SDG-Conference: Towards Zero Hunger - Partnerships for impact

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and underlying targets are interdependent. SDG2 Zero Hunger, is strongly related to other goals and underlying targets like SDG1 Zero poverty, SDG3 Health, SDG6 Water, SDG11 Urbanisation, SDG12 Sustainable consumption, SDG13 climate action, and SDG14 and 15 Life on land and water. Understanding the different interactions among SDGs and their targets is key to unlock their full potential at multiple-scales, and to ensure progress in some areas is not made at the expense of others.

Local Solutions

To reach zero hunger, new sustainable, inclusive and resilient food systems matching local needs and circumstances and taking into account higher scale-levels conditions are required. Designing and promoting such solutions requires the involvement of all parties that are playing a role in the food system, i.e. governments, research, industry, civil society, and financial institutions. It asks for the application of transdisciplinary and multi-actor approaches to co-innovation and co-investment.

This conference brings together key stakeholders to discuss their views and contributions for achieving the SDGs, and to take action towards reaching the targets and partnerships. The focus for presentations, dialogues and actions is: “Evidence base for healthy , sustainable and inclusive food systems”, “Balancing synergies and trade-offs between SDGs”, and “Governance and SDGs”. The outputs of these three themes lead into ”Foodsystem transformation Pathways to achieve the SDGs”. These pathways will be developed through an interactive process with the participants of the various stakeholders.

Details

ORGANIZED BY: Wageningen University & Research
DATE: 30 & 31 August 2018
VENUE: Wageningen Campus, The Netherlands

First Call

We invite all relevant experts and practitioners representing government and policy, private sector, civil society, science and other actor groups to present and discuss their knowledge and experiences related to the SDGs and food systems. Only through multiple actor participation and engagement, innovative transformative pathways can be discussed, designed and put into action. This Call invites participants to submit their ideas for a contribution, in one of the following forms:

• Individual Paper presentations
• Individual Poster presentations
• Adopting a full parallel session
• Case studies
• Side events

Information and registration

For more information and registration, follow the link below.

Source: WUR