REAL

FOOD
Enabling 9 billion
people to feed
themselves with
REAL FOOD for
individual &
planetary health

DRAFT - Merete Johansson, Sept. 2018

THIS IS
A CALL
TO ACTION
to RECOGNIZE
that the food,
health, and
planetary
sustainability
agendas are
inextricably linked...

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THIS IS
A CALL
TO ACTION
to COORDINATE
action among
global humanitarian
and development
agendas before
it's too late...

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THIS IS
A CALL
TO ACTION
to TRANSFORM
our dysfunctional
food systems...

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THIS IS
A CALL
TO ACTION
and to NOURISH
and REBALANCE
earth’s ecosystems
for future
generations though
REAL FOOD.

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WHAT IS
REAL FOOD?

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1 It nourishes
producers,
communities,
2 It respects
human health,
animal welfare,
3 It’s as close
to its natural
state without
and the Earth. social justice, alteration.
and the
environment.

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PROMOTING
REAL FOOD
IS CRITICAL
BECAUSE...

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Food, health, FOOD
HEALTH
& planetary SYSTEMS
sustainability
are inextricably
LINKED...
SUSTAINABILITY

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 FOOD
SYSTEMS HEALTH SUSTAINABILITY

…yet are
approached
in SILOS.

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The need for FOOD
HEALTH
SYSTEMS
consolidated
action is
URGENT.
SUSTAINABILITY

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 FOOD
We need to HEALTH
SYSTEMS
address problems
at the source
BEFORE it’s too
late by nourishing & SUSTAINABILITY
rebalancing the
earth’s ecosystems.

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The transformation
of food systems needs Food System Activity
& Agriculture
to be at the forefront of 33%
global agendas because
food systems generate
33% of global GHG
EMISSIONS.
Global Greenhouse
Gas (GHG) Emissions

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WE NEED TO
ACT NOW
BECAUSE
TIME IS
RUNNING
OUT FOR OUR
PLANET.

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According to leading
scientists, we have
about 10 years, at the
most, to reduce our
greenhouse gas

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emissions or face
irreversible
consequences.
YEARS

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If we maintain our
current global
temperature trajectory
toward 4° Celsius,
the frequency of

4°
unstable weather
& devastating events
will only increase.
CELSIUS

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Yet the climate
change agenda
overlooks food
systems as a
main driver.

4°
CELSIUS

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TIME IS ALSO
RUNNING
OUT FOR
PEOPLE

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9.8 billion people
will need to
healthfully feed
themselves in the
next 30 years.

9.8
BILLION
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 821
MILLION
hungry

Malnutrition has
become a global
problem: 821 million
people are hungry,
while over 2 billion

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are overweight
or obese.
BILLION
overweight
or obese
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And, obesity is a
major risk factor for
non-communicable
diseases (NCDs),
like diabetes,
cancer, and
cardiovascular

#1
diseases, which
are now the NCDs cause
leading cause are the of death
worldwide
of death worldwide.

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Our food systems,
which yield highly
processed foods
containing high
levels of saturated
fat and sugar,
are largely to blame.

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Furthermore, 7.5%
of children under 5
- 50.5 million -
were affected by
wasting (low weight

50.5
or height) in 2017.

MILLION
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HOW DOES
THIS RELATE
TO THE
HUMANITARIAN
AGENDA?

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DISASTER IN THE CARIBBEAN
DROUGHTS IN AFRICA
MALI, KENYA, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN
FLOODING IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA

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DISASTER IN THE CARIBBEAN FLOODING IN
-Rebuilding will cost SOUTHEAST ASIA
DROUGHTS IN AFRICA
over $13 billion -Worst floods in
-MALI: 5.1 million people over a decade
experiencing food insecurty in 2018

-KENYA: 2.6 million people -In India, Nepal and

experiencing food insecurity in 2017 Bangladesh, over
-ETHIOPIA: 8.5 million people 1,200 people were
experiencing food insecurity in 2017 killed by monsoon
rains in 2017.
-SUDAN: 3.6 million people
experiencing food insecurity in 2017

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More broadly,
the food
agenda
relates to....

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 INFECTIOUS DISEASE

ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCK
More broadly, CLIMATE REFUGEES
the food CIVIL UNREST
agenda
UNSAFE FOOD & FOOD WASTE/LOSS
relates to....
FOOD INSECURITY

NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

EPIDEMICS (e.g. cholera)

AND MORE....

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And, vulnerable populations
will bear the brunt of inaction...

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especially as natural disasters &
humanitarian consequences are
aggravated by CLIMATE CHANGE.

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We are already $23.5 billion

experiencing
these impacts. This aid is for
Humanitarian aid
93 million people

requirements are
more than
5X HIGHER
than they were $4.4 billion

in 2007.
Note: In U.S. dollars
2007 2017

This aid is for

26 million people
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 $50 billion

If trends continue,
the cost of $23.5 billion

humanitarian
assistance will
have risen to
$50 BILLION by
2030, which is
the UN’s deadline
for achieving $4.4 billion

current SDGs.
Note: In U.S. dollars
2007 2017 2030

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And, 46% OF THE

46%
WORLD’S POOR
are projected to
live in fragile and
conflict-affected
areas by 2030,
a clear warning that OF THE WORLD’S POOR
could be living in conflict-affected areas by 2030
humanitarian
needs will spiral
even higher.

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WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD?

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 GLOBAL EFFECTIVE
LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGNS

Develop
global dietary
guidelines

Nourish the planet that

DEVELOP sustains life on earth through.... BETTER
COORDINATION
GUIDELINES
REAL FOOD
SOLUTIONS Especially
between
global agendas

GLOBAL
ADVOCACY RECOMMENDATIONS

Mobilize
advocates
& change- ESTABLISH
makers REGULATIONS

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Examples of initiatives

CHINA
MEXICO WORLDWIDE

KENYA
BRAZIL

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Examples of initiatives
Research, policies & pilot
programs promote
IFAD’s climate finance to agricultural adaption
smallholder farmers to help build & mitigation
Taxes on sugary drinks resilience to climate change
has decreased consumption

CHINA
MEXICO WORLDWIDE

KENYA
BRAZIL

Improving
smallholders’
National Program of
market access &
School Nutrition (PNAE)
production efficiency
that promotes the use of local,
small-scale agriculture to feed children at schools

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All of the SDGs relate to food in some way.
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However, these SDGs are most
closely linked to the food agenda.

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IF WE GET IT
RIGHT ON FOOD
PRODUCTION
& DIET...

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WE GET IT
RIGHT ON PLANETARY
AND HUMAN HEALTH.

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IF WE TAKE CARE OF
PLANETARY HEALTH,

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WE TAKE CARE OF
HUMAN HEALTH.

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IF WE
DON’T
ACT,
WE RISK...

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WIDESPREAD
FAMINE &
DROUGHT

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 FLOODING OF
COASTAL CITIES

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 Amsterdam
New York
Los Angeles Tokyo
Miami Shanghai
Hong Kong
Ho Chi Minh City
Singapore
Jakarta
Rio de Janeiro

FLOODING OF
COASTAL CITIES

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MASS EXTINCTION
OF SPECIES

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 ESCALATION OF NCDs:
OBESITY
GLOBAL “EPIDEMICS” DIABETES
CANCER
DUE TO UNHEALTHY DIETS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

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MORE CLIMATE
DISPLACEMENT

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INCREASED VIOLENCE
OVER DWINDLING
RESOURCES

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BUT, IF WE TAKE
ACTION TO NOURISH OUR
PLANET & PROMOTE REAL
FOOD, WE CAN HELP
MITIGATE THESE RISKS.

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FOOD,
WHY IS
IT SO
IMPORTANT?

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 Food keeps us The real
alive & makes food agenda
us sick, including touches us
FOOD, our precious
planet.
all, globally.

WHY IS
IT SO
Food is the “make-it
IMPORTANT? or break-it” agenda
for humanity.

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LET’S ACT
NOW,
BEFORE
IT’S TOO
LATE!

Website coming soon:

www.realfoodsystems.com

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