Month: November 2020

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High-level briefings on the Global Panel’s new report, ‘Future Food Systems: For people, our planet and prosperity’

17th November 2020
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Healthy diets are currently unaffordable to an estimated 3 billion people; more than 200 million children under five face a life with insufficient food; and at least 11 million people die every year from diet-related illnesses, including stroke, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. At the same time, food systems are in a spiral of decline with the environmental…

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Global Panel briefing to UNFSS Action Tracks: Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity

9th November 2020
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On 9th November, Prof Patrick Webb, Technical Adviser to the Global Panel, provided a briefing on the Foresight 2.0 report, Future Food Systems: For people, our planet, and prosperity to the recently appointed leads of the UN Food System Summit Action Tracks. The presentation provided an overview of the key messages of the report and…

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Briefing on ‘Rethinking trade policies to support healthier diets’

3rd November 2020
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The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Officer (FCDO) invited the Panel to present the policy brief ‘Rethinking trade policies to support healthier diets’ as part of its ‘nutrition hub’ series. Panel member Emmy Simmons and Technical Adviser Patrick Webb shared messaging from the Trade Brief with policy advisers located across the globe, many working directly…