The world is currently facing two interconnected and severe crises: widespread malnutrition and environmental degradation. Food systems are central to both issues, as they are responsible for a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions, natural resource depletion, and environmental damage, while simultaneously feeding billions of people. Diets are a crucial link between human and planetary health and have been identified as a key lever to address both the climate and malnutrition crises. However, there are inherent trade-offs between nutritional and environmental goals, making it difficult to find solutions that simultaneously improve both outcomes. This paper introduces nutritional Life Cycle Assessment (nLCA) as an evidence-based tool to guide policy, programmatic, and industry decision-making, and demonstrates how nLCA can provide actionable, context-specific insights that help reconcile (often competing) nutritional and environmental priorities.
Every 2 – 3 years, the Global Forum brings cities and partners together to learn, share urban food policy knowledge and best practices, network, and to expand and strengthen partnerships. 2025 marks 10 years since the MUFPP was established. The pact gives ‘cities a voice and provide them with a political and operational framework to act, learn, and collaborate’, towards the goal of sustainable food systems that are ‘inclusive, resilient, safe, and diverse.' There are now more than 300 signatory cities, worldwide; and more than 900 transformative best practices have been developed and shared. Learn more about the Pact: The Milan Pact - Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
Food policy has been an active area in the UK throughout 2025. Three of four UK nations having recently published food strategies and plans, with another in preparation, all within a changing geopolitical context. Against this backdrop, this working paper highlights key gaps and potential actions for fostering coherence within food strategies and governments in the UK based on an analysis of UK food strategies using a new tool, the Food Systems Policy Coherence (FSPC) Diagnostic tool. This tool, composed of two modules, aims to provide a simplified and standardised approach to measure policy coherence.
Stockholm Food Forum: Engage. Act. Transform.
The Stockholm Food Forum, convened by EAT, is a carefully curated event open to up to 700 participants by invitation only. This results in a gathering of global thought leaders from science, politics, business, civil society and beyond.
The Second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stock take (UNFSS +4) which held 27–29 July 2025 in Addis Ababa, co‑hosted by Ethiopia and Italy – closed with a powerful reaffirmation of political will, partnership, and accountability in support of sustainable, inclusive, and resilient global food systems transformation. It brought together 3,500+ participants, 145+ national delegations and 700+ non-state actors. Participants from governments, civil society, producers, youth, Indigenous Peoples, academia, and the private sector gathered for Plenary sessions, High-level Panels, Ministerial Roundtables, Investment Dialogues, and Stakeholder-led constituencies.
The Second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stock take (UNFSS +4) which held 27–29 July 2025 in Addis Ababa, co‑hosted by Ethiopia and Italy – closed with a powerful reaffirmation of political will, partnership, and accountability in support of sustainable, inclusive, and resilient global food systems transformation. It brought together 3,500+ participants, 145+ national delegations and 700+ non-state actors. Participants from governments, civil society, producers, youth, Indigenous Peoples, academia, and the private sector gathered for Plenary sessions, High-level Panels, Ministerial Roundtables, Investment Dialogues, and Stakeholder-led constituencies.
The Take-Home Ration (THR) component of India’s Supplementary Nutrition Programme, the world’s largest
flagship supplementary feeding programme under POSHAN 2.0 and Saksham Anganwadi, is a key intervention to improve the nutrition of children 6-36 months, adolescent girls, pregnant women, lactating mothers. THR has evolved over the years to ensure it provides adequate amount of daily and protein for children and PWLMs, with recent updates emphasizing macro- and micronutrient profiles and limiting added sugars, salt, preservatives, and synthetic additives.
Senior editors and nutrition media champions met in Nairobi on Friday for a Media Roundtable on Nutrition Education and Advocacy, jointly hosted by the Ministry of Health and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Kenya.
Chimoio, Mozambique – A white Hino truck rattles under its own weight on the bumpy road, while its tires throwing particles of dust from the asphalt in the air from the district of Cantandica, Manica province, central Mozambique.
Investing in companies that support nutritious food value chains could be a triple win for farmers’ livelihoods, their nutrition, and that of the end consumers of their products – but how do we know it actually works? Over the past few months, the Nutritious Foods Financing Facility (N3F) has been working with our first few investees and the leading impact-measurement specialist 60 Decibels to try and find out.
