President William Ruto highlighted that global food systems are on the verge of collapse, with losses reaching nearly 12 percent of the world's economy due to climate change and weak governance. Speaking in Ethiopia, he emphasized that environmental degradation and volatile supply chains are driving food price instability.

• Productivity losses from environmental pressures are nearly equivalent to 12 percent of global GDP.
• President William Ruto is attending the Second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Current food systems contribute over one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and account for 80 percent of biodiversity loss.