Fighting Hunger and Poverty in the UK and Internationally

Join this T20 thinktank event on Fighting Hunger and Poverty in the UK and Internationally: Contributions to the G20 in the context of Brazil’s Presidency.

The discussions will contribute to the process of establishing a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, which aims to include commitments from all G20 members to tackle these challenges domestically and globally.

Discussion points

This in person event will take place with research and policy organisations from UK and international development perspectives, to discuss:

1. What national or local policies and innovative strategies have been most effective in the UK and globally, in simultaneously addressing food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty, breaking their mutually reinforcing dynamics?
2. What international development policies and interventions have most potential for delivering a step-change in the fight to reduce hunger and poverty?
3. What is the scope for mutual learning among the countries of the G20 on effective policies tackling food insecurity and poverty?
4. What should the role of the G20 be in strengthening international development cooperation to ensure that no one and no country is left behind in the fight against hunger and poverty?

As part of Brazil’s G20 presidency, the T20 Brazil is bringing together think tanks and research centres from G20 members.

Speakers

• HE Antonio Patriota, Brazilian Ambassador to the UK
• Fábio Veras Soares, International Director of IPEA and Joint Coordinator of the T20
• Peter Taylor, Acting Director, IDS
• Lidia Cabral, Research Fellow, IDS, and co-chair of one of the T20 sub-tracks of Task Force 1, Fighting Inequality, Poverty and Hunger

Speaker panel: Food Insecurity and Hunger in the UK and globally

• Chair: Nick Nisbett, Research Fellow, IDS Health and Nutrition Cluster, and co-founder of the Food Equity Centre
• Hannah Brinsden, Food Foundation
• Suneetha Kadiyala, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Dee Woods, Food Justice Policy Coordinator, Landworkers’ Alliance

Speaker panel: Poverty and Inequality in the UK and globally

• Chair: Andrew Shepherd, Honorary Associate at IDS and Director of the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network
• Niall Cooper, Church Action on Poverty
• Keetie Roelen, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Deputy Director at the Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSGD), Open University
• David Gordon, Bristol Poverty Institute, University of Bristol