This report from Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) describes the current nexus between the global food and financial systems and explores how the two can be better aligned to deliver an inclusive, healthy, and environmentally sustainable food system. Building on F4B's broader work on nature and finance, it is accompanied by one supporting literature review, based on over 400 sources and outlining the major ongoing debates on the food-finance nexus.
This is the first (F4B) report covering the interplay between food and finance. It has been prepared in the context of F4B’s collaboration with the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC), and as a contribution to the UN Food Systems Summit, as well as ongoing international climate and biodiversity negotiations.