Summary
This paper synthesises findings presented at the September 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, which convened delegates from 183 countries to address three interconnected threats—climate change, COVID-19, and conflict—that are undermining progress towards hunger and malnutrition mitigation. The Summit participants concluded that conventional approaches are insufficient to achieve the sustainable development goals and called for urgent, scaled action across food systems. The work represents an international consensus statement on the need for systemic transformation in response to concurrent global shocks.
UK applicability
The UK, as a signatory to the UN Food Systems Summit outcomes, is implicated in the call for urgent food systems transformation. The identification of climate change, pandemic resilience, and supply-chain vulnerability as systemic risks is directly relevant to UK food security policy and agricultural adaptation strategy.
Key measures
Agreement among 183 countries on food systems transformation needs; identification of climate change, COVID-19, and conflict as primary disruption drivers
Outcomes reported
The paper reports on the consensus findings and urgent recommendations from the UN Food Systems Summit regarding threats to food security and nutrition from three converging crises.
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