The need to transform our food systems is clear. They need to become more sustainable, more competitive, and more equitable. Karen Ellemann, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers stressed the importance of bridging between the climate, health and food communities in order to make it happen.
“We can never phase out food like we will with fossil fuels. Food is essential to life itself,” Karen said when describing the need to transform our food systems to become more sustainable.
At the Food Systems Takeover of the Nordic Pavilion on 10 December, Stefanos Fotiou, Director, UN Food Systems Coordination Hubreflected on the importance of the day and the increased focus that food systems received at this COP and where the Nordics took the lead to be part of the change.
“This is the second most important day I’ve ever experienced at a COP. The first was in Paris, in COP21, the day that the Paris Agreement was approved. I think that this momentum is kept here, it needs to continue for the next 2 to 3 years.”