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The Transforming Food Systems Under a Changing Climate initiative began with work packages on five key areas, each of which produced a paper to inform this report. The papers, listed below with their authors, are available at www.transformingfoodsystems.com Feeding and nourishing a growing and changing global population in the face of rising numbers of chronically hungry people,…

In an aspirational global food system, everyone would meet but not exceed their nutritional needs, and fulfill personal preferences for tasty, affordable, varied, convenient and healthy food—while keeping climate change under 2°C. Diets are an outcome of people’s choices and are profoundly shaped by socio-cultural, physical and economic factors in the food ‘choice environment’. Historically there…

Future technologies and systemic innovation are critical for the profound transformation the food system needs. These innovations range from food production, land use and emissions, all the way to improved diets and waste management. Here, we identify these technologies, assess their readiness and propose eight action points that could accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable food…

The global food system will need to produce food more efficiently and sustainably to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (‘SDGs’) and meet the 2°C climate commitments of the Paris Agreement. Agriculture, forestry and other land-use (‘AFOLU’) already contribute roughly 24 percent of total GHG emissions – of which net deforestation is responsible for approximately 10 percentage points and…

The World Youth Report, prepared biennially, is the flagship publication on youth issues of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The World Youth Report: Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda is a product of the efforts, contributions and support of many people and organizations. The Report was prepared by the Division for Inclusive Social…

In this time of crisis, thousands of papers and guidelines have already been published about COVID-19. Most of these consider the important questions of how to respond to the ongoing public health crisis, or how to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This report takes a step back and considers the root causes of the emergence and spread of the novel coronavirus and other ‘zoonoses’—diseases…