Belo Horizonte

Expected Annual Projected Benefits

34,880 tCO2eq

REDUCTION IN GHG EMISSIONS

26,803,800 US$

EXPENDITURES SAVED

1,742,200 US$

BENEFITS INCREASE

14.15

PREVENTED DEATHS

313.78

JOBS GENERATED

288,000 m3

SAVED WATER

Actions commited

Action 1.4

Reinforce municipal commitments by establishing a roadmap to ensure access to sustainable food and diets for all, with a particular focus on food-vulnerable people, to be implemented once a state of climate emergency has been declared.

Action 2.2

Run campaigns to raise public awareness and to commit residents to the Planetary Health Diet or a similar diet based on locally produced, sustainable and healthy food, rich in plant-based foods (fruit, vegetables, cereals, legumes and nuts), with a reduced consumption of meat and dairy and ultra-processed food high in fat, sugar and salt.

Action 3.1

Enable access to local, sustainable and/or organic food in social food provision facilities such as food banks, community kitchens, social supermarkets, delivery services for the vulnerable, voucher schemes, in line with the requirements of the Planetary Health Diet or a similar diet.

Action 4.1

Train farmers in organic and agro-ecological production practices.

Action 5.3

Produce updated maps and online directories of local agro-ecological food supply chain actors, including producers, processing units and distribution points.

Action 6.4

Support the development of composting systems (to obtain organic fertiliser), systems that transform urban food waste into animal feed, and/or energy recovery plants (through which biogas and biomethane can be obtained).

Targeted inputs

Overall aspiration of the food policies committed to The Barcelona Challenge.

nº residents assuming the Planetary Health Diet.

10,000

nº residents shifting to an organic diet.

50,000

nº residents consuming food regionally and locally produced.

10,000

nº residents shifting to an organic and regionally/locally produced diet.

60,000

nº of agricultural hectares converted to organic farming schemes in the City-Region.

200

nº of municipal, non-sedentary and farmers market promoted by the local authority.

130

nº of residents adjusting food intake and assuming food waste reduction options.

9,600