Ensuring food security while pursuing climate neutrality is a major challenge for city and regional governments. Food systems generate substantial greenhouse gas emissions, yet growing urban populations and climate impacts are placing increasing strain on these systems. To address this tension, national and EU policymakers must adopt coherent strategies that promote sustainable food production, equitable access to food, low-carbon supply chains, and effective waste management.
Drawing on insights from two FoodCLIC city-regions, Aarhus and Budapest, this Policy Brief examines the links between climate neutrality and food security across six dimensions—availability, accessibility, adequacy, stability, agency, and sustainability—and provides key recommendations for building climate-neutral, sustainable food systems.
Languages: English
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FOODCLIC. We are connecting people, food, policy & places.
FoodCLIC is a four-year project funded by the EU. The project runs from September 2022 to February 2027. The acronym FoodCLIC stands for 'integrated urban FOOD policies – developing sustainability Co-benefits, spatial Linkages, social Inclusion and sectoral Connections to transform food systems in city-regions
