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Food & Land-Use Integrated Pathways and Policy Action for Sustainable Food and Land Systems

Our current ways of food production and land use cost us nearly $12 trillion per year in damage to people and the planet. Transforming our food and land-use systems requires an integrated approach that recognizes the interconnections between agriculture, biodiversity, food security, nutrition, climate change, rural livelihoods, water use, and trade. This calls for tailored tools and analyses to support decision-making in policy processes, targeted support for an interdisciplinary group of experts, and collaboration between local and global actors.

Through the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium and the Food, Environment, Land and Development (FELD) Programme, the SDSN provides technical inputs, practical modeling, comparative policy and systems- and action-focused analyses, and related capacity building in support of accelerated and scaled up global and national action on food and land use: the fourth SDG transformation.

The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium

FABLE is a 24-country collaborative initiative that focuses on translating policies and commitments on food and land use into quantitative targets and actionable strategies to support governments’ ambitious objectives.
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Food, Environment, Land and Development (FELD) Action Tracker

The FELD Programme is leading the development of the FELD Action Tracker as a strategic initiative of the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) to systematically assess policy action on food and land use against the SDGs, and the Paris Agreement. At country-level, the FELD Catalyst supports local actors in driving and accelerating local change and impact for greater climate resilience, adaptation and equitable development.
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Thematic Network on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

The Network seeks to promote major shifts at all scales – international, national, and sub-national – and in all sectors, from food production to consumption, to achieve the SDGs related to poverty, food and nutrition security, health, rural development, and the environment.

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SDSN at the 2023 Land & Carbon Lab Summit in Brussels

Carbon Credits for Conservation Farming: FELD Catalyst Hosts Dialogue with Pioneering Kenyan Farmers

SDSN Joins Global NDC Partnership as Associate Member and Attends 2023 Global NDC Conference

Ecological Restoration and Deforestation Control: Implications for Colombia’s Agriculture and Climate Goals

SDSN’s FELD Catalyst Kicks off Collaboration with SDSN Kenya and Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)

SDSN and Colombia’s Ministry of Environment Sign a Memorandum Contributing to Knowledge on Climate Change and Water in Colombia

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