Overview
We organise the moments of change around the six calls to action from UNFSS+2: integration, inclusive governance, investing in data and science, participatory design and implementation, engagement with businesses, and accessing new finance sources. And there are many moments of change to celebrate. The success factors behind these moments of change are clear. Data are needed to get from opinions to evidence based decisions. Decision-making processes that are inclusive, yet decisive. Policies that are aligned with policy objectives, not arrayed against them. Budgets that support objectives rather than undermine them. The creativity to find new ways of funding food system change.
The imagination to align and overlap business and food system goals. But perhaps the most important factor is trust. The trust to share, to be humble, to be open and to collaborate. We are going to need to summon all these factors in greater quantities as we move towards UNFSS+6 because, as the African Union Special Envoy on Food Systems, Dr. Mayaki, stated so memorably in Kampala in January 2025 at the CAADP meetings, “acceleration is now the name of the game”. The organisations behind this report could not agree more, and we commit to redoubling our efforts as partners with the governments who are striving to achieve this great transformation of food systems to accelerate us towards the SDGs.
Moments of Change Across the Six Calls to Action
In July 2023, UN Secretary-General António Guterres introduced six calls to action during the UNFSS+2. These were intended to accelerate and guide national and global efforts to ensure food systems become more sustainable, inclusive, resilient, and equitable for present and future generations.