Understanding the importance of these actions in reducing palm oil emissions can be seen through the contribution of emissions from various sectors of agriculture. The FAO has a comprehensive report which details emissions from land use to enteric fermentation to on-farm energy use.

The increasing adoption of the MSPO certification scheme strengthens Malaysia's potential to work towards achieving all the goals within the UNSDG. The five principles of the Revised MSPO Standards MS2530:2022 are designed to provide a balance between the need for sustainability and economic growth.

Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday were set to unveil legislation to reduce illegal deforestation globally by restricting the trade of certain agricultural commodities, such as palm oil and cattle, produced with those methods.

“Agriculture is a significant contributor to anthropogenic global warming, and reducing agricultural emissions—largely methane and nitrous oxide—could play a significant role in climate change mitigation.” Frontiersin

The Secretary-General of the United Nations called the report a code red for humanity.

The news went viral with opinions from experts of all stripes and colors weighing in on the report. A better-informed coverage of the report was published by The Guardian under “IPCC report’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell.”

The United Nation’s Food Systems Summit will took place earlier this month. The vision of the summit according to its introduction is that:

The need is urgent, and our ambition is high. The UN Food Systems Summit will launch bold new actions, solutions and strategies to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), each of which relies on healthier, more sustainable and more equitable food systems.