Platform topic: Sustainable/blended finance for food systems
TWG Finance Meeting Minutes 18 September 2024
Sierra Berardelli2025-09-18T17:09:04+02:00Download the PDF
Academia’s role in innovating food systems finance
Michelle Tang2024-10-28T12:38:52+01:00An interview with the Academic Advisor of the Thematic Working Group on Sustainable and Blended Finance for Food Systems, Sabine Desczka of Wageningen University and Research.
Bridging the Gap: A new working group tackles sustainable and blended finance for food systems
Michelle Tang2024-10-21T16:34:19+02:00An interview with the Co-Chairs of the new GDPRD Thematic Working Group on Sustainable and Blended Finance for Food Systems, Tuleen Alkhoffash of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Songbae Lee of the USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security.
UN Climate Change Conference Baku (COP29)
Michelle Tang2025-10-09T20:32:00+02:00The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) will convene on 11-22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change.
UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16)
Michelle Tang2024-11-11T08:42:05+01:0021 October - 1 November 2024 | Cali, Colombia | In-person. The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will convene from 21 October to 1 November 2024 in Cali, Columbia. The theme of COP16 is "Peace with Nature".
European Commission: Workshop on Sustainable Finance: the way forward
Michelle Tang2024-10-25T17:32:07+02:00European Commission Joint Research Centre & University of Padua workshop on sustainable finance for economic prosperity, environmental preservation, and societal well-being.
Committee on World Food Security (CFS) 52
Michelle Tang2024-10-25T17:32:38+02:00The Committee on World Food Security will convene its fifty-second plenary session (CFS52) from 21 to 25 October 2024 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy in a hybrid format. Session I will start on Monday at 9:30 CEST in the Plenary Hall.
Blog – Big ideas for food systems: Reflecting on the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition
Michelle Tang2025-07-31T16:43:06+02:00What are some innovative and cross-sector ideas with the potential to make a difference in food systems financing? Read the summary blog of the webinar "Financing Food and Rural Development" on 26 September 2024 and co-hosted by the Donor Platform and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate.
Devex Publishes Op-Ed by Co-Chairs on Blended Finance for Agriculture
Michelle Tang2025-02-05T13:03:40+01:00On 1 October 2024, Devex published an opinion article “How blended finance can catalyse private capital for agriculture” authored by GDPRD Co-Chairs Federica de Gaetano (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, AICS) and Bruce Campbell (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC).
Webinar: Financing Food and Rural Development
Michelle Tang2024-12-11T13:18:29+01:00The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is organizing a series of webinars to help development actors better understand development finance and donor approaches. The second seminar will present and discuss the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report 2024 and implications for donors and development partners
