Barcelona Challenge – One year after report
Food systems – entailing activities that allow for the production, transformation, distribution and consumption of food- are responsible for over a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions1. Due to all that, food and agriculture are key triggers to cool down the planet. Although cities are not where food is produced, they consume over 70% […]
Report on the 1st MUFPP Asia Pacific Regional Forum
With support from the European Union, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Secretariat and the City of Bandung co-organised the 1st MUFPP Asia Pacific Regional Forum on 3-4 August 2022 in support of Indonesia’s U20 Mayors Summit and G20 Summit, to be held at the end of August and in mid-November this year respectively. Titled […]
Recommendation Urban 20 & MUFPP 1st Asia Pacific Regional Forum
The first MUFPP Asia Pacific Regional Forum, developed within the framework of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency, represented a key moment for the MUFPP community to bring to the attention of the international audience critical issues as the challenge of overcoming existing inequalities in accessing food and obtaining greater food security through urban agriculture. The main priorities […]
The Table is Set! New governance for food in Europe
WG Food / MUFPP Regional Forum report in Almere 2022
Report on 18 European cities. Empowering urban youth for food and climate action.
“Empowering urban youth for food and climate action: A research on 18 European cities ” offers a very broad and significant panorama of how policies concerning food and climate are developed and the ways in which young people are the object or co-protagonists of these policies. As these issues are mainly developing in the absence […]
MUFPP 7th Global Forum Barcelona 2021
In the context of the World Sustainable Food Capital 2021, between 19th – 21st October the City of Barcelona hosted the 7th MUFPP Global Forum on the topic of Growing Resilience: Sustainable Food to tackle the Climate Emergency. The Forum was an excellent opportunity for cities and partners to re-connect, exchange experiences, challenges, knowledge, and […]
MUFPP Regionalisation process Action Plan 2021-23
The MUFPP Regions Action Plan has the aim of providing an overview of the regional processes that the Secretariat and the Steering Committee members have been carrying out in preparation and during the 7th MUFPP Global Forum hosted in Barcelona in 2021.Based on the assumption that cities face similar challenges and seek appropriate solutions for […]
The Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration at COP26
A commitment by subnational governments to tackle the climate emergency through integrated food policies and a call on national governments to act. The official presentation of the Glasgow Food and Climate Declaration will take place at the Glasgow City Chambers on the COP26 Nature Day. The high-level event will celebrate subnationalleadership on food systems sustainability with […]
C40 Good Food Cities Declaration
Our diets are not just hurting our health but also the ecosystem that supports human life. Food is among the largest drivers of global environmental change contributing to climate change, biodiversity loss, freshwater use, interference with the global nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and land-system change. Research shows that, without substantial changes, greenhouse gas emissions from […]
The Barcelona Challenge for Good Food and Climate
Drawing on the C40 Good Food Declaration and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, The Barcelona Challenge for Good Food and Climate is a call for cities and their residents to engage in a series of commitments related to the transformation of their food systems in order to tackle the climate emergency. This Challenge presents a set of core metrics […]