Changing how we eat: the power of food
Nature and food systems are inextricably connected. Together they should thrive and rely on the services each provide. However, we are far from this vision. Food systems today destabilize our planet and fail to provide all people with healthy and nutritious diets that stay within planetary boundaries. Sustainable production, consumption, and the fight against pollution are key thematic areas of the Leadership Dialogues at Stockholm+50. For each, sustainable food systems are highlighted as a key arena in which we may drive interventions that benefit human health, planetary health, and livelihoods.
Stockholm +50 comes less than a year after the UN Food Systems Summit, which generated unprecedented awareness on the need to adopt sustainable food systems approaches. The summit led to over 100 countries developing National Pathways for food systems transformation. This event provided a concrete opportunity to continue the amplification of sustainable food systems, and push to integrate them into the UNCCD, UNCBD and UNFCCC Conferences of Parties negotiations and outcomes. Appetites for Change offered space to highlight champion countries, cities, and communities that have implemented critical system-based solutions. With experts, these sessions advanced our understanding of how we may contribute to sustainable food systems that deliver human and planetary prosperity.
AGENDA - PART I: THE POWER OF FOOD SYSTEMS
10.30- 10.45 OPENING --> Speaker Bios
Moderator: Ms. Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
- Her Excellency Ms. Laura Bonilla Coto, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica
- Mr. Christian Hofer, Director-General of the Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland
- Mr. Marco Lambertini, Director General, WWF International
10:45 - 11:06 INAUGURATION --> Speaker Bios
Moderator: Ms. Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
- Ms. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
- Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- Others TBC
11:08 - 11:18 THE POWER OF FOOD SYSTEMS THINKING --> Speaker Bios
How a food systems approach needs to guide the transition to sustainable food system
Moderator: Mr. Per Styregård
- Mr. Alexander Müller, Director, TMG Research gGmbH
11:18 - 12:03 THE POWER OF WORKING TOGETHER --> Speaker Bios
Why a food systems approach requires rethinking the governance of our food systems; and the role of the UNFSS Dialogues, National Pathways, and Coalitions in promoting inclusive multi-actor mechanisms to shape and implement coherent food systems policy
Moderator: Mr. Per Styregård
- Mr. Stefanos Fotiou, Head, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, and Director, Office of Sustainable Development Goals, FAO
- Mr. Alwin Kopse, National Convenor, Head of International Affairs and Food Security Unit, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland
- Mr. Emile Frison, UNFSS Coalition on Agroecology (IPES-Food)
- Ms. Pamela Mbabazi, Chairperson, National Planning Authority, Uganda
- Ms. Esther Penunia, Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development
- Others TBC
12:03 - 12:15 BREAK
12:15 - 13:00 THE POWER OF SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION --> Speaker Bios
Holistic and transformational SCP initiatives to connect climate, biodiversity and prosperity. Addresses climate, biodiversity and prosperity by linking sustainable consumption to production and improving consumer information
Moderator: Ms. Danielle Nierenberg
- Mr. Ulf Jaeckel, Head of Division Sustainable Consumption, Product-related Environmental Protection, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany
- Ms. Tanja Plötz, Senior Advisor Sustainable Food Systems, WWF-Germany
- Mr. Ply Pirom, Project Manager Future Food Together Initiative, WWF-Thailand
- Ms. Helena Leurent, Executive Director, Consumers International and co-lead CI-SCP Programme
- Mr. Richard Swannell, International Director, WRAP
- Ms. Vicky Sins, Decarbonization & Energy Transformation Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance
AGENDA - PART II: THE POWER OF DIETS
13:55 - 14:25 OPENING PART 2 --> Speaker Bios
Moderator: Mr. Per Styregård, Journalist
- Mr. Gustaf Lind, General Secretary WWF Sweden
- Mr. Joao Campari, Leader, Global Food Practice, WWF International
- Ms. Christine Campeau, Global Advocacy Director, CARE
- Ms. Lina Mahy, Engagement Coordinator, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, Technical Officer, WHO
- Mr. Chris Hegadorn, CFS Executive Secretary
14:25 - 15:10 CITIES AS STEWARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTHY DIETS --> Speaker Bios
Showcases examples of champion countries that are working towards successful system-based solutions or are implementing macro level policies to connect nutrition with diets while also linking it to other global goals like biodiversity, land-use or climate to benefit human health, planetary health, and livelihoods.
Moderator: Ms. Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
- Mr. Brent Loken, Global Food Scientist, WWF
- Honorable Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan
- Honorable Pekka Timonen, Mayor of Lahti
- Honorable Ald Geordin Hill-Lewis, Executive Mayor Cape Town South Africa
- Mr. Damien Conaré, Secretary General, UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems
- Ms. Alexa Delwiche, CEO, Good Food Purchasing
- Mr. Peter Mellin, Sodexo Country President & CEO Corporate Services, Sweden
- Others TBC
15:10 - 15:55 NUTRITION & DIETS --> Speaker Bios
Showcases examples of Champion Countries that are working towards successful or implementing macro level policies to actions connecting Nutrition with Diets or Dietary guidelines and connecting this to other global goals like biodiversity, land-use or climate is a big plus for the planet.
Moderator: Mr. Per Styregård, Journalist
- Ms. Stineke Oenema, Executive Secretary, UN Nutrition
- Ms. Sara Farley, Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation
- Ms. Wubet Girma, GAIN Country Director in Ethiopia (virtual)
- Ms. Anne Pøhl Enevoldsen, Head of Division, Sustainable Diet and Health, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA)
- Ms. Selamawit Negash, Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF Cambodia Country Office
- Mr. Roberto Azofeifa, Chief of Agro-environmental Production Department at the Extension Head Office, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica
15:55 - 16:30 BLUE FOODS AND INDIGENOUS PATHWAYS --> Speaker Bios
Focuses on bottom-up approaches that are inclusive, accessible and diverse connecting sustainable healthy diets in communities and indigenous groups.
Moderator: Mr. Per Styregård, Journalist
Opening Remarks:
- Ms. Shakuntala Thilsted, Global Lead Public Health and Nutrition, Worldfish
- Ms. Rebecca Short, Research Fellow, Blue Food Assessment
- Mr. Tero Mustonen, President, Snowchange Cooperative
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Mr. Tom Guda, Regional Chairman for Lake Victoria Beach Management Unit Networks of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania
Closing Remarks:
- Mr. Tom Grasso, Vice President, Climate Resilient Food, EDF
16:30 - 17:15 THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IN ACCELERATING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE DIETS
Moderator: Mr. Dominic Waughray, WBCSD and Ms. Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
- Ms. Agnes Kalibata, President AGRA (former UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
- Ms. Vanessa Butani, VP Group Sustainability, Electrolux
- Mr. Lars Holmquist, Chief Sustainability Officer Tetra Pak
- Ms. Hanane Mourchid, EVP Sustainability and Green Industrial Development, OCP
- Ms. Lena Pripp-Kovac, Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA
17:15 - 17:35 CLOSING SESSION WITH FOOD FORWARD CONSORTIUM --> Speaker Bios
Moderator: Brent Loken, Global Food Lead Scientist, WWF
- Ms. Sandrine Dixson-Decléve, Co-President, Club of Rome
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Mr. Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Cities
OUTCOMES
- Raise awareness and gain support on the need to adopt a holistic approach to promote solutions that take into account all dimensions of sustainable development, simultaneously addressing the areas of environment, agriculture, nutrition and health.
- Raise awareness and gain support on the need to “bring food systems transformation to the core of the climate, biodiversity and human health agendas, by building on existing mechanisms and commitments” as featured in the key messages issued by the SFS Programme to Stockholm+50.
- Raise awareness and gain support on the “fundamental need to drive broad participation, particularly of the most vulnerable and under-represented in the transition process towards sustainable food systems” as featured in the key messages issued by the SFS Programme to Stockholm+50.
- Raise awareness and gain support on the need to create synergies between the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit’s follow-up processes, in particular the implementation of the National Pathways, with [the One Planet Network’s Global Strategy on SCP as well as] the Rio conventions.
- Stockholm+50 outcomes fully reflect the above points, including suggestions of immediate actions that can be taken by UN Member States and stakeholders.
commitment to action
The OPN SFS Programme will continue to champion a systemic approach to Sustainable Consumption and Production as well as food systems transformation, and advocate for inclusive and participatory governance models. Concretely, this commitment to action focuses on the provision of technical support to facilitate the implementation of a number of UN Food Systems Summit’s (UNFSS) outcomes, particularly by: promoting a holistic approach towards sustainable food systems transformation across relevant multilateral processes in related key areas such as biodiversity, climate change and health; contributing support to the UNFSS Coalitions by offering them a space for exchange of experiences and strengthening such a holistic sustainable food systems approach across the coalitions; and supporting a range of countries with the implementation of their National Pathways for Food Systems Transformation. This will be supported by action-oriented tools, including those of the extended SFS Programme’s Multi-stakeholder Mechanisms Initiative, which will address the knowledge gap on inclusive food systems governance experiences
Organisers and Co-leads
- LEADS: WWF and OPN Sustainable Food Systems Programme (Switzerland, Costa Rica, WWF)
- CO-LEADS/PARTNERS: UNEP, UN Nutrition, WBCSD
- SUPPORTED BY: Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany
