The first UN Food Systems Summit convened world leaders in late September 2021 in an effort to spur national and regional action to deliver the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through transforming food systems. Among the goals for 2030 are zero hunger, zero poverty, gender equality, and climate action.
Following on from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which raised a “code red” for human-driven global heating, the U.S. administration—one of the world’s major agricultural producers—pledged $10 billion over five years to address climate change and help feed those most vulnerable without exhausting natural resources.