UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4)…

Ministerial Roundtable: Navigating transitions to inclusive, resilient, healthy and sustainable food systems

Session overview:

Four years after the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, the 2025 Stocktake (UNFSS+4) represents a crucial moment to assess progress, renew political commitment, and accelerate food systems transformation. The Ministerial Roundtable on 'Navigating transitions' will bring together national leaders and global partners to highlight the current hidden costs of food systems, and exchange experiences and progress towards achieving inclusive, resilient, healthy, and sustainable food systems. Speakers will address the importance of coherent policies, informed by evidence and aligned towards the achievement of outcomes across economic, social, environmental, nutrition and health, equity and other priorities. The discussion will identify key barriers and enablers of systemic transitions from country experience and explore ways in which the global community can foster this change. The objective is to highlight the role of data, evidence, policies, innovation, and collaboration to deliver on the right to adequate food for all, while supporting national development objectives.

Day 1 of the Stocktake will offer space for the highest political leadership to reflect strategically on global developments and their relevance to realizing the right to food globally, unpacking the multifaceted relationships between various drivers and root causes, and reaffirming the necessity to pivot towards more sustainable food systems. Inspiring experiences of impactful policy convergence will be shared by decision makers, while practitioners will reflect in depth on the enablers and barriers of ongoing transitions. A crucial enabler of accelerated efforts at-scale, finance and investments will enjoy heightened focus, structured to operationalize the outcomes of the Financing for Development (FfD4) Conference.

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The 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) will take place from July 27-29, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy. As we approach four years since the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), UNFSS+4 will provide a platform for reflecting on progress, strengthening collaboration, and unlocking finance and investments to accelerate food systems transformation.