The EAT-Lancet Commission Launch in Addis Ababa

The EAT-Lancet Commission Launch in Addis Ababa

Co-host: AUC/DREA, NEPAD/AUDA, EAT, and the SUN Movement
Venue: The Multipurpose room, The African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date: Thursday, February 7, 2019
Time: 15.00-18.00 (GMT+3)

Nourishing Africa through improved nutrition and sustainable food systems : African launch of the EAT-Lancet Commission Report on Food, Planet, Health

High-level side event during the 32nd Ordinary Summit of the African Union

Can we feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries?  

To answer this question, EAT gathered 37 of the planet’s foremost experts who, for the first time ever, propose scientific targets for what constitutes both a healthy diet.

This side event will provide an opportunity for concrete discussions around the findings of the report and translating it into actions on the ground through multi-sector and multi-stakeholder action, working with national and local policy makers, businesses, academics and civil society. NEPAD’s 7 Dakar Principles for Multisectoral Coordination for Effective Delivery on Nutrition can provide a critical framework for how the much needed transformation of food systems could happen in practice.

Speakers:

  • Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO, NEPAD-AUDA
  • Sacko Josefa Leonel Correa, AU Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
  • Gunhild Stordalen, Executive Chair and Founder, EAT
  • Lindiwe Sibanda Majele, EAT-Lancet Commissioner,
  • Fabrice DeClerck, Bioversity International and Science Director, EAT
  • Gerda Verburg, United Nations Assistant Secretary General and Coordinator of the SUN Movement
  • Michelle Bowman, Deputy Country Director of Save the Children International, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Dr. Hamady Diop, Head of the Program, Natural Resource Governance, Food Security and Nutrition, NEPAD Agency

 

For more information please contact yvonne@eatforum.org

 

Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, CEO

Sacko Josefa Leonel Correa 

Gunhild Stordalen                           

Lindiwe Sibanda Majele                    

Fabrice DeClerck

Gerda Verburg

Michelle Bowman

Hamady Diop