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UN summit speaker urges integrated action to transform global food systems
Summary
An unnamed United Nations representative at the UN Food Systems Summit said governments, the private sector and the UN must break policy silos, address power imbalances and unlock finance to tackle rising hunger, climate impacts and inequity in food systems.
An unnamed United Nations representative, speaking at the UN Food Systems Summit, outlined three urgent priorities to transform global food systems: break down policy silos, address power imbalances and unlock finance at scale.
"Food systems are about more than foods. They're about health, nutrition, climate, decent work, justice, and the right to a better future," the speaker said, framing food systems as intertwined with broader development goals.
The speaker said progress has been made since the first UN Food Systems Summit four years ago, citing that "two-thirds of countries have integrated food systems transformation into national development plans," that "over 100 have aligned food strategies with climate and biodiversity…
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