ICLEI GLOBAL CITYFOOD PROGRAM

CITYFOOD

Back Active Start date: 30.05.2013 Website

ACTIVITY INFORMATION

What we are doing

In recent years, increasing climate challenges have highlighted how important it is to rethink food systems in order to create a just and more sustainable future. With 70% of the world’s food production consumed in cities, and 70% of food-insecure people living in urban or peri-urban areas, cities hold great potential in transitioning from hotspots of food-related challenges to powerful agents of food systems transformation. CityFood aims to unlock the potential of multi-level food governance - both vertically, bringing together governments at different scales, and horizontally, involving different sectors, departments and stakeholders in food policy development to improve food system transformation in a holistic and integrated way. To support local and sub-national governments in their visible transition towards sustainable food systems.

How we are tracking

Number of cities becoming CITYFOOD Network members; Number of activities offered; Number of participants that benefited from capacity development activities; Number of new partnerships established; Number of project proposals developed and submitted; Participation in relevant events;

What we are achieving

CITYFOOD accelerates local and regional government action on sustainable and resilient city-region food systems by combining networking with technical expertise through training and policy guidance and facilitating local and regional engagement in international discourse. The CityFood’s Triple H Approach - Healthy People, Healthy Climate, and Healthy Landscape - addresses the complex challenges that the food systems present and provides guidance on how those challenges could be addressed from a city’s perspective and in a systemic and combined way. There is no silver bullet to respond to those challenges. The Triple H approach can be achieved by co-developing and implementing locally relevant and creative solutions with the support of the suggested workstreams defined for each of the components.