From the Terms of Reference: “Action Track 1 will aim to deliver zero hunger and improve levels of nutrition, enabling all people to be well nourished and healthy.”

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) era was intended to herald a decline in hunger. In fact, since the dawn of the SDG era, hunger has increased almost every year (SOFI 2020, Figure 1). Business as usual projections are for the number of hungry people to be greater in 2030 (841 million) than in 2005 (826 million). Inequalities in society and the food system make affordable and healthy diets inaccessible to the most vulnerable populations. This signals that a central human right, the right to food,1 is being violated and that business cannot be 'as usual.' Something dramatic has to change.

Malnutrition in all its forms affects one in three people (Global Nutrition Report 2020). The world is not on course to meet any of the six global nutrition targets endorsed by the WHO Member States (Figure 2.1 of Global Nutrition Report 2020). Something dramatic has to change.