Fixing the business of food
This report explores how to align the agri-food sector with the SDGs. It stresses that a change in business practices, as well as more harmonised and comparable monitoring and reporting standards, are required to enable the transformation to more sustainable and healthier food systems and support companies in this transition.
2022 Update of “A Closer Look at NDCs from a Food and Land Perspective”
The 2022 update now covers a total of 24 NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) including from all of the G20 members, to critically review them from a food and land perspective: what commitments are included in the NDCs, and how focused are they on action?
Shifting finance towards sustainable land use
Reports from the collaborative project of Climate Focus, ODI and SDSN on how countries can and need to shift existing finance flows to support sustainable land use. The reports include up-to-date analysis of available policy instruments for governments to re-design and align existing finance flows to be consistent with the long-term goals of the Paris agreement. All reports, including case studies and a proposed reporting framework, are available for download.
Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use
The global report from the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) proposes a reform agenda – centred around ten critical transitions – of real actionable solutions for transforming food and land use systems.
Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Countries need more clarity on how to operationalize and track progress towards the SDG goals. This paper, published on in the journal Nature Sustainability, propose an action agenda for implementing the SDGs around six key transformations.
Fixing the business of food
This report explores how to align the agri-food sector with the SDGs. It stresses that a change in business practices, as well as more harmonised and comparable monitoring and reporting standards, are required to enable the transformation to more sustainable and healthier food systems and support companies in this transition.
2022 Update of “A Closer Look at NDCs from a Food and Land Perspective”
The 2022 update now covers a total of 24 NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) including from all of the G20 members, to critically review them from a food and land perspective: what commitments are included in the NDCs, and how focused are they on action?
Shifting finance towards sustainable land use
Reports from the collaborative project of Climate Focus, ODI and SDSN on how countries can and need to shift existing finance flows to support sustainable land use. The reports include up-to-date analysis of available policy instruments for governments to re-design and align existing finance flows to be consistent with the long-term goals of the Paris agreement. All reports, including case studies and a proposed reporting framework, are available for download.
Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use
The global report from the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) proposes a reform agenda – centred around ten critical transitions – of real actionable solutions for transforming food and land use systems.
Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Countries need more clarity on how to operationalize and track progress towards the SDG goals. This paper, published on in the journal Nature Sustainability, propose an action agenda for implementing the SDGs around six key transformations.
Fixing the business of food
This report explores how to align the agri-food sector with the SDGs. It stresses that a change in business practices, as well as more harmonised and comparable monitoring and reporting standards, are required to enable the transformation to more sustainable and healthier food systems and support companies in this transition.
The Food, Environment, Land and Development (FELD) Programme was an SDSN-led strategic initiative of the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) to systematically monitor, analyze, and assess progress on national food and land use policies, the SDGs, and the Paris Agreement. The program concluded in July 2026. All of FELD’s research is accessible via the SDSN’s resource page.
Funders and Partners
The FELD programme team was grateful for the support it received from the following funders, initiatives, and organizations:
