UN Nutrition Virtual Event 26 April 2023: Pursuing wins-wins for nutrition and the environment through a food systems approach
Side event – 4th Global Conference of One Planet network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme
– INVITATION –
Date: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m. ‒ 7:45 p.m. (GMT+7)
Registration link: https://bit.ly/40yijzq
Event co-organizers:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica,
the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture, UN-Nutrition,
the United Nations Environment Programme, ICLEI, Rikolto and
RUAF-Hivos
Join us for the launch of a new discussion paper that unpacks the crucial interlinkages between nutrition and the environment. Developed under the umbrella of UN-Nutrition, thanks to the United Nations Environment Programme and other Member Agencies, the paper also explores strategies and methodologies that policymakers and other stakeholders can draw on to foster collaborative, evidence-based governance to achieve mutually reinforcing goals.
This side event will be also an opportunity to hear from different cities and regions around the world about the actions they are taking and how they are yielding co-benefits for nutrition and the environment. With a mix of speakers from government, the United Nations and civil society (provisional agenda below), the event will incite a dynamic discussion about the way forward.
Provisional agenda
6:00‒6:03 PM Welcome and opening remarks
Roberto Azofeifa, Chief of the Agro-environmental Production Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica
6:03‒6:08 PM Objectives and agenda
Stineke Oenema, Executive Secretary of UN-Nutrition
6:08‒6:20 PM Setting the scene: Key messages of the paper
Steven Stone, Deputy Director of the Economy Division, UNEP
6:08‒6:20 PM Linking nutrition and the environment for people and the planet
Tom Arnold, Special Envoy for Food Systems, Ireland
6:25‒7:00 PM Panel: Local experiences on nutrition-environment interlinkages
- Alwin Kopse (TBC), Head of International Affairs and Food Systems, Federal Office for Agriculture and National UNFSS Convener, The Swiss Confederation
- Igor Barcellos, Food and Nutrition Security Coordinator of the Municipal Secretariat of Social Assistance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rose Achieng, Agri-Nutrition Coordinator, Department of Agriculture, Kisumu County, Kenya
- Nyoman Suma Artha, Director, Pasar Rakyat, Bali, Indonesia
- Runyararo Esther Chibota, Hivos Regional Coordinator Urban Futures Programme, Hivos Hub SAf, Zimbabwe
7:00‒7:30 PM Q&A
Moderated by Stineke Oenema, UN-Nutrition Executive Secretary, with the audience and speakers
7:30‒7:40 PM Wrap-up
Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director of the Food and Nutrition Division, FAO
Representative of the Coalition of Action on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems for Children and All
7:40 ‒7:45 PM Closing remarks
Stineke Oenema, UN-Nutrition Executive Secretary
Additional information about this event and other virtual side events taking place between 24 April and 26 April is available here.
We hope that you will join us and encourage you to share this invitation with others in your network.
With warm regards,
The UN-Nutrition Secretariat