and civic spaces needed to make transformational change happen, in the most responsible, timely, and value-building way. We need to use those tools, for the good of all. Planetary health is human security, and all of us are part of the global response.
Food systems are essential to human security and wellbeing. Everything else in the mainstream economy depends on whether people have reliable, affordable access to food that is safe, nutritious, and sustainably produced. We need to move from undervaluing sustainable, resilience-building production methods to expanding their reach, so price surges and hunger shocks are less likely.
Hidden costs of today’s food systems are unsustainable
We are moving into a time of persistent food cost pressure. Non-communicable diseases take more than 40 million lives per year, and diets are the primary cause. Food systems are the biggest reservoir of poorly spent money, which can be reallocated to the same primary purpose (food access and availability), while generating valuable co-benefits. Find out how trillions of dollars per year can be freed up to support climate-resilient shared prosperity.
Explore our work on food systems, in the context of climate-resilient development, human health, and shared prosperity.
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Go deeper into food systems sustainability issues through the Climate Action and Food Systems Alliance, the cooperative innovation efforts of the Good Food Finance Network, and our reporting on the COP30 round of UN Climate Change negotiations.