UN COP27: Transforming Value Chains and Developing Inclusive Markets​

Join us at the Food Systems Pavilion (Blue Zone) in the Tonino Lamborghini International Convention Center Sharm El Sheikh. Streaming details to be added soon for those joining virtually.

Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022

Food Systems Pavilion (Blue Zone) in the Tonino Lamborghini International Convention Center Sharm El Sheikh

10:00AM–11:45AM

Transforming Value Chains and Developing Inclusive Markets​

In the face of a changing climate, value chains need to be more diverse, inclusive, and economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. Resilient food systems should implement four key pillars of sustainability:

Prioritize environmental conservation, utilizing resources in an efficient, circular manner and reducing waste to a minimum, while adapting a low-to-neutral carbon and water strategy.

Provide access to food that satisfies the sociocultural needs of all, supporting growers, collaborating with local communities, and preventing inequalities within the system.

Promote and advance human health and wellbeing, preventing disease and providing nutritional accessibility through a sustainable diet.

Ensure economic viability, with affordable products and a resilient and traceable supply chain, reflective of the true cost of food production with consideration to health and environmental impact.

Panel 1, Part 1. How to build a truly just transition for farmers, ranchers, and eaters

This panel will focus on the different voices that need to be at the table for a just transition to more sustainable food systems. Too often, these conversations have left out the voices of farmers and ranchers as well as transparency for eaters and consumers. To achieve a just transition, these voices need a platform for engagement with businesses, policymakers, and other stakeholders.

10:05AM–10:25AM

1. Didier Toubia, Co-Founder and CEO, Aleph Farms

2. Estrella Penunia-Banzuela, Secretary General, Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development.

Moderated by Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank

Panel 1, Part 2. How to build a truly just transition for farmers, ranchers, and eaters

10:25AM–10:45AM

1. Chief Caleen Sisk, Spiritual Leader and Hereditary Chief, Winnemem Wintu Tribe

2. Nico Janssen, Programme Manager, IKEA Foundation

Moderated by Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank

Panel 2. Eaters as changemakers

Eaters are increasingly calling for transparency and traceability in global food systems. They want to know where their food was grown and who grew, harvested, processed, cooked, sold, served, and disposed of their food. And they want to know how animals and the environment were treated. This panel will explore the power that eaters’ food choices have to solve the climate crisis.

10:45AM–11:10AM

1. Fabricio Muriana, Co-Founder, Associado do Instituto Regenera

2. Lasse Bruun, CEO, 50by40

3. Brent Loken, Global Food Lead Scientist, WWF

Moderated by Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank

Panel 3. The role of the private and public partnerships to achieve a just transition

How can the private sector, governments, and civil society work together to build value chains that are inclusive, diverse, and can provide healthy, accessible, affordable, and sustainable food and agriculture systems?

11:10AM–11:45AM

1. Gunhild Stordalen, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, EAT Forum

2. Naglaa Ahmed, Manager, Egyptian Biodynamic Association

3. Andrea Erickson-Quiroz, Managing Director of Water Security, The Nature Conservancy

Moderated by Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank