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Add to Preferred SourcesThe UN chief António Guterres set out a new plan to transform the world’s food systems – coinciding with the start of World Food Week – which will culminate in a major summit, scheduled to take place in September next year.
Mr. Guterres highlighted the importance of food systems, and their impact on economies, environment, and health, but warned that they are “one of the main reasons we are failing to stay within our planet’s ecological boundaries”.
This year, the coronavirus pandemic has brought the fragility of the world’s food supplies to the fore, with millions going hungry. At the same time, the climate crisis continues to wreak havoc on food security.
To address these issues, the Secretary-General is convening a Food Systems Summit next year to raise global awareness and spur actions to rethink food systems, so that they can play a more positive role in ending hunger, reducing diet-related disease, and help in the fight against climate change.
The event will be held at UN Headquarters in New York in September, in conjunction with the next UN General Assembly opening session and, said Mr. Guterres, will focus the attention of world leaders on the issue.
“The awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP) highlights the Summit’s timeliness”, he added, underlining the need for global engagement and action for inclusive and sustainable food systems, and calling on everyone to join these conversations.
Original source: UN News