STABILITY

AND
SUSTAINABILITY
STABILITY

 The quality or state of something that is not easily

changed or likely to change.

SUSTAINABILITY

 involving methods that do not completely use up or

destroy natural resources.
 Able to last or continue for a long time.
Sustainability and sustainable futures are treated here as
the goals or endpoints of a process called ‘sustainable
development’. A sustainable society is considered to be a
society that has reached sustainability through this
process. So, it remains to define ‘sustainable
development’.

Sustainability + stability = Sustainable

development
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
 Sustainable development is development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs.

 Sustainable development comprises types of economic

and social development which protect and enhance the
natural environment and social equity.
GLOBAL FOOD
SECURITY
FOOD SECURITY
 Food security is defined as the availability of food and one's access to it. A
household is considered food secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or
fear of starvation.
 food security as existing "when all people at all times have access to sufficient,
safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life". (World Food Summit of
1996)
 the concept of food security is defined as including both physical and economic
access to food that meets people's dietary needs as well as their food
preferences. Household food security exists when all members, at all times, have
access to enough food for an active, healthy life.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

 Global Food Security must exist to meet the challenge of providing

the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of
good quality food.
 “Is food insecurity a result of
unequal distribution or a lack of
production?”
The population is increasing, meaning more mouths to feed, and it is unlikely that this will stabilize by
the end of the century. Recent estimates suggest that the population will rise to 9.7 billion by 2050.At
the same time, diets are changing as incomes grow through economic development, which can have
positive impacts in helping to lift people out of poverty and improving nutritional outcomes. However,
richer people tend to both eat more food2 and more meat and dairy (Figures 1 and 2), which are
resource intensive to produce and can have a higher environmental impact than other food types. If
diets continue as they are, it is estimated that we will need to produce more food in the next 50 years
than we have ever produced in human history, with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (UN FAO) projecting that 60 per cent more food will be required by 2050.5
 In terms of the environment, resources for agriculture are becoming scarce. If diets
continue as they are, by 2050 we will need 120 per cent more water and 42 per cent more
cropland, we will have lost 14 per cent of forests, and be generating 77 per cent more
greenhouse gases. However, agriculture already uses 70 per cent of all fresh water and
there is, by good approximation, no new land for agriculture. 7 In fact, land area for
agriculture is more likely to shrink due to urbanisation and rising sea levels.
 The impact of climate change
Climate change will make it more difficult to meet the food security challenge. Increased CO2
levels could increase the rate of photosynthesis and, in turn, yields; however, this has also
been associated with a reduction in the nutritional content of crops, including protein and
micronutrients such as iron and zinc. This will produce more calories but not necessarily more
nutritious foods, which will impact on health. In addition, climate change can alter the
distribution and severity of pests and diseases of crops and livestock, and it is estimated that
around a quarter of our food production is already lost in this way.
Climate change predictions based on averages can help predict what can be grown and where
in the world, and some countries will do better than others. However, these only provide a
partial view, and it is the extremes that make up the average temperature and rainfall, such as
heatwaves, cold snaps, floods and droughts, that will be challenging.
 Growing homogeneity of diets and food
production
Our food system is predicated on a small number of commodity crops.
Comparative advantage, coupled with a range of policy levers to underpin
production, drives the scales and concentration of production so that some areas
become ‘breadbaskets’ for the rest of the world. Globalisation has significant
benefits, both in terms of access to food that can be grown more efficiently and
cheaply elsewhere, food that may be seasonal but which we want year-round, or
food that cannot be grown in a particular country
 What is Global Citizenship?
 someone who is aware of and understands the wider world - and their place it. They
take an active role in their community, and work with others to make our planet more
equal, fair and sustainable.
 all about encouraging young people to develop the knowledge, skills and values they
need to engage with the world. And it's about the belief that we can all make a
difference.
 is the umbrella term for social, political, environmental, and economic actions of
globally minded individuals and communities on a worldwide scale. The term can
refer to the belief that individuals are members of multiple, diverse, local and non-
local networks rather than single actors affecting isolated societies. Promoting global
citizenship in sustainable development will allow individuals to embrace their social
responsibility to act for the benefit of all societies, not just their own.
 It is a way of living that recognises our world is an increasingly complex web of
connections and interdependencies. One in which our choices and actions may have
repercussions for people and communities locally, nationally or internationally.
Global citizenship helps young people to:

 Build their own understanding of world events.

 Think about their values and what's important to them.
 Take learning into the real world.
 Challenge ignorance and intolerance.
 Get involved in their local, national and global communities.
 Develop an argument and voice their opinions.
 See that they have power to act and influence the world around them.
 Global Citizen is someone who:
 is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen

respects and values diversity

has an understanding of how the world works
is outraged by social injustice
participates in the community at a range of levels, from the local
to the global
is willing to act to make the world a more equitable and
sustainable place
takes responsibility for their actions.