UN Food Systems Summit 2021

25th September 2020
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In 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit to raise global awareness and land global commitments and actions that transform food systems to resolve not only hunger, but to reduce diet-related disease and heal the planet. The Secretary General is calling for collective action of all citizens to radically change the way we produce, process, and consume food.

Food is a life force for our families, cultures, and our communities. But profound changes in the way food is grown, processed, distributed, consumed, and wasted over the last several decades has led to increasing threats to a future of food that is sustainable, equitable, and secure.

Food interconnects with all aspects of our lives: Water • Land • Energy • Culture • Jobs • Technology • Economies • Policies • Families.

Secretary-General’s Policy Brief on Food Security

There is more than enough food in the world to feed the world’s population of 7.8 billion people. But, today, almost 690 million people are hungry, the food systems are failing, and the COVID-19 pandemic is making things worse. It is increasingly clear that we must act now to address the impending global food emergency and avoid the worst impacts of the pandemic, the Secretary-General stresses in his latest Policy Brief on Food Security. Access it here.

Read more about the Summit and Food Systems: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/food-systems-summit-2021/