Stand Up for Women UNFSS Affiliated Session: Women’s Nutrition, Economic Empowerment and Leadership in Food Systems Cluster

27 July 2021Online Webinar, Global

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".

Actions to support farmers’ perspectives from seeds to food

28 July 2021Online Webinar, Global

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.

Achieving Zero Hunger: Nutritiously and Sustainably

26 July 2021Online Webinar, Global

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.

GAIN's take on SOFI 2021 Report

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.

Innovative Food System Solutions (IFSS) Portal - Bringing people together across the food system around solutions that ensure both human and planetary health for all

28 July 2021Online Webinar, Global

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. 

Launch of Nutrition Conversations Africa

14 July 2021Online Webinar, Global

The Nutrition Conversations Africa (NCAfrica) is an advocacy platform aimed at illuminating African nutritional challenges and opportunities, transformative ideas and game-changing solutions through continuous conversations, call to action, advocacy support and engagement to curb malnutrition in Africa.

Towards a Zero Hunger - nourish the future pledge for the private sector

26 July 2021Online Webinar, Global

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.

GAIN, Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and RUAF launch 'Food Action Cities'

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.

Achieving healthy diets for all: What are the gaps constraining progress?

06 July 2021Global

Healthy diets are at the heart of the goals of the UN Food Systems Summit. Yet the global expert community has not coalesced around a common definition of a healthy diet, and comprehensive guidelines to characterize them across contexts are debated. In this session we will explore challenges and gaps to characterizing and achieving healthy diets.

World’s food sustainability leaders launch the Demand Generation Alliance to put tight focus on sustainable and nutritious food

PRESS RELEASE: The Demand Generation Alliance (DGA) was launched this week at the SDG Tent. The DGA’s objective is to encourage pressure from consumers, and wider society, to demand the urgent shift to more sustainable and nutritious foods. The alliance has been established with a single vision: to make nutritious and sustainable food the preferred consumer choice.