Public Seminar Series – 2023 (Seminar #03)


Abstract: This presentation explores the interconnected challenges of the global food system, focusing on the diet-health-sustainability trilemma. It examines how dietary patterns contribute to malnutrition, environmental degradation, and health disparities, particularly in middle- and low-income countries. Using modeling approaches, including the SIMPLE framework, the analysis highlights the impacts of food waste reduction and promoting shifts…
The Sustainable Development Report 2021 presents the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states, outlines the short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the SDGs, and describes how the SDGs can frame the recovery. It was prepared by teams of independent experts at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Read more…
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Sri Lanka’s agriculture economists have welcomed a decision by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to adopt a Green Socio-Economic Model enabling the switch to organic farming from a chemical fertiliser-based model but have raised concerns on its application without due thought. Read more…