Upholding integrated, participatory and inclusive food systems governance through the CFS and UN Food System Summit processes 11 February 2021 ** Watch the recording of this session here. Videos with interpreted Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish are also available ** This side event at the 47th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) … Continued
As part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero November 2020 Dialogues, this webinar aims to connect policymakers and non-Party actors from the climate community with food systems leaders and innovators. With a focus on building momentum toward the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 and COP26, panellists and respondents will discuss key issues and explore potential opportunities for collective action.
In place of its annual meeting, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is organizing a high-level virtual special event on the global governance of food security and nutrition, 13 – 15 October 2020. The Global Alliance is pleased to co-host a partner event: Food Systems Fit for Purpose: Bold Leadership to Prioritize Human, Animal, and Ecological Health.
The Salzburg Process was an international dialogue, dedicated to connecting communities at the nexus of food systems and climate change.
Food and agricultural production are significant contributors to, and heavily impacted by, climate change, but also offer opportunities for positive, transformative action. Despite a growing body of literature on climate change and agriculture, relatively little analysis has been done on climate change and food systems. This narrow focus on agriculture and climate prevents consideration of a … Continued
Interest in true cost accounting (TCA) as an important tool for food systems reform is growing. This strategic convening in Brussels, Belgium in 2019 brought together diverse business, donor, civil society, research, government, and food systems leaders from across the world to create a space for cross-sectoral dialogue about the future of food and TCA’s … Continued
Agricultural biodiversity and resilient seed systems are essential for accelerating the transition to agroecological systems as a core solution to the future of food. In the current context of climate change and global food insecurity, there is an urgent need for seed systems that protect seed diversity and enhance nutrition and food security. At this … Continued
250 experts and leaders from the local to the global worked together to gain deeper insights into the connections between climate change and food systems.
On May 3-5, 2017, some 206 soil carbon experts, farmers, NGO leaders, government officials, private sector leaders, philanthropists, and advocates from thirty-four countries met to explore how to advance soil carbon sequestration (SCS) through agriculture and ecosystem restoration. Participants explored practices for building healthy soils, including critical pathways for scaling up SCS to enhance global … Continued
In early May 2017, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food hosted its 2nd International Dialogue with over 250 food systems leaders from the local to the global, to gain deeper insights into the connections between climate change and food systems, to craft visions of the food systems we need today and tomorrow, and … Continued
