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New EAT-Lancet commission launched to tackle the global food system’s role in malnutrition and global change

On June 12th, prior to the annual EAT Forum in Stockholm, the establishment of the new EAT-Lancet Commission was announced jointly by the Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre Johan Rockström, Chair of the EAT Foundation Gunhild Stordalen, and editor of The Lancet Richard Horton.

The 2016 Global Nutrition Report

The Global Nutrition Report is a multipartner initiative that holds a mirror up to our successes and failures at meeting intergovernmental nutrition targets. It is an independent and comprehensive annual review of the state of the world’s nutrition that documents progress on commitments made on the global stage, and it recommends actions to accelerate that progress.

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Mapping interactions between Sustainable Development Goals

This paper aims to present a simple way of rating relationships between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets to highlight priorities for integrated policy. It presents a conceptual framework to analyse SDG interactions, organize evidence and support decision-making about national priorities.

The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus: Challenges and an agenda for action

Global trends of population growth, rising living standards and the rapidly increasing urbanized world are increasing the demand on water, food and energy. Added to this is the growing threat of climate change which will have huge impacts on water and food availability.

Food Systems and Natural Resources. A Report of the Working Group on Food Systems of the International Resource Panel

This report, Food Systems and Natural Resources”developed by the International Resource Panel (IRP) looks at the use and management of natural resources that go into the food system, the consequences of that management and the options to improve the efficiency with which they are managed.

Analysis: The final Paris climate deal

This Carbon Brief analysis is a very useful summary of the climate agreement that was reached in Paris at the COP21 on 12th December 2015.

A Special GreenFacts Newsletter: Keys Facts on climate, climate change, its consequences and energy management challenges

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Pass the Parcel #4 (final post): Metrics Matter by Anna Taylor

In this piece, FCRN member Anna Taylor takes the Pass the parcel series on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forward after Marcel Beukeboom’s post on multi-stakeholder partnerships. You can read the first post by Corinna Hawkes here and Emile Frison’s second post here.Anna Taylor works as Executive Director of the Food Foundation since June 2015. The Food Foundation is a new independent organisation working to influence policy across the food system. She took up the post after 5 years at the UK Department for International Development (DFID) where she led the policy team on nutrition. Before joining DFID, Anna worked for a number of international organisations, including Save the Children and UNICEF. She has been at the forefront of international leadership on nutrition for several years.Note that this will be the last piece in the series on the SDGs. We will bring you another Pass the parcel series focused on another topic soon. Do get in touch if you have suggestions for a particular topic and if you would like to contribute.

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Pass the Parcel #3: Creating successful multi-stakeholder partnerships key to address the Global Goals – the experience of The Netherlands

In this piece, FCRN member Marcel Beukeboom takes up where Emile Frison’s blog-post on the SDGs left off, introducing nuances in partnership development and cross-sectoral collaboration. This piece can also be read as a continuation of the first pass the parcel post by Corinna Hawkes. Marcel Beukeboom heads the Food & Nutrition Security cluster at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands and is currently co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), alternate member of the Global Agenda Council for Food Security and member of the Transformation Leaders Network of the World Economic Forum, and member of the Steering Committee of the Food & Business Knowledge Platform.You can contact Marcel via member messaging here (note you will need to be logged in as a member on the FCRN website). We also welcome comments below this post– again; you’ll need to be logged in.