The policy brief Transforming Food Systems to Return to Earth’s Limits, published in March 2025 by the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, was developed by the Working Group on Planetary Boundaries in Food Systems Transformation. The brief provides critical insights into the environmental limits within which food systems must operate, outlining key challenges and policy recommendations to ensure that food production, consumption, and disposal remain within safe ecological thresholds.
Building on the publication, the webinar aims to disseminate the key findings and recommendations from the policy brief, fostering a deeper discussion on how food systems can operate within planetary boundaries while ensuring food security, resilience, and equity. Discussions will highlight how current food systems are exceeding safe environmental limits, contributing to climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and water stress, while also emphasizing the role of food systems transformation to protect people and the planet.
Bringing together experts, policymakers, and stakeholders, the event will facilitate dialogue on integrating food, climate, and environmental policies, advancing science-driven, systems-based approaches, and scaling agroecological and nature-positive solutions. Ultimately, the discussion will contribute to global policy processes, including the 2ndUN Food Systems Summit Stocktake 2025 (UNFSS+4), UN Conference of the Parties (i.e. COP30 on climate, COP17 on biodiversity, and COP17 on desertification), and national strategies, ensuring that food systems transformation supports both human well-being and ecological integrity.
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