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Regional Perspectives | Asia and the Pacific
The Pacific Community (SPC) hosted The Pacific Food Systems Dialogue, on May 20, convening national governments, non-governmental organizations, scientists and researchers and community representatives from across the Pacific to value the link between food and local know-how rooted in cultural practices, as well as to produce regional recommendations for food security. Representatives discussed actions to tackle the challenges – including climate change, nutrition and non-communicable diseases – facing Pacific countries in realizing equitable benefits from the global food system. 
The Pacific Dialogue is one of a number of regional and independent dialogues that, along with national dialogues, will feed into the global UN Food Summit, to be held in September 2021 at UN Headquarters. The Summit will seek to launch bold new actions to transform the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food in order to contribute to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, each of which relies to some degree on healthier and more sustainable and equitable food systems. The cultural dimension of food security, including sustainable attitudes, will be part of the discussions. 
The Pacific Dialogue is one of a number of regional and independent dialogues that, along with national dialogues, will feed into the global UN Food Summit, to be held in September 2021 at UN Headquarters. The Summit will seek to launch bold new actions to transform the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food in order to contribute to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, each of which relies to some degree on healthier and more sustainable and equitable food systems. The cultural dimension of food security, including sustainable attitudes, will be part of the discussions. 
30 June 2021
Last update:20 April 2023
