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** Food systems transformation: what shifts are needed and how do we get there?
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The world’s first ever Food Systems Summit has intensified the spotlight on the growing need to transform the way we produce and consume food.

But what does a ‘sustainable food future’ look like? What shifts will get us there? And just how can we drive deep transformation with long-lasting potential?

Forum’s Associate Director – Sustainable Nutrition, Lesley Mitchell ([link removed]) , explores six key shifts urgently needed if we’re to create a just and regenerative food system; one which enables viable, thriving food production using practices that work with nature, support carbon sequestration and renew soils and biodiversity.
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** Getting innovative with the Food Systems Game Changers Lab
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Forum has joined with EAT, IDEO, Thought For Food, The Rockefeller Foundation, Meridian Institute, SecondMuse and Intention 2 Impact to support ideas, enterprises and initiatives that have the potential to transform our world’s food systems.

Find out more about the Food Systems Game Changers Lab, a global programme to build a better food future.
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** How can business action drive co-benefits for climate and health?
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The climate crisis is also a health crisis, so we have to see – and act on – climate and health as part of a single system. In response to a current lack of guidance for the private sector, Forum, in collaboration with Bupa, GSK Consumer Healthcare and Walgreens Boots Alliance recently published “Driving Co-benefits for Climate and Health: How private sector action can accelerate progress” ([link removed] ) .

This new report includes practical guidance for businesses to use their net zero strategies to act on the twin crises of climate change and public health simultaneously.
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** The Futures Centre
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Signal of change
Cultured meat production in Singapore
A commercial facility that produces chicken products through cell culture instead of slaughter has begun operations in Singapore. What are the implications for this small country's food security?

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Insight
What are we learning about the future of plant-based innovation?
Plant-based innovation is gaining huge momentum in Europe and the US. Forum’s Acting Associate Director - UK/Europe, Roberta Iley ([link removed]) , asks how this boom can also support a ‘just transition’ to better diets.
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** School of System Change
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Facilitation as systemic practice
In this new blog ([link removed]) , Forum’s Director of the School of System Change, Dr Anna Birney, shares six key principles for effective facilitation to drive systemic change.

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f you are interested in deepening your systems practice and improving your facilitation skills, we have a few places left on our virtual Spark ([link removed]) courses starting this Autumn in Europe and Americas time zones.

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Basecamp 2022
Are you serious about innovation for transformational change in a 1.5ºC world and keen to learn new ways of thinking to get to grips with complex sustainability challenges?

If so, start your systems change learning journey with one of Forum’s 2022 Basecamp programmes.

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** Radical shifts are needed in how we think about farming and land
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The food and agriculture sector accounts for a rising 30% of our carbon footprint, presenting an urgent need to reframe land and reinvent farming. In a net zero world, land will need to sustain inter-cropping, livestock, pasture, biodiversity, water services, carbon sequestration and more. But as we strive for just transitions that leave no one behind, what are the implications of making these shifts? Forum’s Director of Global Programmes, Caroline Ashley ([link removed]) , explores.
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** We're hiring!
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** Events
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mailto:[email protected]?subject=Cotton%202040%20workshops
27 October, 9 November, 1 December
Climate-proofing the cotton sector
Building on the first-ever global analysis of the impacts of climate change on cotton production ([link removed]) , published earlier this year, the Cotton 2040 initiative is hosting a series of geography-specific virtual workshops for organisations from across the cotton sector. Join us to understand the implications of climate change and plan how to collectively future-proof the industry. Express your interest (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Cotton%202040%20workshops) .

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18 to 21 October
Sustainable Brands '21 San Diego
Forum’s Associate Director - Americas, Samantha Veide will join a breakout session ([link removed]) to explore what it takes to be a truly regenerative leader.

Find out more about SB’21 San Diego and register today ([link removed]) .

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The Governance Flywheel

In this final installment of our series on governance, Forum’s Sean Andrew, Louise Armstrong and Anna Birney introduce the “governance flywheel”. Explore the three fundamental areas that are intrinsically linked and - if deliberately seeded and nurtured, individually and together - can cultivate and grow healthy governance systems.
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** In other news
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* Financial Times: ([link removed]) CSR careers finally come of age — and are breaking sector boundaries ([link removed]) (paywall). Forum’s CEO, Dr Sally Uren, shares her thoughts on the skills needed for a career in sustainability. Non-paywalled version ([link removed]) .
* Climate Week NYC ([link removed]) : Review of the launch event for Driving Co-Benefits for Climate and Health: How private sector action can accelerate progress ([link removed]) .
* Lesley Mitchell comments on food systems transformation at: FeedNavigator: Food system transformation is daunting and galvanizing in equal measure ([link removed]) , and BusinessGreen: Demystifying food systems transformation: 10 key principles for success ([link removed]) .

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