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July 2021
An ‘IPCC for Food’?
How the UN Food Systems Summit is being used to advance a problematic new science-policy agenda
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In its first report on food systems governance, IPES-Food warns that the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) is being used to advance a new mode of decision-making that could exclude many voices in food systems. A small but influential group of actors has long been demanding the creation of a new panel – an ‘IPCC for Food’ – to streamline decisions on the future of food systems.
IPES-Food experts reaffirm the importance of science-based decision-making, but warn that:
- The new panel, as planned, risks imposing a narrow view of science, and shutting down democratic debate.
- The new panel undermines the High-Level Panel on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE), which already provides scientific guidance to governments and takes into account diverse knowledge and perspectives from across the food system.
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