New Tool Launched to Help Countries Transform Food Systems for the Benefit of Nature, Climate and People

An interactive tool to help countries implement policies that will transform national food systems has been launched today at the UN Environment Assembly meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. The Food Forward NDCs tool has been developed by WWF and Climate Focus, in partnership with an advisory group of technical experts. The tool provides evidence-based policy options and measures for transitioning to nature-positive, healthy and resilient food systems. It follows the commitments made by more than 150 Heads of State at December’s climate COP to transform food systems. Accordingly, the new tool focuses on how nature-positive actions on food can be specifically included in national climate plans, including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement.
 

The guidance has been compiled in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, FAO, NDC Partnership, FAIRR Initiative, CGIAR, Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Biovision Foundation and the Agroecology Coalition, with financial support from the German government - specifically, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Read the full press release from WWF here: New Tool Launched to Help Countries Transform Food Systems for the Benefit of Nature, Climate and People