EAT Foundation, Food System Economics Commission, and EAT-Lancet 2.0

EAT is pleased to submit this request for a continuation of Wellcome’s support for EAT knowledge engagement and communications activities.

In collaboration with SISTEMIQ, FOLU, and PIK, we continue to progress on the Food System Economics Commission building on the foundational work of the EAT-Lancet Commission, and FOLU’s Growing Better report. .

Second, after consulting with numerous EAT partners, including the Wellcome Trust and the Lancet, we are pleased to submit a proposal for a five-year revision of the EAT-Lancet Commission, or the EAT-Lancet 2.0 (EL2.0).

This will be a critical revision of the Planetary Health Diet (PHD), amongst other topics, EL2.0 will include: a focus on the diversity of local diets that fall within PHD ranges; a focus on food production practices to complement the important consumption focus work of EL1.0; novel work on the “socially just” dimensions of healthy foods from sustainable production system; and an important IPCC style intermodel comparison.

We will invite a third co-chair to join Dr. Willett and Dr. Rockstrom to lead EL2.0 with a focus on the “socially just” elements of the Commission. Third, EAT thanks Wellcome for its continued support, including to core institutional functions.