Global Policy Dialogue: Improving access to safe food and water

Today, about 1 in 3 people live without safe drinking water, and almost 1 billion people suffer from hunger. What’s more, ensuring food and water security for all by 2030 is severely affected by environmental shocks, that are all intensified by climate change.

This month, UN DESA is bringing together leading experts to offer new ways to mitigate climate change-related challenges to delivering nutritious food and clean water in a free, public online event on “Food and Water Security in an Era of Shocks” on 24 March.

The event will complement other events this month commemorating World Water Day on 22 March. The President of the UN General Assembly will host a High-level Meeting on Water on 18 March to accelerate measures to meet the water-related global goals, and FAO will host the UN’s celebration of the day on 22 March. This year’s theme is “valuing water,” a reminder for us all to consider all the different ways water benefits our lives, and to take action to safeguard it.

The event on food and water will be the first of four sessions in a new series, “Building a Global Coalition for Sustainability after COVID-19: UN DESA Global Policy Dialogues for Climate Action.” Future events this spring will focus on: Energy and transport (April), forests and the ocean (May), and climate financing and digital solutions (June).

The Global Policy Dialogue on “Food and Water Security in an Era of Shocks” will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. EST on 24 March. It will be broadcast live on UN DESA’s Facebook page. Stay up-to-date on upcoming events by browsing this page.