Nairobi – Transforming our agrifood systems to make them more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable is key to addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Such a transformation requires greater cooperation between the public and private sectors, empowering agrifood systems stakeholders, adopting holistic cross-sectoral approaches, and working together to optimize multilateral environmental agreements.
This was the overarching message from the Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Maria Helena Semedo, in a series of events organized this week in Nairobi during the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and the Second Quadripartite Executive Annual Meeting.
On Tuesday, Semedo focused on ecosystem restoration at an award ceremony recognizing seven new