Nutrition for Growth
The first Nutrition for Growth Summit, hosted by the UK Government in London in 2013, and linked to the London Olympic Games, secured commitments of over US$4 billion to tackle undernutrition, and US$19 billion in complementary nutrition-sensitive investments between 2013 and 2020. In 2017, stakeholders gathered in Milan for the Global Nutrition Summit to track against pledges made in London, take stock of progress made, and further build the coalition of global nutrition champions. This Summit generated an additional $3.4 billion in nutrition pledges, At the 2021 Nutrition for Growth Tokyo Summit in Tokyo, Japan, at least 331 commitments from 156 stakeholders including 66 countries and 20 private sectors were submitted and financial contributions amounting to over 27 billion U.S. dollars were announced.
France will host the next Nutrition for Growth summit in Paris on March 27 and 28, 2025. This summit is aimed at mobilizing the international community, particularly private sector and civil society actors, around the issue of nutrition in order to reach the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN’s 2030 Agenda.
Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.