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Achieving Healthy Diets from Sustainable Blue Food Systems in Small Island Developing States, WHO Side Event at COP26

2 November 2021 18:00 – 19:00 CET

This event, organized by WHO, EAT, UN Nutrition, and Stanford University, will take place in the WHO Health Pavilion at COP26 and on Zoom.

Key speakers will share knowledge and innovative solutions around shifting to healthy, sustainable, and resilient diets – with particular attention to aquatic foods and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The panel will generate awareness around the climate-food-health systems nexus; present strategies and approaches to integrate healthy diets and into climate change solutions; link food systems and climate action; underline the important roles of aquatic foods in healthy and sustainable diets; and highlight the key roles of youth in food systems transformation and in addressing climate change. Speakers include high-level UN representatives, Ministers, key youth representatives, and leading blue food experts.

COP26 side event flyer