Course: Food and Our Future: Sustainable Food Systems in Southeast Asia

We asked some of our experts and educators to tell us what actions they thought most necessary or urgent for achieving sustainable food systems. This Call to Action video was …

In this video, Prof. Johan Rockström, of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, presents his perspective on how to achieve a sustainable food system. He lists his “Big Three” goals: Decarbonize the …

Transitioning to environmentally sustainable food systems will be no small task. In this video, Dr. Tara Garnett, of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, reviews some of …

Major themes in this course have included the alignment of food policy and natural resource objectives, the sharing of information by actors in food systems, and the need to think …

The ASEAN region is facing a number of complex issues related to food systems. In this video, Suriyan Vichitlekarn, of GIZ, the German development agency, argues for a comprehensive and …

In considering options for interventions, we take into account who has the capacity to influence which aspects of food systems. In this video, Dr. Tara Garnett, of the Environmental Change …

What do sustainable food systems look like from a natural resource perspective? In this video, Henk Westhoek, of PBL, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, describes three principles and some options …

Changes in existing practices can go a long way toward increasing the availability of food. In this video, Dr. John Ingram, of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of …

How complicated is it to create policies that promote healthy and sustainable diets? In this video Katrien Ghoos, of the World Food Programme Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, …

For centuries, many things related to food systems have gone hand in hand. Perhaps the most significant is that wealth and economic growth have been coupled with increased resource use …

Dietary choices have clear impacts on health. Earlier, Katrien Ghoos, of the World Food Programme Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, described overweight and malnutrition trends in Southeast Asia. …

This course makes the argument that food systems can use resources both efficiently and sustainably. In this video, Janet Salem, of the UNEP Regional Office for Asia Pacific, presents the …

We begin Week 2: Food systems and natural resources in Southeast Asia with a discussion between our Lead Educator Matthew Fielding and Dr. Chusit Apirumanekul, of the Stockholm Environment Institute …

As we heard already, agricultural intensification in Southeast Asia is increasing the pressure on natural resources, particularly land and water, and also having significant environmental impacts. In this Video, Dr. …

We have seen already the range of impacts that food production is having on the natural resource base in Southeast Asia. Socio-economic trends and changing agricultural practices are exerting increasing …