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UN: one-third of people cannot afford healthy diets; food systems summit highlights financing and fairness
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At the Food Systems Summit margins, the UN highlighted rising global hunger, waste, and the need for integrated policies, fair governance and scaled financing to meet 2030 goals.
The United Nations used a briefing to underscore growing global hunger and to press for changes in food systems that link agriculture, health, climate, trade and finance.
The secretary-general reiterated three priorities: integrated policies and a global framework connecting agriculture to health and climate; tackling power imbalances and inequality in food systems; and unlocking financing at scale. He added that lasting peace is needed so investments can take root and farmers can plan for the future.
UN officials pointed to data showing one-third of the world's people cannot afford a healthy diet, while roughly one-third of the world's food is lost or wasted. The briefing said July had been particularly severe for malnutrition-related deaths in the context of several humanitarian emergencies.
The deputy secretary-general attended the summit in Addis Ababa to discuss progress on food systems transformation and to meet with government officials, civil society and youth to build momentum toward the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The UN emphasized the need to connect financing, governance reforms and inclusive policies to slow the rise in global hunger.
At the margins, officials also highlighted the need to accelerate multi-stakeholder collaboration and to address unequal access to resources and markets, which they described as structural obstacles to fair food systems.
