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Seminar on Nutrition and Sustainability
A seminar on “Nutrition and Sustainability : A Practical Approach to Integrating Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Nutrition and Health Agendas” co-organized by the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition, (UNSCN), Bioversity International, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of…
November 6, 2013 - Last update: July 4, 2022
A seminar on “Nutrition and Sustainability : A Practical Approach to Integrating Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Nutrition and Health Agendas” co-organized by the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition, (UNSCN), Bioversity International, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of Malawi will be taking place one day prior to the International Conference on Nutrition Technical Preparatory Meeting (ICN2), on Tuesday 12 November 2013, in FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.
This seminar will bring together high level people and stakeholders of different backgrounds, engaged in different sectors : policy makers, leading experts and practitioners need to respond to countries’ requests to answer the “why?” and “how?” question of linking nutrition, sustainability and the tradeoffs.
Throughout the day participants will be enabled to exchange and acquire the knowledge needed to ensure that future national plans on nutrition, agriculture and food systems are sensitive to biodiversity, ecosystems and climate change.
In order to receive an invitation to attend the seminar in person, please contact the UNSCN secretariat by email (scn@who.int) and explain your motivations to attend.
Please note that travel costs must be covered by the participant.
The Nutrition and Sustainability Seminar will be conducted and livestreamed in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Live discussion will be happening on Twitter with the hashtags #sustfoodsystems and #sustdiets.
