Global Virtual Relay Event - A new era for food and climate

25 June 2020. Global Virtual Relay Event - A new era for food and climate.

The current crises we are experiencing has exposed even more the fragility of our food and health systems, and stresses that we are not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals set for zero hunger, building the resilience of millions of small scale farmers and reducing agricultural greenhouse gases.

In an effort to catalyze more effective responses, over the past two years, over 100 organizations have come together as part of the Transforming Food Systems under a Changing Climate initiative to identify pathways for a food systems transformation. 

The first outcome of this initiative is a final report that lays out 11 actions, that if implemented, can transform global food systems. 

The report, "Actions to Transform Food Systems Under Climate Change," launching on 25 June, is the collaborative work of a panel of global experts in food security, food systems and climate change. It identifies high-priority actions that we must collectively take now.

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"The number of climate-related natural disasters is climbing at an alarming rate, with significant economic and health impacts, especially for the most vulnerable. Adaptation is needed on a large scale—there will be over 500 million small-scale agricultural producers in 2030—but we are not on target to build their resilience within a decade to greater frequencies and intensities of extreme events"  (page 5)

Virtual launch of the report

Given the current situation with COVID-19,a full-day ‘around the world’ virtual relay launch event was organised: A new era for food and climate: Driving transformative actions, from 08:30 – 20:30 CEST. 

Please see below the list of sessions, further details are available on the website.

Opening of the relay 08:30 – 09:00 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Canberra, Australia
Ensuring zero agriculture land expansion on high-carbon landscapes 09:00 – 09:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Hanoi, Vietnam
Securing resilient livelihoods and value chains through early warning and adaptive safety nets 10:00-10:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from New Delhi, India
Enabling markets and public sector actions to incentivize climate-resilient and low emission practices 11:00 – 11:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Driving social change for more sustainable decisions 12:00 – 12:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Rome, Italy
Reducing food loss and waste 13:00 – 13:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Wageningen, Netherlands
Transforming innovation systems to deliver impacts at scale 14:00 – 14:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Supporting prosperity through mobility and rural reinvigoration 15:00 – 15:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Bamako, Mali
Shifting to healthy and sustainable climate-friendly diets 16:00 – 16:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Vermont, USA
Helping Farmers Make Better Choices 17:00 – 17:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from New York, USA
Implementing policy and institutional changes that enable transformation 18:00 – 18:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Ontario, Canada
Unlocking billions in sustainable finance 19:00 – 19:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Cali, Colombia
Closing of the relay 19:00 – 19:45 CEST Add to Calendar	Hosted from Cali, Colombia