| Major group affiliation: |
- Scientific and technological communities
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| Involvement in UN Partnerships: |
Yes |
| If yes, explain in detail: |
EAT partners with a number of UN agencies and programs, mostly through events and initiatives. At IFAD's 42nd Governing Council on February 14 - 15, 2019, EAT partnered with IFAD to host a presentation of the report from the EAT-Lancet Commission and serve a lunch to all participants based on the recommendations from the report. At the 24th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, in Katowice, Poland, EAT and the UN Climate Change secretariat’s Momentum for Change initiative, jointly organised a side event on December 12, aiming to raise awareness of the role of food systems in addressing both climate change and the sustainable development goals. EAT is currently in the process of entering into a partnership with UN Global Compact to provide improved awareness, opportunities and participation of their respective global activities to the benefit of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the achievement of the SDGs, focusing on translating the report from the EAT-Lancet Commission to business action, and advancing responsible business practices. EAT is also in dialogue with UNICEF regarding an initiative called Children Eating Well (CHEW), that focuses on the linkages between food systems and child health and nutrition. The collaboration was initiated at a meeting at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre in 2017 and has directed attention to this agenda at several high-level events, such as the EAT Asia-Pacific Food Forum in 2017 and the World Urban Forum (WUF) in Kuala Lumpur in 2018. Director-level representatives from the FAO and WHO also served as Commissioners for the report of the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health. |
| Affiliation with other organizations: |
EAT is partnering with a range of foundations, organisations and companies from the academic, public, business and civil society sectors, who serve to provide strategic advice and financial support to EAT. Corporate partners are carefully selected companies that have a clear sustainability profile and a strong focus on healthy and sustainable food products or production practices. EAT delivers unique value to its partners through its collaborative network, annual and regional meetings and other activities. The EAT community consists of the following partners: 1) Founding partners: Wellcome Trust, Stordalen Foundation, Stockholm Resilience Centre; 2) Governments: City of Copenhagen, Government of Finland, Government of Indonesia, Government of Norway, Government of Sweden; 3) Knowledge partners: World Resources Institute (WRI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), City University London, Water, Land and Ecosystems Program at Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR), Harvard - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, New York Academy of Sciences, Bioversity International, Cornell University, David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University, Food and Brand Lab, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Johns Hopkins University, Institute of Marine Research, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI), The Lancet, University of Oslo - Center for Development and the Environment (SUM UIO); 4) Strategic partners: Coop Norway, Novo Nordisk, Aviva, Global Crop Diversity Trust, UMOE, Nordic Choice Hotels, Nofima, Google, City Finansiering; 5) Engagement partners (forums and events): Bayer, Nestlé, Nordic Council of Ministers, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Oatly, Rockefeller Foundation, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); 6) Action partners (programs and projects): BAMA, C40, Cliamte-Kic, Deloitte, Eurofins, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO), Swedish Postcode Foundation, Norwegian Cancer Society, Norwegian Football Association, Chatham House, Fazer, Food Industry Asia (FIA), Horizon 2020, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Science-based Targets Initiative, Seafood Innovation Cluster, SUN Movement, Systemiq, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), UNICEF, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), World Economic Forum (WEF), World Food Program (WFP), World Bank, World Benchmarking Alliance, WWF Food. |
| Publications: |
The most recent publications affiliated with EAT include 1) Willett, W., Rockström, J, Loken, B. (in press). Author’s reply. The Lancet. 2) Willett, W., Rockström, J., Loken, B., Springmann, M., Lang, T., Vermeulen, S., ... & Jonell, M. (2019). Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. The Lancet, 393(10170), 447-492; 3) Bulc, B., Al-Wahdani, B., Bustreo, F., Choonara, S., Demaio, A., Jácome, D. I., ... & Walji, S. (2019). Urgency for transformation: youth engagement in global health. The Lancet Global Health. 4) Vermeulen, S., Wellesley, L., Airey, S., Singh, S., Agustina, R., Izwardy, D., & Saminarsih, D. (2019). Healthy Diets from Sustainable Production: Indonesia. The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. 5) Springmann, M., Clark, M., Mason-D’Croz, D., Wiebe, K., Bodirsky, B. L., Lassaletta, L., ... & Jonell, M. (2018). Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits. Nature, 562(7728), 519; 6) Lindgren, E. et al. (2018). Sustainable food systems – a health perspective. Sustainability Science, 13, 6:1505-1517. 7) EAT. (2015). EAT in Sustainia - Taste the Food Systems of Tomorrow. Stockholm: EAT and Sustainia. |
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