In the lead up to COP28, a coalition of more than 80 powerful organisations from across the global food system have signed an open letter to incorporate food system transformation into the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The letter calls for a clear political stance to be taken by governments and for food systems action to be part of the National Adaptation Plans, Nationally Determined Contributions and long-term strategies.

Drawing on expertise from health, climate, biodiversity and animal welfare policy and science, this CABI Policy Forum argues current levels of animal product production and consumption threaten ‘One Health’ outcomes and presents the case for a just transition in animal agriculture. The report identifies five principles to guide policy makers in promoting a just transition from systems of industrial meat production and overconsumption.

This report provides disclosure of conflicts of interest of the 20 members of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee who determine the national Dietary Guidelines for America. The report found that almost half of the members had a medium to high risk of conflict of interest due to connections with industry actors.

This year's State of Food and Agriculture report is the first in a two year focus on the true cost of food for sustainable agrifood systems. The report uses the true cost accounting approach to demonstrate the hidden environmental, health and social costs and benefits of the agrifood system, so that actors can make more informed choices that lead to transformative policies and decision making. 

This paper reports the results of a structured expert elicitation process from 76 food system experts on future food system disruption scenarios for the UK. Around one third of those consulted thought that major civil unrest due to a shortage of popular carbohydrates as a result of extreme weather was more likely than not in the next 10 years.

This paper examines the threat to current wilderness from climate-driven agricultural expansion. Through modelling future crop suitability, the authors establish that 2.7 million km2 of wilderness, particularly at high-latitude, will become newly suitable for agriculture within the next 40 years.

This paper quantifies the availability of two macronutrients and nine micronutrients for 156 countries in ‘available food’, which they define as the quantity of food produced that is potentially available for consumption after factoring in reductions arising from food loss and waste, and non-food use through the production chain. Nutrient availability is assessed against a range of dietary guidelines to determine the depth and breadth of nutrient deficiencies across regions and countries, and a series of intervention strategies are explored. 

This event was hosted by TABLE on 31 October 2023 and took the format of a panel discussion with:Dr Tara Garnett (director of TABLE);Professor Nathalie Seddon (Nature-based Solutions Initiative, University of Oxford);Kirtana Chandrasekaran (Friends of the Earth International);Jutta Kill (World Rainforest Movement);Roberto S. Waack (Arapyaú Institute, Associate Fellow of Chatham House).

This event was hosted by TABLE on 16 October 2023 and took the format of a panel discussion with:Dr Tara Garnett (director of TABLE);Professor Wim de Vries (Wageningen University & Research);Pauline Chivenge (International Rice Research Institute);Rasmus Einarsson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences).