policy Archives - Global Food Security

Do we need an IPCC-like international body for food?

Date: 3 May 2016
Author(s): Tim Benton

A common voice is needed to make the most of the evidence, says Global Food Security programme Champion Tim Benton.

Choosing food: consumption and the carbon footprint

Date: 7 March 2016
Author(s): Arianna Psichas

How can we nudge people to eat more healthily and sustainably? University of Cambridge’s Arianna Psichas reports from the Global Food Security programme’s Policy Lab on sustainable nutrition.

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Is the UK ready for plant-based diets?

Date: 7 January 2021
Author(s): Christopher Waite, Sajeev Mohankumar, Rebecca Martin, Michael Norman

The 2019 Policy Lab winners present their new report which identifies the potential impacts of the emerging trend of plant-based diets on the UK food system. Here the team give a ‘behind the scenes’ to their process of writing a Think Piece, how they successfully engaged with stakeholders, and why now is the opportune time to be discussing plant-based diets.

Building back better: How can we increase the resilience of the UK food system?

Date: 21 December 2020

A new GFS and BBSRC report details the findings from a workshop with stakeholders across the food system, exploring how we could ‘build back better’ and create a more resilient post COVID-19 food network which simultaneously delivers resilience and sustainability.

LAST CHANCE to join our FINAL Q&A session (Friday 9th April, 2-3pm) for the £14M Transforming UK Food Systems Funding Call! Please join if you have any questions relating to your application, the funding call, or the programme! All details on ukrifoodsystems2.meeting-mojo… pic.twitter.com/WR9fT6NLcY

About 4 days ago

Deadline extended! PhD and Postdoc researchers from all fields can apply to our Policy Lab until 🎉April 7th 🎉 A brilliant opportunity to bring together different expertise, tackle a food system problem, and devise high-impact policy recommendations: foodsecurity.ac.uk/activity/r…

About 2 weeks ago

Come and tackle this HUGE (923 million tonnes!) problem at our GFS Policy Lab for Early Career Researchers: foodsecurity.ac.uk/activity/r… twitter.com/UNFCCC/status/…

About a month ago

HURRY! There are still spaces available at our networking event tomorrow 1pm-3pm. Come along to meet new faces from across all sectors and to find potential new collaborators. All details available on the portal ukrifoodsystems2.meeting-mojo…

About 2 months ago

Are you a UKRI funded #ECR? Use your research skills to: 🍽️develop high-impact & evidence based policy recommendations 🍽️cultivate interdisciplinary approaches to system-wide problems 🍽️interact with governments & diverse stakeholders Read more here: foodsecurity.ac.uk/activity/r…

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Do we need an IPCC-like international body for food?

Choosing food: consumption and the carbon footprint

Is the UK ready for plant-based diets?

Building back better: How can we increase the resilience of the UK food system?

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Do we need an IPCC-like international body for food?

Choosing food: consumption and the carbon footprint

Is the UK ready for plant-based diets?

Building back better: How can we increase the resilience of the UK food system?

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