CoAct Database

The Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition

Egypt as COP27 Presidency, in partnership with WHO, FAO, other UN agencies and partners such as GAIN, are developing a multistakeholder, multisectoral global flagship initiative, I-CAN, that will help foster collaboration to accelerate transformative action to address the critical nexus of climate change and nutrition. I-CAN will be officially launched at the “Adaptation and Agriculture” thematic day during the 27th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm El- Sheikh, 6-18 November 2022. The initiative will leverage the current heightened global attention on food systems transformation and deliver technical and high-level support from parties, UN agencies, NGOs, and the private sector to focus on win-win policies and actions that work to reduce climate change and improve nutrition, particularly for children and vulnerable groups. Worldwide, currently less than 12% of national policies consider climate, biodiversity and nutrition, only 32% of National Action Plans (NAPs) 9 included adaptation actions related to food safety and nutrition, and few NDCs commit to actions that aim to tackle climate and nutrition. The aspirational goal of I-CAN is to support Member States in delivering climate change adaptation and mitigation policy action which simultaneously improves nutrition and triggers transformative action to deliver healthy diets from sustainable food systems thus contributing to achieving the global targets for SDG 13, SDG3 and SDG2. The inclusion of climate action and nutrition in the NDCs and NAPs is an important indicator.