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Moving to sustainable and resilient societies: the food security and nutrition dimensions

11 July, 18:30 - 20:00 pm EDT, Conference Room B, UN Conference Building, New York

A joint CFS and UNSCN Side Event at the 2018 High Level Political Forum

The pursuit of food security and nutrition - as well as sustainable and resilient societies broadly - is undermined by alarming gaps in access to natural resources, such as land and forests (SDG15), water and sanitation (SDG6) and energy (SDG7) among small-scale food producers and other vulnerable groups. Food secure and well-nourished communities are essential pillars of sustainable food systems (SDG12) and resilient societies (SDG11). Structural causes of hunger and malnutrition relate to governance, economic and production issues, demographic and social issues, climate, and environmental issues. As such, it will be imperative to discuss the food security and nutrition dimensions of the SDGs under review at HLPF 2018.

Using the food and nutrition lens, this event will increase understanding of the interlinkages between the sustainable goals and targets under review in 2018 – and discuss how policy coherence can be leveraged during implementation to accelerate progress across multiple objectives and to the overall success of the 2030 Agenda. In particular, the side event will build upon an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on nutrition, held in June 2018, to highlight the interlinkages between nutrition and the SDGs in focus at HLPF 2018 and help translate them into effective guidance for policies, programmes and stakeholder engagement.

Agenda (forthcoming)

Please register to the event through the form at https://goo.gl/forms/PcoIXz31f6MJmRaP2 

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UNSCN Discussion Paper - Water and Nutrition. Harmonizing actions for the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition and the UN Water Action Decade Progress for both SDG 2 and SDG 6 has been unsatisfactory, with several indicators worsening over time, including an increase in the number of undernourished, overweight and obese people, as well…
UNSCN Discussion Paper Urban-Rural Linkages for Nutrition. Territorial approaches for sustainable development The nutrition challenges facing the world of today are daunting. One out of three people suffers from at least one form of malnutrition, and current trends suggest this may increase in the coming…
UNSCN Brief “Non-communicable diseases, diets and nutrition” Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are now the leading cause of mortality worldwide; they are responsible for 70% of global deaths; equivalent to 40 million people. The health and economic repercussions…
Guidance Note on Integration of Nutrition in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (renamed Cooperation Framework) The purpose of this Guidance Note is to assist United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) with the integration of nutrition into the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework that…
UNSCN Discussion Paper - Schools as a System to Improve Nutrition Given the changing circumstances in the nutrition landscape, there is a need to reassess and reiterate the role of the schools in improving health and nutritional status of children. This discussion…