The Balancing Act: Feeding People, Sustaining the Planet

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12/10/2025
12:30 - 13:30
Hall 3: Forum Plenary , Hybrid
Session with interpretation

Why attend

Explore how to reconcile agricultural production with climate resilience, biodiversity, health, water, and energy security. This high-level session brings together government, civil society, farmers, and business leaders to share real-world strategies and foster cross-sectoral collaboration for food systems that sustain both people and the planet.

Session Description

This high-level session explores the urgent need to reconcile agricultural production with healthy ecosystems and people, while ensuring water and energy security in the face of climate change, growing food demands, and natural resource degradation. As the world confronts overlapping crises—biodiversity loss, climate change, food insecurity, water stress, pollution, pandemics, and inequality—it is critical to identify integrated solutions that deliver benefits for both people and planet. Focusing on the delicate balance required to meet human needs within planetary boundaries, the session will feature dialogue among governments, civil society, farmers, and businesses. Panelists will share real-world stories and innovative solutions, while exploring how to mobilize collaboration, align institutional mandates, and unlock investments. Participants will be inspired to reimagine the role of food and agricultural systems in achieving resilient, equitable development, and to explore policy, financial, and institutional mechanisms that foster cross-sectoral coherence and long-term sustainability.
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Keynote speaker

Speaker Agnes Kalibata

Chair Person, C4Impact Advisory Group

Speaker

Speaker Elizabeth NSIMDALA

President, Eastern Africa Farmers Federation

Speaker Ewald RAMETSTEINER

Deputy Director, FAO of the UN

Speaker Nizar HANI

Minister of Agriculture, Lebanon

Speaker Sandrine Enguehard

Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Societe Generale

Moderator

Speaker José Luis Chicoma

Program Chair of The Future of Food, THE NEW INSTITUTE