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This online event series examined the importance of public policy in directing finance towards climate-friendly diets, including how the public sector can support a transition to sustainable diets to improve public health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions arising in the food system and increase animal welfare.

Publications

In support of the event, three briefing notes outline recommendations for using public procurement and financial disclosure as policy levers to shift to healthier and more climate-friendly diets. These short papers outline the case for change, the relevant policy context and provide concrete recommendations for policy makers to catalyze the shift.

-Policy Brief: Leveraging public procurement to promote sustainable diets in the European Union
-Promoting dietary shifts for a healthy climate: The role of public procurement in the United States
-Promoting dietary shifts for a healthy climate: Leveraging financial disclosure

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This online panel discussion focuses on the importance of public sector finance channelled through procurement of food in transitioning to more sustainable and climate-friendly diets. Redirecting this finance to align with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement is an opportunity for the EU – and its Member States – to further work towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions arising from the land use and agricultural sectors. It also allows government purchasing power to be used as a policy instrument to establish more sustainable food systems, adopt healthier diets, and work towards achieving target 12.7 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to “promote public procurement practices that are sustainable in accordance with national policies and priorities”.

The objective of this online event is to further push the needle towards sustainable public food procurement by sharing national experiences in shifting public procurement to healthy, climate-friendly diets within the EU; and how any lessons learned can be taken forward by other Member States in the greening of their public procurement.