UN regional commissions launch policy brief on transforming food systems

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This collaboration resulted in the launch of a joint policy brief entitled “Transforming Food Systems”  for the Food Systems Summit, held on 23 September in New York. The Brief highlights the need to enhance regional engagement in sharing lessons learned for a sustainable food systems transformation, leading to inclusive and resilient food systems that participate in ensuring equitable livelihoods for all, and a healthy and sustainable planet.

“We must strengthen regional cooperation to achieve the improvement of how we produce, process and consume food. ESCAP, along with stakeholders, is working to facilitate integrated policy making to achieve sustainable food systems, biodiversity and ecosystem health,” said Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP.

The Brief pinpoints the challenges faced by the world’s regions based on the outcomes of dialogues organized by the five UN regional commissions in their respective regions (Africa, the Arab region, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean). These dialogues have generated momentum in support of national and independent dialogues and have enabled the identification of issues that require collaboration and partnerships between countries.

The Food Systems Summit marks a ‎‎‎‎milestone to promote immediate action for healthier, more ‎‎‎‎sustainable and inclusive food systems, and to advance progress across all Sustainable Development ‎‎‎Goals (SDGs).

Watch a video on the Brief here: https://youtu.be/y9HBxT-7YVg

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