Committee on World Food Security 52nd session - Nutrition side events
The 52nd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52) will be held from 21 to 25 October 2024 in Rome, Italy. All events are in Rome time (GMT+2).
The Food and Nutrition division (ESN) will be involved in several side events:
Diving to the heart of nutrition – The case for integrated public policies | MONDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2024, 13:30 – 14:45, Red Room and virtual | To generate a shared understanding of the evidence base of nutrition integration, success stories, identify gaps, and seek to guide CFS member states and other stakeholders in targeting the best approaches to integrate nutrition at the heart of policy and programmes. Synergies of efforts and commitments (such as the G20 Hunger and Poverty Alliance and previous N4G commitments) will be explored. |
Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – where do we stand? | TUESDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2024, 13:30 - 14:45, Red Room and virtual | The overall objective of this side event will be to take stock of and discuss initiatives that are being planned and undertaken to implement the CFS policy recommendations on data in practice. These initiatives include the creation of a new statistical domain on FSN statistics under the aegis of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC); the harmonization of healthy diet metrics under the Healthy Diets Monitoring Initiative (HDMI); the proposal of a new SDG indicator on Minimum Dietary Diversity in the context of the 2025 Comprehensive Review of the SDG indicator framework; as well as the 50x2030 Initiative to Close the Agricultural Data Gap. |
Healthy diets, sustainable futures – Bridging nutrition, biodiversity and climate change policies
| THURSDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2024, 8:30 – 9:45, Iran Room and virtual | To give greater prominence to the specific challenges and existing solutions posed by the progressive realization of the right to adequate food for all in the context of climate change and biodiversity loss. |
Addressing the unequal burden of climate change – Articulating the value for money of investments in climate resilience, gender equality, and nutrition | FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024, 10:00 – 11:15, Sheikh Zayed Centre and virtual | To promote investments and foster greater coordination across the environment, agriculture, gender, and health sectors to deliver on gender, climate change and nutrition goals. |
Other side events related to nutrition:
Bridging Rio Conventions – Uniting climate, biodiversity and land tenure agendas for sustainable agrifood systems | TUESDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2024, 8:30 – 9:45, Red Room |
Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – Where do we stand? | TUESDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2024, 13:30 – 14:45, Red Room |
Right to food and the role of social safety nets in food security and nutrition | WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2024, 8:30 – 9:45, Ethiopia Room |
Good food for all, for today and tomorrow – Inclusive youth engagement and empowerment for agrifood systems transformation | WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2024, 8:30 – 9:45, Iran Room |
Nourish to flourish – Strengthening resilient food systems from community roots to global governance | WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2024, 13:30 – 14:45, Iran Room |
Connecting social protection food and health systems for greater impact on poverty, food security and nutrition – Opportunities and challenges | WEDNESDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2024, 13:30 – 14:45, Green Room |
No famine on our watch – A new approach in a changing world | THURSDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2024, 13:30 – 14:45, Ethiopia Room |
Food systems transformation – The missing policies on consumers' purchasing power | FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024, 11:45 – 13:00, Philippines Room |
Harnessing climate finance and social protection for inclusive agrifood system transformation | FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024, 13:30 – 14:45, Lebanon Room |