About
Project Partners designed Food Alert to be a practical and direct means to help bridge the gap between policy analysis and practical application by those involved in the complex process of transforming food systems. The first edition of Food Alert focused on a simulation of a climate-triggered crisis affecting EU food supplies.
The idea for Food Alert came to life during 2023, as an effort to strengthen food systems, particularly their resilience to external stressors and shocks caused by increasingly severe climate change and related sustainability challenges. Project Partners include: Chris Hegadorn (Lead Organizer, Sciences Po Paris), Centre for Systems Solutions, Prospero & Partners, Chatham House, European Policy Centre and INRAE.
The Food Alert project benefits from the recent global attention directed toward food systems transformation fostered by the UN Secretary General’s September 2021 Food Systems Summit. It also builds upon the earlier work performed within the CASCADES EU Horizon project and other EU-funded projects linked to addressing climate impacts and improving EU food system resilience. Each of the six Food Alert partners and supporters has brought with them a wealth of expertise and experience linked to food and agriculture that, collectively, has enriched the process from start to finish.
Food Alert Simulations
The Food Alert initiative adapts stress testing methods used in other areas to food system security challenges using a policy simulation approach. It focuses on the resilience of EU food systems using a transdisciplinary methodology to uncover cross-sectoral or transboundary risks that more fragmented approaches might miss.
Learn more about our simulations
Food Alert Project Report
Media about us
Food Manufacture, Urgent need for political action to foster food system resilience
Handelsbaltt, Die hohen Lebensmittelpreise sind erst der Anfang
International Dairy Magazine, EU food system ‘stress-test’ underscores urgent need for political action
Let’s stay connected!
Are you interested in becoming a partner of the Food Alert initiative?
Contact our Lead Organizer,
Chris Hegadorn, to discuss potential collaborations.
We are actively seeking a diverse range of sponsors with unique perspectives to join our initiative!
Reach out to, Kristen Sukalac (Consulting Partner at Prospero & Partners) for more information on how to become Food Alert sponsor:
We welcome interest from
- Agricultural banks
- Research institutes
- Endowments, family offices, and NGOs dedicated to enhancing food system resilience
- Sovereign wealth funds and donor organizations
- Food and agricultural industry entities, particularly trade associations or foundations
We appreciate your consideration and look forward to potential collaborations!
Acknowledgments
The Food Alert initiative benefits from earlier work done in the context of the CASCADES, EU Horizon 2020 project, which explored cascading climate impacts on various aspects of European societies.
The workshops were also enhanced by Listening Inspires, an NGO that brings together a rich network of individuals committed to inspiring creative solutions to modern-day challenges through deep listening – to ourselves, each other and Nature.
Sponsors
