PUBLICATION

Sustainable Food Systems and Health: The convenient truth of addressing climate change while promoting health

Author
Non-UN stakeholder
UN-Nutrition
UNEP
WHO
Year
2015
Topics
Healthy diets & sustainable food systems
Sustainable FSs & Health-cover (2015)

Feeding the world sustainably and promoting good nutrition and health under a changing climate is one of the main challenges of our time. This brief highlights opportunities as well as key messages, underscoring the need for urgent action. It emphasizes the importance of coherent policies and better coordinated actions across all relevant sectors, strengthening, preserving and recovering healthy and sustainable food systems.

Note: This publication was developed under the auspices of the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN), one of the precursors to UN-Nutrition.