A global expo to explore calls for solidarity in rethinking and reshaping food security and agri-food systems to ensure healthy lives and sustain people and the planet.

Date: Saturday, 16 October 2021

Time: All Day

In this hybrid event, all sectors of society including policymakers, youth advocates, thought leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, governments, NGOs and the general public galvanized efforts in transforming food systems and achieving a world without hunger. 

Three events comprised the International Day program for World Food Day 2021: a Specialist Closed-Door Discussion, a Public-Facing Flagship Event and Youth Circle Discussion. WorldFish’s Global Lead in Nutrition and Public Health Shakuntala Thilsted joined the sessions below:

14:00-16:50 (UTC+8) – Specialist Closed-Door Discussion

The discussions are framed around the general question of how we ensure commitments made at the UN Food Systems Summit are delivered – from a multi-stakeholder perspective.

Important guests and keynote speakers:

H.E Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, UAE Minister, Climate Change and Environment

Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy, UN Food System Summit

Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO

Shaktuntala Thilsted, Global Lead for Nutrition & Public Health, WorldFish & World Food Prize winner 2021

Moderator: Gerda Verburg, UN Assistant Secretary General & Coordinator, SUN Movement

18:00-22:50 (UTC+8) – Public-Facing Flagship Event: Overview and Objectives

The discussions centered on a food systems-based approach on the themes: better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.

Important guests and keynote speakers:

H.E Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment

Abdulhakim Rajab Elwaer, FAO Assistant Director General/Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa

Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit

Shakuntala Thilsted, World Food Prize winner 2021 and CGIAR Scientist

Moderator: Fatema AlMulla, UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

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