region: Global
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Cities, climate change and the food system of the majority
The 10th session of the World Urban Forum is underway, where innovative approaches to sustainable urbanisation are showing how we can achieve inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities. RUAF partners, including Hivos and FAO, are there to present ways of planning food systems in urban and peri-urban areas that emphasise systemic thinking and the importance…
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World Urban Forum FAO-RUAF training event: Integrating food systems into local planning
Training Event: Integrating food systems into local planning 12 February 9-12 am, Room CS 7, Abu Dhabi Exhibition Center (ADNEC), Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu Dhabi, UAE FAO and RUAF Global Partnership organise a training session at the 10th session of the World Urban Forum, Abu Dhabi, 8-13 February 2020. Food governance mechanisms, already established in 400…
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Join the OECD Roundtable on Circular Economy in Cities and Regions
Cities use almost two-thirds of global energy and produce up to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and 50% of global waste. The circular economy provides a policy response to cope with these challenges and is a driver for economic growth, jobs and environmental quality. Yet, there has been little policy research and attention on cities…
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Planetary Health: solutions that balance human health and a healthy planet
Planetary Health recognises novel solutions that balance the need for both human health and a healthy planet, implemented with the generous support of The Rockefeller Foundation. Narrated by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Development Programme, it tells the story of the winners of the 2019 Momentum for Change Awards, in the Planetary Health…
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RUAF Rooted in Cities: 20 years in urban agriculture and urban food systems
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Sustainable Food System Assessment. Now available!
FLEdGE is excited to announce the release of an edited collection that emerged out of our International Working Group on Sustainable Food System Assessment. Sustainable Food System Assessment: Lessons from Global Practice is an open-access edition that shares insights from global, multi-scalar sustainable food systems research and explores the use of indicators and assessment metrics…
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Certificate programme in food security
Do you have a keen passion and interest in food security? Then, register today for our post-degree Certificate in Food Security! What will you learn? The certificate explores the challenges of creating sustainable food systems based on social justice and democratic decision-making that will ensure the right of dignified access to healthy food. The program’s…
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UN Global Climate Action Awards – Interview with Ghent as winner
Representatives from three award-winning projects will take the stage at COP25, showcasing planetary health solutions from across the world. One of the winners is the City of Ghent. Watch the interview with Katrien Verbeke (min 10-14).
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CITYFOOD Network Update November 2019
View this email in your browser CITYFOOD Network Update November 2019 Eight great ideas to tackle food insecurity from industrial legacy cities Formerly industrial cities are showing how food systems can be made more equitable and sustainable. Deindustrialization has left industrial legacy cities with large tracts of under-utilised land and infrastructure that offer…
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New Perspectives on Food Democracy: download publication
New Perspectives on Food Democracy (2019, Volume 7, Issue 4) Special issue of Politics and Governance Edited by Basil Bornemann and Sabine Weiland With the overall intention of stimulating the debate on food democracy, this thematic issue aims to shed fresh light on the complex relationship between food and democracy in different contexts. New theoretical…