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Transforming Food Systems Under a Changing Climate: Changing diets and transforming food systems - key messages

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Title Transforming Food Systems Under a Changing Climate: Changing diets and transforming food systems - key messages
 
Creator Vermeulen, Sonja J.
Park, Toby
Khoury, Colin K.
Mockshell, Jonathan
Béné, Christophe
Thi, Huong Trinh
Heard, Brent
Wilson, Bee
 
Subject agriculture
food security
climate change
diet
sustainable development goals
 
Description In an aspirational global food system, everyone would meet but not exceed their nutritional needs, and fulfill personal preferences for tasty, affordable, varied, convenient and healthy food—while keeping climate change under 2°C. Diets are an outcome of people’s choices and are profoundly shaped by socio-cultural, physical and economic factors in the food ‘choice environment’. Historically there have been substantial changes in people’s diets and diets continue to be in flux. Dietary change offers a route to achieving the aspirational Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) food system, combining positive outcomes for health and for the environment. The most effective strategies to shift diets will involve multiple approaches that deliberately aim not just to influence consumers themselves, but all participants in the food system, taking into account plural values and incentives. Effectiveness of actions will depend on the political economy at national and global levels. Overall there is reason to be hopeful about the potential for dietary change, given both historic trends and the growing suite of tools and approaches available.
 
Date 2019-10-07
2019-10-07T14:25:03Z
2019-10-07T14:25:03Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Vermeulen S, Park T, Khoury CK, Mockshell J, Béné C, Thi HT, Heard B, Wilson B. 2019. Transforming Food Systems Under a Changing Climate Changing diets and transforming food systems: key messages. CCAFS Brief. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103988
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf