From Global Pledges to Local Plates, Crop Trust Flagship Event Rallies Multilateral Leadership for Food Security.
By Raymond Enoch:
At the heart of the SB62 climate negotiations, a powerful side event hosted at the Crop Trust Headquarters brought together global food security leaders, development partners, and youth voices under one banner: The Global Flagship on Food Security.
The gathering, convened in Bonn, served as a strategic call for multilateral leadership to act decisively and collaboratively in transforming fragile food systems—especially where it matters most: at the community level.
The event, held on the margins of the UNFCCC’s 62nd Subsidiary Body meetings, underscored a pressing truth—food systems are on the frontlines of climate change, and their resilience hinges on global cooperation grounded in local action.
Speakers and participants emphasized that true food system transformation demands more than policies—it requires partnerships that stretch across sectors, regions, and generations. The Global Flagship platform is positioned to be a catalyst for that change, creating space for diverse voices to co-create solutions that are sustainable, equitable, and scalable.
“Multilateral leadership is not a theory—it’s an engine for local change,” one participant noted, reflecting the sentiment shared across the floor.
Key Takeaways from the meeting included,
building Strategic Partnerships: Strong cross-sector, adding that collaboration is not just helpful, but it is essential for designing long-lasting interventions that directly benefit the communities most at risk from food insecurity and climate volatility.
Empowering Youth and Civil Society: Young leaders indicating that civil society actors are recognized as critical architects of food systems transformation. Their involvement is not optional—it’s strategic.
A central theme was the need to reduce the risk associated with food system investments. Strategic derisking measures can unlock the capital needed to scale up climate-resilient agriculture and ensure food security now and into the future.
By placing equity, innovation, and inclusiveness at the core of its discussions, the Crop Trust-led event marks a turning point in how global institutions are engaging with the food security challenge. Notably, the event positioned itself not just as a talk-shop, but a launchpad for action—focusing on how multilateral coordination can directly support grounded, context-specific solutions.
The Crop Trust’s initiative through this Flagship event is not only timely—it is necessary. With global hunger on the rise and climate shocks becoming more frequent, the need for resilient, inclusive, and collaborative food systems has never been more urgent.
As the world looks ahead to COP29 and beyond, the message from Bonn is unmistakable: food security is climate security, and the future of both lies in united, multi-stakeholder action.
