World Development Information Day

This side event, organized by The Permanent Mission of Egypt, Permanent Mission of Italy, Permanent Mission of Spain, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, aims to achieve two core objectives: 1) showcase FAO's strategic approach related to the use of debt swaps as instruments to promote food security, nutrition, and climate; and 2) gather a range of relevant sovereign and multilateral actors that have been engaged in recent years in debt-for-food security swaps, as well as other. In an effort to render agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition), debt swaps can be of critical assistance to low-income countries (LICs) and middle-income countries (MICs). These countries tend to register a limited capacity to access financing and high levels of sovereign debt and often house high levels of food-insecure population, which implies tha...

The event will examine the challenges rising food prices pose for achieving SDG targets 2.1 and 2.2 of ending hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. The FAO and its co-publishing partners will hold a Special Event dedicated to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World(SOFI) report on the margins of the ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) and preceding the report's launch on 28 July. The event will examine the challenges rising food prices pose for achieving SDG targets 2.1 and 2.2 of ending hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. It will highlight progress towards SDG 2, the drivers behind recent food inflation, its impact on food security and nutrition, and policy responses needed to address these effects. Related Sites and Documents:  The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World  and  Event webpage ,  Watch the Special Event on Addressing High Food Price Inflation for Food Security and Nutri...

HLPF 2025 Side Event organized by the Permanent Mission of Nepal and co-organized by FAO and UN Women. The side event will serve as a platform to amplify youth-driven solutions and promote inclusive, community-based action toward sustainable agrifood systems . It will emphasize the critical leadership role of young women in shaping development pathways and reinforce the importance of consultative policymaking involving youth to support the advancement of the 2030 Agenda. Framed around the principle of meaningful youth engagement, the event will emphasize the importance of youth leadership , particularly that of young women, in transforming policy into meaningful, community-level impact. The session will begin with a welcome and an opening address framing the discussion on youth-led policymaking, featuring a keynote by UN Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs, Felipe Paullier. The first segment will highlight the official launch of the youth recommendations paper, with reflecti...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is organizing a side event to highlight the critical role of all financing for development action areas to promote agrifood systems transformation and prevent and mitigate food crises . The key outcomes expected from the event include: Highlighting evidence and data which demonstrates the need for FFD4 commitments towards financing SDG 2 . Demonstrating the ways that financing for development have failed to keep pace with needs in agrifood systems critical to preventing and mitigating food crises. Presenting a conceptual framework to orient finance in agrifood systems towards transformative actions. Highlighting key financial reforms and innovations that can play a transformational role in financing for SDG 2. Related Sites and Documents:  Concept Note . Watch the critical role of financing for development to transform agrifood systems and prevent and mitigate food crises! Meetings & Events