As the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference enters the closing days, many of the highest-value areas of climate-related investment and transformation remain largely untapped by the mainstream economy. While the negotiations in Belém, at the edge of the Amazon region, have advanced new initiatives for sharing science insights and investing in conservation, it is important that we not overlook theContinue reading “Agroecology to drive high-value sustainable development”
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Good Food Finance partners shaping climate policy & financial innovation
GFFN Newsletter – Advancing nutrition-related investment standards; unlocking climate finance; COP30 priorities for finance, food, trade, and metrics; new Resilient Prosperity Forum to explore food finance questions. ATNi engages in the IFRS/ISSB consultation on amendments to the SASB standards A critical shift toward healthier product portfolios The food industry’s transition towards providing healthier foods for all is essentialContinue reading “Good Food Finance partners shaping climate policy & financial innovation”
EAT-Lancet Commission finds food systems can support human & planetary health
Food systems are one of the major drivers of Nature loss and climate disruption, in all regions of the world. Agricultural and land use practices developed in a time when the human population was much smaller, and our industrial resource-extraction capabilities were more modest, are now putting future food security itself at risk. Last month,Continue reading “EAT-Lancet Commission finds food systems can support human & planetary health”
Active Value joints Integrated Data Systems Initiative
Active Value is joining the Good Food Finance Network’s Integrated Data Systems Initiative, as part of our work toward multidimensional metrics for food systems finance and value chain management. The IDSI is a 5-year innovation sprint, initiated in May 2023 by the Good Food Finance Network, for the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit. The goal isContinue reading “Active Value joints Integrated Data Systems Initiative”
ICJ climate opinion has implications for food finance
In 2023, the United Nations General Assembly formally asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of states with regard to climate change, under international law. The request asked for legal findings on two core questions: On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the ICJ issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on theContinue reading “ICJ climate opinion has implications for food finance”
Agrifood transformation can secure a livable climate & ocean future
In its flagship Recipe for a Livable Planet report, the World Bank found that Agrifood is a bigger contributor to climate change than many think. It generates almost a third of GHG emissions, averaging around 16 gigatons annually. This is about one-sixth more than all of the world’s heat and electricity emissions. This has several far-reaching practicalContinue reading “Agrifood transformation can secure a livable climate & ocean future”
Consider the human – Report from Part 1 of GFFN Data Systems Integration Forum
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, CCI convened Part 1 of the Good Food Finance Network’s Data Systems Integration Forum. This virtual discussion forum focused on work needed to activate insights from the Good Food Finance Blueprint for Data Systems Integration, released last year. The aim of this interactive forum is to establish parameters for early and advanced stageContinue reading “Consider the human – Report from Part 1 of GFFN Data Systems Integration Forum”
City food finance principles to build Climate Value
Cities are increasingly important in the work of shaping human access to health and wellbeing. As more of the world’s population moves to cities, decisions that determine whether air and water are clean and safe, and how food is acquired and distributed in local economies, may determine how long people live and how free theyContinue reading “City food finance principles to build Climate Value”
Belém is an opportunity to avoid costly economic breakdown
The COP30 round of UN Climate Change negotiations in Belém, Brazil, offers many opportunities for expanding investment into climate action and its everyday benefits. In many ways, Belém provides a unique opportunity to take those benefits far beyond clmate priorities, to support improved conditions across whole economies. For a long time, one of the greatContinue reading “Belém is an opportunity to avoid costly economic breakdown”
Blueprint for data systems integration—tracking high-value co-benefits
The Integrated Data Systems Initiative is a five-year innovation sprint, organized by the Good Food Finance Network (GFFN) and recognized by the 2023 Agriculture Innovation Mission (AIM) for Climate Summit. Today, the GFFN is releasing a ‘Blueprint for Good Food Finance Data Systems Integration’, which marks the culmination of Year 1 of that sprint. WhenContinue reading “Blueprint for data systems integration—tracking high-value co-benefits”
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