Policy Expert On Finance for Sustainable Food

Vor 7 Tagen

Geneve, Schweiz United Nations Vollzeit

Result of Service
- Database (in suitable format to facilitate consultation) capturing actions / policies taken by governments, standard setting bodies (e.g., SASB, Climate Bonds Initiative), coalitions of financial regulation authorities (e.g., NGFS), coalitions of Governments (e.g., ASEAN), international regulatory frameworks (e.g., Basel III), and other players to stimulate deforestation-free, sustainable land use and food systems. The database shall include a quantitative or qualitative assessment of the degree of effectiveness of policies implemented/administered.
- Report (max 30 pages) outlining:

- The actions taken thus far by governments, standard setting bodies, financial regulation authorities, international regulatory frameworks, and other players
- Barriers and opportunities to stimulate a transition to sustainable land use
- Concrete measures governments and other players can take to a) stimulate financing of sustainable land use and food systems; b) ‘standardize’ the framing, measuring and monitoring of impacts in relation to sustainable land use and food systems
- Prioritization of stakeholders that UNEP should engage with and concrete actions that UNEP should foster with these stakeholders in the coming months. Work Location
Geneva

Expected duration
8 MONTHS

**Responsibilities**:
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. UNEP's Ecosystem Division supports countries in conserving, restoring and sustainably managing their terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, the biodiversity they contain and the products and services they provide for human well-being and prosperity. It helps countries reduce pollution from land-based activities, increase resilience to climate change and reflect linkages between poverty and the environment in their development planning. Located within the Ecosystem Division, the Climate Finance Unit focuses on unlocking and scaling up private and catalytic public finance for sustainable land use. The Climate Finance Unit works closely with the UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), a strategic partnership between UN Environment and the global financial sector, with the mission to identify, promote, and realize the adoption of best environmental and sustainability practice at all levels of financial institution strategies and operations.
The ways in which we produce, sell, process, transport and consume food are having negative impacts on our health, environment, climate, and society. Sustainable food systems, on the other hand, have the potential to transform a problem into a solution, addressing challenges related to deforestation, climate change, biodiversity loss, food security, poverty reduction, and health —from the insurgence of pandemics to nutrition. With less than a decade left until the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deadline in 2030, it is imperative that finance becomes more sustainable, driving the inclusive economic growth that the world so desperately needs. Bringing sustainable food systems to the forefront of the finance agenda offers an indispensable opportunity to contribute to achieving SDGs 2, 3, 8, 12, 13 and 15 spanning food security, good health, sustainable economic growth, responsible consumption and production, climate action and life on land.
To foster the transition to more sustainable food systems through the finance lever, UNEP is executing—in collaboration with CIFOR—the Green Finance for Sustainable Landscapes (GF4SL) project, funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). UNEP-led activities have the following objectives:
1. Increase financial institutions’ and corporates’ commitments to finance deforestation-free commodity production / sustainable land use, including setting clear targets and a roadmap.
2. Facilitate a common understanding among financial actors of what sustainable land use investments mean and how to measure and monitor environmental and social impacts of loans/investments
To increase the visibility and impact of this project, UNEP has partnered with other four organizations working on finance for sustainable food systems—EAT, FAIRR, Food Systems for the Future, and World Business Council for Sustainable Development—to create the Good Food Finance Network (GFFN). GFFN is a network of high-level leaders, technical experts and agropreneurs from finance, business and the public sector combining their resources and intellectual capital to promote investment and provide finance solutions for sustainable food systems. GFFN drives cha

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