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1 Nellemann, C.; MacDevette, M.; Manders, T.; Eickhout, B.; Svihus, B.; Prins, A. G.; Kaltenborn, B. P. (Eds.) 2009. The environmental food crisis: the environment’s role in averting future food crises: a UNEP rapid assessment. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP. 101p.
Food security ; Food supply ; Population growth ; Income ; Fisheries ; Aquaculture ; Meat production ; Grazing ; Feed crops ; Cereals ; Environmental degradation ; Biofuels ; Land degradation ; Urbanization ; Climate change ; Water scarcity ; Ecosystems
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041901)
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2 Corcoran, E.; Nellemann, C.; Baker, E.; Bos, R.; Osborn, D.; Savelli, H. (Eds.) 2010. Sick water?: the central role of wastewater management in sustainable development: a rapid response assessment. Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP; Nairobi, Kenya: UN-HABITAT; Arendal, Norway: GRID-Arendal. 85p.
Wastewater ; Sanitation ; Urban areas ; Wastewater treatment ; Industrialization ; Public health ; Food security
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7284 G000 COR Record No: H042906)
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3 Mafuta, C.; Formo, R. K.; Nellemann, C.; Li, F. (Eds.) 2011. Green hills, blue cities: an ecosystems approach to water resources management for African cities. A rapid response assessment. Arendal, Norway: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GRID-Arendal. 68p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Ecosystems ; Towns ; Highlands ; Urbanization ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; History ; Water policy ; Water pollution ; Wastewater treatment ; Water demand ; Water quality ; Environmental effects ; Case studies ; Discharges / Africa / Kenya / Cameroon / Uganda / Senegal / Ethiopia / Nairobi / Yaounde / Kampala / Dakar / Addis Ababa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046033)
http://www.preventionweb.net/files/19775_rraghbcscreen1.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046033.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046033.pdf
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Africa is currently the least urbanised region in the world, but this is changing fast. Of the billion people living on the African continent, about 40 per cent lives in urban areas. The urban population in Africa doubled from 205 million in 1990 to 400 million in 2010, and by 2050, it is expected that this would have tripled to 1.23 billion. Of this urban population, 60 per cent is living in slum conditions. In a time of such urban growth, Africa is likely to experience some of the most severe impacts of climate change, particularly when it comes to water and food security. This places huge pressures on the growing urban populations.
4 Singh, B. K.; Fraser, E. D. G.; Arnold, T.; Biermayr-Jenzano, P.; Broerse, J. E. W.; Brunori, G.; Caron, P.; De Schutter, O.; Fabbri, K.; Fan, S.; Fanzo, J.; Gajdzinska, M.; Gurinovic, M.; Hugas, M.; McGlade, J.; Nellemann, C.; Njuki, J.; Tuomisto, H. L.; Tutundjian, S.; Wesseler, J.; Sonnino, R.; Webb, P. 2023. Ensuring societal considerations are met when translating science into policy for sustainable food system transformation. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 137:104-108. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2023.04.021]
Food systems ; Transformation ; Policies ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Stakeholders ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Biodiversity ; Sustainability ; Policy making ; Landscape
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052064)
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Background: A food system transformation is needed to address food and nutrition security, minimise impacts on planetary health, reduce climate change emissions, and contribute to equity, diversity, and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Scope and approach: This paper summarizes findings of the European Commission's High Level Expert Group on Food Systems Science, which reviewed obstacles that prevent food systems policy from achieving society-wide impacts. These barriers include knowledge and translation gaps in food-related science-policy-interfaces (SPIs), insufficient attention to the priorities of diverse stakeholders, and a failure to adequately consider equity, diversity, political economy, and societal engagements.
Key findings & conclusions: Three potential pathways can ensure science and policy support food systems transformation: (1) Adapt the current SPI landscape with extra resources and a wider mandate to ensure coordinated action across the full food system, (2) Enhance the current policy landscape with a range of multisectoral taskforces designed to fulfill specific functions such as creating an enhanced food systems data portal, and (3) Establish a “network of networks” to provide both global coordination as well as organize defined agendas at global through to regional scales.
In embarking on these pathways, a revised science-policy-society landscape (SPSIs) should deliver the following core functions: (1) Engage and empower multi-stakeholder dialogue; (2) Build capacity at multiple scales to translate evidence into tangible real-world outcomes; (3) Ensure access to openly accessible data for the entire food system; (4) Use models, forecasts, and scenario building exercises to explore the potential future of food systems; (5) Produce assessment reports and policy publications; and (6) Establish fora for diplomacy that will be empowered to create standards set targets and establish policy.
Scope and approach: This paper summarizes findings of the European Commission's High Level Expert Group on Food Systems Science, which reviewed obstacles that prevent food systems policy from achieving society-wide impacts. These barriers include knowledge and translation gaps in food-related science-policy-interfaces (SPIs), insufficient attention to the priorities of diverse stakeholders, and a failure to adequately consider equity, diversity, political economy, and societal engagements.
Key findings & conclusions: Three potential pathways can ensure science and policy support food systems transformation: (1) Adapt the current SPI landscape with extra resources and a wider mandate to ensure coordinated action across the full food system, (2) Enhance the current policy landscape with a range of multisectoral taskforces designed to fulfill specific functions such as creating an enhanced food systems data portal, and (3) Establish a “network of networks” to provide both global coordination as well as organize defined agendas at global through to regional scales.
In embarking on these pathways, a revised science-policy-society landscape (SPSIs) should deliver the following core functions: (1) Engage and empower multi-stakeholder dialogue; (2) Build capacity at multiple scales to translate evidence into tangible real-world outcomes; (3) Ensure access to openly accessible data for the entire food system; (4) Use models, forecasts, and scenario building exercises to explore the potential future of food systems; (5) Produce assessment reports and policy publications; and (6) Establish fora for diplomacy that will be empowered to create standards set targets and establish policy.
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