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In this Pre-Summit Main Programme Session on ‘Steering the UN Food System Summit towards full integration of blue foods for health, wealth & ecological recovery,’ hosted under the leadership of the Food System Summit Secretariat, experts working across different aspects of global food systems will convene to share and discuss game-changing solutions for improving food and nutrition security, health and income opportunities with foods from below water. WorldFish’s Global Lead in Nutrition and Public Health, Shakuntala Thilsted, will join the expert panel, drawing on her expertise as Vice...

Virtual A virtual event exploring nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change and support ecosystems with low-thropic aquatic foods. Date: Thursday, 15 July 2021 Time: 16:00 (UTC+8) In this exciting event hosted by FAO and the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), leaders, researchers, innovators and small-scale actors working in fisheries and aquaculture sectors will come together to discuss the multiple benefits of seaweed farming in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions to address global challenges, from hunger to climate change. WorldFish’s Global Lea...

A virtual dialogue exploring innovative solutions for driving food systems transformation with aquatic foods for healthy, sustainable diets in the North Africa and Near-East regions.

Passcode: 37778953 In this independent food systems dialogue hosted by FAO and WorldFish, policy, research and development experts as well as key stakeholders from fish farmers and fishing communities, fish processors and marketers and consumer groups, will come together to share perspectives and develop an agenda of solutions to address specific challenges faced by the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Bangladesh. WorldFish’s Director General, Dr. Gareth Johnstone, will lead the keynote presentation on sustainable food systems transformation with aquatic foods in Bangladesh. This will b...

Virtual A virtual dialogue exploring global food system solutions with aquatic foods from land and water systems for improved food, nutrition security and environmental sustainability. Date: Tuesday, 25 May 2021 Time: 18:00-19:00 (UTC+8) The World Economic Forum and Friends of Ocean Action is hosting the 2021 Virtual Ocean Dialogues ahead of this year’s World Oceans Day. As part of the ocean dialogue series, a Global Food Systems Summit Dialogue will be held,co-convened by the Special Envoy of the Food Systems Summit, Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy for the Ocean, Peter Thomson, Friends of...