Masterclass in Food Systems and Sustainable Finance

Monday 26^th – Thursday 29^th April 2027

Course Description

This Masterclass is designed to equip civil servants, central banks, development agencies, and NGOs with a clear and actionable understanding of how food systems intersect with finance—and why transforming them is essential to achieving climate, biodiversity, health, and development goals.

Food systems are at the heart of many global challenges: they are a major driver of emissions, environmental degradation, and health burdens, while also being deeply embedded in livelihoods, trade, and public spending. As with the energy transition, transforming food systems will require bold policy shifts and creative financial solutions. Yet food systems introduce additional layers of complexity, from the politics of diets to the fragmentation of value chains and the risks of asset stranding in agriculture and land use.