## [Forks in the Road: Navigating New Paths for Food Systems ](/events/forks-road-navigating-new-paths-food-systems)



Improving food production. Reducing food loss and waste. Consuming healthy and sustainable diets. Feeding the world’s population and creating a sustainable food future for all will require significant shifts in the way we produce and consume food.

We know that food-related emissions alone are projected to exceed targets to limit warming to 1.5°C without changes to the current global food system. Transforming food and agriculture will involve a combination of supply- and demand-side shifts to equitably and nutritiously feed 10 billion people on fewer hectares of land, with fewer GHG emissions, and without harming biodiversity.

**Systems Change Lab's event at New York Climate Week highlighted the opportunities of bringing a systemic approach to food system transformations.**

Experts discussed how companies, NGOs, and investors can work together to break down silos and develop food and agricultural solutions within and across sectors. Such cross-cutting shifts must address both production and consumption, climate and biodiversity impacts, health and equity concerns, and beyond.

 ![Panel discussion at New York Climate Week](/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024-09-23_NYCW_SystemsChangeLabPanel_RocioLower_-25.jpg)

 

Co-hosted by the Bezos Earth Fund and World Resources Institute, this conversation was informed by forthcoming insights from Systems Change Lab on the shifts needed to transform food and agriculture:

- Increase productivity sustainably, resiliently, and without expanding into ecosystems
- Reduce food loss and waste
- Shift to healthier, more sustainable diets for all

#### Moderator

- Andy Jarvis, Director of Future of Food, the Bezos Earth Fund

#### Opening Remarks

- Raychel Santo, Senior Food and Climate Research Associate, World Resources Institute

#### Panelists

- Dana Gunders, President, ReFED
- Facundo Etchebehere, Senior Vice President of Sustainability Strategy & Partnerships, Danone
- Jonathan Kung, Author, Chef and Content Creator
- Kate MacKenzie, Executive Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy