EIT Food to serve as Secretariat for the Food Systems Partnership in 2023
- The Food Systems Partnership, which evolved from the COP27 Food Systems Pavilion, has launched a new pathways report calling for urgent action on food
- EIT Food has taken over as Secretariat for the group from Clim-Eat, who fulfilled this role at COP27
- The Food Systems Partnership is mobilising at the Bonn Climate Change Conference
“The Bonn Climate Change Conference is a critical moment to elevate food systems within global climate negotiations. COP27 failed to fully recognise the role of food systems in strengthening climate adaptation, mitigation and resilience. This year we must go further and faster.
“The Food Systems Partnership is calling on the COP28 Presidency to prioritise the role of food systems. In the new Pathways report, released today, we are advocating for international efforts to increase ambition, urgency and scale of action. We cannot achieve any climate targets without incorporating and implementing a more holistic transformation of our food systems.”
The report outlines six themes for Parties to embed throughout the negotiations in Bonn and beyond:
- ENHANCE collaboration and inclusion at all levels and across all parts of our food systems.
- ENABLE a transition to healthy, nutritious and sustainable diets for all.
- EMBRACE agricultural reform and nature-positive production.
- INCREASE action against food loss and waste
- TRANSFORM financial mechanisms to support sustainable, equitable food systems.
- CHAMPION consistent, accurate monitoring and reporting to track global progress on implementation.
The Food Systems Partnership will focus on convening and unifying stakeholders across the food and climate movements and spanning the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, from farmers and youth to policy makers and scientists. The partnership plans to establish a new ‘Producers Hub’ led by farmers and food producers at COP28 and has announced a formal relationship with the Food4Climate Pavilion.