TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FROM A HUMANITARIAN FUTURES PERSPECTIVE: IMPACTS ON WATER, FOOD AND ENERGY

Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
29 Jul 2023
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Emerging IM technologies, Food and nutrition, Water, sanitation and hygiene
Countries
Multi-country
Organisations
The Rockefeller Foundation

At the end of October, the Rockefeller Foundation launched a research and advocacy initiative on Leveraging Humanitarian Spending to Create More Sustainable Food Systems. With that objective in mind, a Consultation Group of 25 current and former practitioners was formed to provide perspectives on the following: 

  • Ways to leverage humanitarian spending to create more sustainable food systems
  • The role of donors and the future of finance for Food Security
  • Impacts and implications of conflict, climate change, and environmental crises
  • The need for a gender lens
  • Linkages to social safety nets / cash assistance
  • Engaging private sector and other partners 

One of the issues which Humanitarian Futures felt should be considered is the impact that transformative technologies could have on creating more sustainable food systems. Leveraging resources for the right sorts of technologies to meet these needs would be a major step towards achieving the Rockefeller Foundation’s overarching objective.