EVENTS: UNEA-4 Side Events

Several mentions of the One Planet network (10YFP) were included in final outcome documents after several days of negotiations. The Ministerial Declaration of the UN-E Assembly reads: “We will advance sustainable consumption and production patterns, including, but not limited to, through circular economy and other sustainable economic models and the implementation of 10YFP”; and “We will promote sustainable food systems by encouraging the implementation of sustainable and resilient agricultural practices, improving value generation, and significantly reducing waste and energy use along the food supply chain to help to ensure food security and ecosystem functions and services”.

Further, the resolution on SCP has several references to the 10YFP, and the resolution on food loss and waste reduction contains specific mentions of the One Planet SFS Programme:

• Recognizes the SFS Programme;
• Recalls that the Ministerial Declaration of the 2018 HLPF called upon all stakeholders to adopt a sustainable food systems approach and to develop effective strategies and innovations to reduce food losses and waste; and
• Requests UNEP to assist member states in implementing the resolution within the SFS Programme and in collaboration with FAO.

This further strengthens the Programme’s mandate to act as a mechanism to promote the transformation towards more sustainable food systems.

UNEA-4 Side Events:

Side Event: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Consumption & Production: Partnerships in Action - The One Planet Network Response

The official launch of the One Planet Network Consumer Information programme’s report by Ligia Noronha, Director of UN Environment’s Economy Division, “Ready to Drive the Market: Experiences from Road Testing the Guidelines for Providing Product Sustainability Information” that showcases experiences from leading businesses and standard-setters across the globe who partook in the roadtesting of the Guidelines. Updates on the successes and outcomes from the recent Sustainable Food Systems conference in Costa Rica, which included the launch of a joint initiative to promote a sustainable, healthy and inclusive food environment, as well as high-level commitments to action by the governments of Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland.

A broad and rich range of speeches, from the Ambassador of Indonesia to UN Environment, H.E. Mr. Soehardjono Sastromihardjo highlighting Indonesia’s commitment to providing consumers with product sustainabilty information, to Immaculate’s presentation on the work Hivos is doing in communities across Uganda to make local food systems more sustainable. Ending with a call for all relevant and interested parties to join the One Planet Network, the leading global multi-stakeholder platform driving innovative change and progress towards achieving SDG12.

SFS Programme partners also organized te side event "Innovative approaches from governments, the private sector, and civil society to measure and reduce food waste", as well as a High-Level Breakfast titles "Food Forward: Feeding the World through a New Deal for Nature and People", at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi.