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International trade in food feeds one in every six people around the globe. Climate change will render international trade even more central to food security, reinforcing its role in the movement of food from food-surplus to food-deficit countries in the wake of natural calamities. This Global Dialogue will ask, how can the multilateral trading system best contribute to food systems of the future? Clearly, the multilateral trading system must continue to level the playing field in food trade, while enabling countries to raise their social, environmental, and other relevant standards. The aim of this Global Dialogue is to discuss how the trading system can best be reformed to address the food needs of tomorrow, and support sustainable development as reflected in the Preamble to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO. More information

The Global Finance Dialogue will bring together public and private stakeholders to tackle barriers to investment and to build an ambitious shared vision of a Food Finance Architecture that mobilises largescale capital for more sustainable food systems. Following a panel discussion with leading experts and practitioners on opportunities to transform the way we finance food systems, participants will break into roundtable discussions, deep diving on priority actions, and examples of best practice to replicate, scale and repurpose investment. More information

This independent dialogue convened in partnership between IFPRI, IWMI, and ICARDA will discuss the role of water security for food systems transformation in Egypt. Stakeholders will engage in interactive group discussions, collective brainstorming, and agenda-setting with a focus on equity, inclusion, capacity, innovation, and sustainability, including insights on how food systems need to change to improve water security (SDG 6), help eliminate hunger (SGD2), support energy security (SDG 7) and improve climate adaptation and mitigation action (SDG 13). Emerging messages from this multi-stakeholder dialogue will be presented at the UNFSS in September. More information

This dialogue brought together multiple stakeholders from South Asia and South East Asia including governments, private sector, civil society organizations, women workers associations, researchers, donors and intergovernmental organizations working in the region to discuss solutions to address gender inequality and the situation of women in food systems. More information

This dialogue was one in a series of regional dialogues to discuss how to achieve the triple goal of gender equality, sustainable, and healthy food systems. It brought together scientists, farmers and farmer organizations, policy makers, consumers, private sector and others to discuss and share solutions. The dialogue was hosted by the UNFSS Custodian for Gender and Women’s Empowerment, Dr. Jemimah Njuki on February 9, 2021. More information