A Common Food Policy for the EU is needed to combat climate change, halt biodiversity loss, curb obesity, and make farming viable for future generations, according to a report published on Thursday, 7 February, by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food).
According to Olivier De Schutter, IPES-Food co-chair and lead author of the report, a common food policy can “spark a wholesale transition to sustainable food systems” where the Common Agricultural...