Transforming food systems for people and planet
Our food systems are failing consumers. Over three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet, and nearly 800 million face chronic hunger. The impact on our environment is similarly devastating – food systems are responsible for approximately one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, and over 80% of biodiversity loss.
It is clear that a fundamental transformation is needed in the way we produce, distribute, and consume food. Achieving this requires upholding people’s fundamental right to food, making healthy and sustainable diets more available, accessible, and affordable, and building future food systems that are resilient, fair, and inclusive.
The challenges of hunger, malnutrition, climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and more, cannot be resolved without a food systems approach, unlocking co-ordinated action at national and global levels. We need wide-reaching solutions based on collaboration between food systems stakeholders, starting from the rights and needs of people and planet.