📢 The July newsletter is out! This month's edition features: 🌍 Lessons from 20 countries in new publication 🤝 A new SUN Movement partnership 🌿 Country updates through the Convergence Initiative & Joint SDG Fund 🎙️ Upcoming webinar on farmer-led innovation 📬 Read more: mailchi.mp/2634e692ea84...

🌍 Nigeria's National Convergence Workshop agreed on the priorities that will shape a new Convergence Action Blueprint, aligning #FoodSystems transformation and #ClimateAction through the Hub's Convergence Initiative. 🤝 Developed with the Government of Nigeria and UN partners.

🤝 Nigeria's National Convergence Workshop opened with calls for stronger collaboration to align #FoodSystems transformation and #ClimateAction through a national convergence roadmap. 💬 Watch highlights from the high-level remarks.

🎤 The "Convergence Initiative Dialogue: Strengthening resilience in Africa by aligning food systems & climate action" highlighted the need for stronger coordination across #FoodSystems, #ClimateAction & #Resilience. 🌍 ➡️ Read key messages from the Hub, CCCPA, FAO, WFP, Egypt and the Netherlands.

🌍 In Cairo for the "Convergence Initiative Dialogue: Strengthening resilience in Africa by aligning food systems & climate action," the first regional dialogue under our Convergence Initiative. 🤝 Bringing together food systems, climate & peacebuilding to strengthen country-led action across Africa.

🤝 The #FoodSystems Hub met with Ambassador Amr ElSherbiny, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Affairs and International Security of Egypt. 🌍 Discussions focused on food systems, climate and resilience, and this week's Regional Convergence Initiative Dialogue for Africa.

Bolivia actualiza su hoja de ruta nacional para la transformación de los #SistemasAlimentarios, en línea con el Llamamiento a la Acción de la #UNFSS2025. 🌱 Mediante #AMAS1 y la Iniciativa de Convergencia, fortalece sistemas alimentarios resilientes y su vínculo con la #AcciónClimática.

📍We're in Nairobi for Making Change Visible, where countries are sharing progress from their Joint SDG Fund #FoodSystems programmes. 🌱 Discussions focus on early signs of systems change, from stronger partnerships to increased investment and policy uptake. 🤝 FAO PSU | Joint SDG Fund | FAO Kenya

🌱 Are you a young professional working to improve #FoodSystems? 📢 The UN Food Systems Youth Leadership Programme is seeking its next cohort of young leaders from developing countries. 🗓 Apply by 13 July 2026: www.surveymonkey.com/r/YLP2026 ℹ️ Learn more: www.unfoodsystemshub.org/latest-updat...

🌎 Coordinated UN support can help strengthen #FoodSystems transformation. 🤝 In the #DominicanRepublic, the #SDG Fund Joint Programme, the Resident Coordinator's Office, SETESSAN, FAO, WFP and the #FoodSystems Hub discussed implementation and lessons that can inform work across the region.

The #DominicanRepublic is bringing together work on governance, climate resilience, monitoring and investment through its #FoodSystems agenda. 🤝 The #FoodSystems Hub met with the Minister of Agriculture & National Convenor to discuss how these efforts can support national priorities.

🍎🤝 The #FoodSystems Hub met with Honduras' Ministry of Social Development to discuss how social protection, school feeding and local procurement can strengthen food systems. 🌱 The exchange highlighted integrated approaches to support livelihoods and local economies.

🌾 The #FoodSystems Hub met with Diana Baleska, Presidential Designate for Food Security & Nutrition of Honduras, to discuss efforts to address hunger, strengthen resilience & advance food systems. 🤝 The exchange highlighted local action, partnerships & stronger food systems governance.

🌾 Honduras' food systems priorities, including the Hunger Zero initiative, were the focus of discussions between Carlos Watson of the #FoodSystems Hub & H.E. Moisés Molina, Minister of Agriculture & National Food Systems Convenor. 🤝 They also explored governance, investment & climate resilience.

The #FoodSystems Hub recently met with UN Resident Coordinator, the UN Country Team and FAO Honduras. 🌱 Discussions focused on governance, financing, implementation of the national food systems pathway and how the UN system can support Honduras' food systems priorities under the new administration.

🌱 Who gets to shape #FoodSystems decisions? Join the next #SciencePolicy Updates webinar to explore agency, participation & decision-making across food systems, from local communities & food producers to governments & global policy processes. 📅 25 June | 13:30–14:30 CEST 👉 cutt.ly/SAC-W25JUNE

🌎 Latin America and Caribbean countries are increasingly focused on implementation, investment & scaling what works. 🤝 The #FoodSystems Hub met with regional partners from IICA & SUN Movement to discuss technical cooperation, investment readiness & support for country-led food systems priorities.

🌎 Food systems work requires coordination across institutions. 🤝 In Panama, colleagues from the UN LAC Food Systems Task Force, DCO, the UN Resident Coordinator's Office, FAO & the #FoodSystems Hub met to discuss how the UN system can best support country priorities ahead of #UNFSS2026 and beyond.

Carlos Watson, Director a.i. of the #FoodSystems Hub, met with Panama's National Project Coordinator of Rural Development, Edgar Serrano. 🌱 The conversation explored family farming, school feeding, digital innovation and climate resilience in Panama.

📊 How can data and technology strengthen #FoodSystems decision-making? 📌 On 17 June, the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub convened a Food Systems Solutions Dialogue to explore how countries are using data platforms and early warning systems to inform policy and strengthen accountability.

🎙️ At #SB64, the Hub's Khaled Eltaweel highlighted the strong synergy between PAS-COACT & the #FoodSystems Hub’s Convergence Initiative. 🌱 The Initiative is supporting 26 countries and regions in advancing policy coherence across food systems, #ClimateAction, biodiversity & development priorities.

At #SB64, Tobie Ondoa Manga highlighted the importance of aligning global food systems commitments with the #CAADP agenda and national priorities. 🌱 He pointed to the Hub’s Convergence Initiative as a practical model for coordinated, country-led action across #FoodSystems and #ClimateAction.

At #SB64, Elisabetta Recine, President of Brazil’s National Council for Food & Nutrition Security, highlighted the growing recognition of #FoodSystems within the climate agenda following #COP30. 🌱 More coherent policies can help connect food security, nutrition, #ClimateAction & biodiversity goals.

At #SB64, #COP30 President Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago reflected on connecting global climate processes with action on the ground. PAS-COACT builds on the momentum of #COP30 in Brazil, helping place #FoodSystems at the heart of #ClimateAction through stronger policy coherence. 🌱🤝

🌴 Caribbean countries are increasingly looking to regional collaboration to strengthen food security and investment. Carlos Watson of the #FoodSystems Hub & Shaun Baugh of CARICOM discussed aligning national food systems priorities with regional initiatives, like CARICOM's 25 by 2025 Initiative. 🤝

How can agency help accelerate #FoodSystemsTransformation? Join the upcoming Science Policy Updates for All webinar, organized by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub 📅 Thursday, 25 June 2026 ⏰ 13:30–14:30 CEST 👉 Register here: cutt.ly/SAC-W25JUNE

🌴🤝 Carlos Watson of the #FoodSystems Hub met with Ministers & National Convenors from Antigua and Barbuda & Saint Lucia to discuss opportunities emerging from the Caribbean Food Systems Investment Forum and advancing implementation, partnerships and investment for food systems across the region.

🌴 Carlos Watson, Director a.i. of the #FoodSystems Hub, met with Barbados' Minister of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security, H.E. Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight, during his mission to the Caribbean. Their discussion focused on food systems priorities, regional collaboration & the #UNFSS process.

Ready to lead change in #FoodSystems? 📢 The UN Food Systems Youth Leadership Programme is seeking its next cohort of young leaders from developing countries. Applications close 13 July 2026. 🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/YLP2026 Learn more: www.unfoodsystemshub.org/latest-updat...

🌎💼 At the Caribbean Food Systems Investment Forum in Barbados, Carlos Watson, Director a.i. of the #FoodSystems Hub, moderated a discussion on scaling food systems investment across the Caribbean and strengthening financing pathways for transformation. 🤝