Joint open letter on the need for a strong proposal on an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems

The document is an open letter addressed to President von der Leyen and other European Commissioners, calling for the establishment of a legal framework for sustainable food systems in the EU. The signatories argue that such a framework is essential to achieve the goals of the Farm to Fork strategy and the European Green Deal, and to address the threats posed by biodiversity loss and climate change to food security.

• The signatories request that the European Commission present a strong proposal for an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems by September 2023, which would serve to "anchor the objectives of the F2F strategy into law".
• The proposed legal framework is described as critical for meeting the European Green Deal and international commitments, specifically the Paris Agreement on Climate, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
• The letter argues that a sustainable food system is necessary to combat biodiversity loss and climate change, which are identified as "serious threats to food security" that are already negatively impacting the ability to produce and access food.

APA

ClientEarth (2023). Joint open letter on the need for a strong proposal on an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems. https://www.clientearth.org/media/2kyhlfpb/joint-open-letter-on-the-need-for-a-strong-proposal-on-an-eu-legislative-framework.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Joint open letter on the need for a strong proposal on an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems. 2023. https://www.clientearth.org/media/2kyhlfpb/joint-open-letter-on-the-need-for-a-strong-proposal-on-an-eu-legislative-framework.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2023joint, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Joint open letter on the need for a strong proposal on an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/2kyhlfpb/joint-open-letter-on-the-need-for-a-strong-proposal-on-an-eu-legislative-framework.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }