The journey of a chocolate bar: how to transform food systems through sustainable value chains and integrated approaches

Faced with the challenge of meeting growing and changing demands, the world’s food system is already one of the major underlying drivers of global environment degradation. Co-organized by the GEF and its partners, the World Bank, CIFOR-ICRAF, WWF and Conservation International, the session will demonstrate the need for holistic, system-based approaches to transform the food system. Designed as a knowledge sharing and collective learning session, it will follow the journey of a metaphorical chocolate bar with ingredients (e.g. chocolate, palm oil, rice, coffee, etc) sourced from globally important landscapes. The session will bring together the perspectives of the important actors across critical commodity supply chains. It will feature major integrated food systems initiatives from the GEF and others as well as key cross-cutting efforts that promote sustainability. The session will explore the most promising ways to work in a more integrated fashion for the benefit of nature.