WEBINAR: COVID-19 and Sustainable Food Systems: Responses and innovations to tackle vulnerabilities and build back better
What critical measures are required to both combat the #COVID-19 crisis and build sustainable food systems? Can responses to the #COVID-19 crisis catalyse transformation toward sustainable food systems? What can we learn from the changes, responses and innovations in our food environments to COVID-19 to catalyse transformation toward sustainable food systems? The WHO Special Envoy for COVID-19, together with INRAe, UNSCN, FAO, IFAD, UNEP and WWF invite you to learn from new research and practical response examples from the Council of Food Security and Nutrition of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, and from the government of Costa Rica. Join us for this discussion with experts and policy-makers about some of the critical measures that are required to both combat the pandemic’s impact and to build sustainable food systems. List of speakers: • Dr. David Nabarro, WHO Director-General's Special Envoy on COVID-19 • Dr. Yuna Chiffoleau, Research Director, INRAe • Dr. Stieneke Oenema, Coordinator, UNSCN • Vice-minister Sra. Ana Cristina Quirós Soto, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica • Potira V. Preiss, counselor of the Council of Food Security and Nutrition (CONSEA) of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil • Fatima Hachem, Senior Nutrition Officer, FAO • Margarita Astrálaga, Director of the Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division (ECG), IFAD • Martina Otto, Head of Cities Unit, UNEP Moderator: Brent Loken, Food Science Lead, WWF