Webinar: “Climate-Resilient Development & Transformative Food Systems in the Covid19 era: The Solutions Space”

9 June 2020, 18:30 pm-20pm CET
The session will be livestreamed at bit.ly/foodsystemsolutions and will be recorded

These series of webinars aim to create a ‘solutions space’ for stakeholders to share lessons learned from the Covid19 crisis, in a world challenged by the compounded impacts of Climate Change on Health, Malnutrition and Equity. Experts, innovators and visionaries will help to identify short and long term Climate Resilient Development Pathways, for transformative, sustainable and equitable food systems and healthy diets, that can contribute to One|Planetary Health, Resilience and Just Transitions. 

The series is co-organized by UNFCCC observers including: Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, ProVeg International, Loyola Marymount University, Sustainability Health Education (SHE) Foundation, the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) and UN Environment Program (UNEP).

You can send questions in advance, send comments and share materials by writing to climatefoodhealth@gmail.com  

 

Planned webinars over the summer include:

  • Climate Change, Food Security and Covid19: challenges and opportunities (June 16t)
  • Food systems Resilience: lessons learned from COVID-19  
  • Transformative and Equitable food systems: towards One Health & Planetary health
  • Transitioning into Sustainable and Healthy Diets
  • Growth after Covid19: A Just Transition.

 

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Emerging data suggest COVID-19 is driving up hunger in vulnerable countries

Urgent action required to stem crises, FAO Director-General tells UN High-Level meeting
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UNSG Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from hunger and malnutrition before the virus hit and, unless immediate action is taken, we could see a global food emergency. In the longer term, the combined effects of COVID-19 itself, as well as corresponding mitigation measures and the emerging global recession could, without large-scale coordinated action, disrupt the functioning of food systems. Such disruption can result in consequences for health and nutrition of a severity and scale unseen for more than half a century.

Launch of the Policy Brief

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