Act4Food Act4Change is a youth-initiated and led campaign in support of the UNFSS and the GoodFood4All campaign. It brings together young people from around the world to focus on their personal actions as a contribution to food system change. It urges governments, businesses, UN agencies, youth counterparts, and people of all ages to pledge to act boldly and promptly.
On July 26 at the Pre-Summit, we will jointly discuss solutions and opportunities to promote better food security, nutrition, decent work and inclusive and sustainable livelihoods with a group of governments, civil society, academic, and international organizations.
The meeting aims to tap into the experience and lessons of countries to help define the priorities of the cluster. It will also shape how the cluster can support the newly established broader gender Coalition for Action, "Making food systems work for women and girls".
For the UNFSS Pre-Summit, we wish to invite you to an affiliated event jointly organised by the Norwegian government and Andrew Mushita, UNFSS Food Champion and Executive Director of the Community Technology Development Trust, Zimbabwe.
This session will listen to the priorities of member states, review the current state of food insecurity, showcase some of the potential solutions emerging from the Summit, and introduce an emerging Coalition of Action to End Hunger that aims to align and mobilise resources to support national action to end hunger by 2030.
Following a year of lockdowns and a stalling global economy, the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World research shows that an additional 118m people are going to bed hungry, an increase of 18% in one year. We are at an inflection point.
Food system transformation requires urgent actions to solve complex problems in inclusive and equitable ways across many sectors. The IFSS portal initiative is an ongoing open collaboration between groups working at the intersection of nutrition, sustainable agriculture, development economics, policy studies and environmental health.
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The Zero Hunger, Nourish the Future Pledge is an opportunity for companies, investment funds, and philanthropies to align USD 5 billion of their resources with new evidence and complement their pledges with new commitments being made by global institutions and governments to end hunger and nourish the future by 2030.
PRESS RELEASE: GAIN, MUFPP, and RUAF are launching Food Action Cities. Food Action Cities is a knowledge platform where cities can share experiences, resources, and inspiration, and connect with each other’s journeys towards sustainable, resilient food systems that advance equitable access to improved nutrition.