Mobilizing means of implementation for food systems transformation

Wednesday, 26th July, 09:30-12:30

The United Nations Food Systems Summit identified five means of implementation as key enablers in the acceleration of the transformation: finance, science and innovation, data, trade, and governance. This session looks at the challenges and opportunities for development financing for transformation and how finance and the other means of implementation should align and interact to strengthen transformative actions.

This session will delve into issues of financing system transformation, including the identification of existing and newly created transformation-specific development finance windows and products. It will consider how to strengthen financial partnerships between governments, development finance institutions, the private sector, and other transformation actors. The session will also bring together key messages from other Stocktaking Moment sessions, linking them to issues of finance and investigating how to address the challenges they present in a more holistic way.

The session will focus on the following questions:

How to enhance, redirect and repurpose all sources of financing for sustainable, inclusive, resilient food systems for healthy diets?
How to finance innovation and strengthen the science-policy interface to design and implement more equitable, effective, and sustainable pathways.
How can dialogue with countries inform future steps to better incorporate their data needs, priorities, and metrics, including understanding of synergies and trade-offs of policy and investment choices?

The session will share reflections and lessons learned and form an overall view of the situation with respect to the Means of Implementation. It will highlight challenges and solutions needed at country level to catalyze the enablers to support food system transformation. Session conclusions will provide a unified narrative of issues to underpin integrated change and action across the enablers. This will help to align global and national efforts for change, including mobilizing financial resources and mapping out next steps.