Overview: Measures to implement the three STErn-strategies

Publication: Infographic
Citation: Ecologic Institute 2023: Overview: Measures to implement the three STErn-strategies. Infographic. In: Hanke, G.; Brunn, C.; Jägle, J.; Jánszky, B.; Meier, J.; Mering, F. v.; Quack, D.; Wolff, F. (2023): Components for the Transformation towards a Sustainable Food System; German Environment Agency, Dessau.

This interactive illustration combines all recommendations for action (a total of 39 proposed measures) from the STErn project and shows the time frame in which they should be implemented. If you move the cursor over the individual measure titles, the detailed profiles of the measures appear. The infographic is part of the brochure "Components for the Transformation towards a Sustainable Food System".

The infographic was developed by Ecologic Institute on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency.

Between October 2020 and September 2023, the project "Socio-ecological transformation of the food system" (STErn) developed policy recommendations for the transformation to a sustainable food system. The recommendations for action set out short, medium and long-term policy options.

Components for the Transformation towards a Sustainable Food System

Year 2023

Publication:Report

This report summarises key findings and recommendations for a strategy to promote more plant-based diets. This strategy is key for a sustainable transformation of food systems as so far, there is a lack of binding policy targets for sustainable nutrition to guide actions, and indicators to enable monitoring. This report discusses different options for targets and indicators, drawing on the concept of planetary boundaries and the Planetary Health Diet.

Entwicklung von politischen Handlungsansätzen für die Unterstützung stärker pflanzenbasierter Ernährungsweisen

Year 2023

Publication:Report

This report discusses the question of what degree of importance German environmental policy should attach to the regionalization of value chains and the role this approach might play in a socio-ecological transformation of the food system.

Regionalisierung von Ernährungssystemen

Einschätzung von Nachhaltigkeitspotenzialen und Darstellung politischer Handlungsansätze

Year 2023

Event:Digital Event

The online workshop on 28 November 2022 dealt with three political approaches to promote plant-based diets in Germany. Around 30 experts discussed the three approaches in the five-hour workshop: The institutionalisation through a federal programme and a foundation, urban and spatial planning, and vocational education and training.

Policy Approaches for the Promotion of More Plant-based Diets

Online-workshop on the socio-ecological transformation of the German food system

28 November 2022
online

Publication:Conference Paper

This input paper delves into three selected policy approaches to support more plant-based diets.

Förderung pflanzenbasierter Ernährungsweisen

Vertiefung von drei politischen Handlungsansätzen

Year 2022

Event:Workshop

On 21 March 2023, the STErn project team discussed the recommendations for action of the STErn project with around 40 experts from politics, administration, science and practice. The event was opened by Matthias Koller (Federal Environment Agency) and Dr. Margareta Büning-Fesel (Federal Agency for Nutrition). The recommendations for action of the STErn project were explained, discussed and supplemented in small groups.

Steps for the Transformation to a Sustainable Food System

Recommendations for action of the STErn project

21 March 2023
Berlin, Germany

Publication:Conference Paper

Germany's current nutrition system is not sustainable; it requires a far-reaching socio-ecological transformation. This finding forms the starting thesis of the STErn project, whose interim results and policy recommendations for action were discussed at a workshop on 21 March 2023. This paper provided the basis for the discussion.

Bausteine für die Transformation zu einem nachhaltigen Ernährungssystem

Inputpapier für den STErn-Workshop am 21.03.2023

Year 2023

Publication:Conference Paper

This discussion paper focuses on the potential for political intervention to promote regionalization (in the interests of sustainability) in the most effective way possible. It is part of the work of the research project "Socio-ecological Transformation of the Food System" (acronym STErn) carried out on behalf of UBA/BMU.

Politische Strategien für eine nachhaltigkeitsförderliche Regionalisierung von Ernährungssystemen

Diskussionspapier

Year 2022

Event:Digital Event

presentation slide on "Ansätze zur Förderung einer nachhaltigkeitsdienlichen Regionalisierung"

On 4 July 2022, around 30 experts discussed political strategies for a regionalization of the food system, achieving as many positive sustainability effects as possible and avoiding negative impacts. The discussion was based on an input paper by the project team, the core statements of which were presented in two short presentations by the main author, Gerolf Hanke (Oeko-Institut).

Policy Strategies for Regionalization of Food Systems Promoting Sustainability

4 July 2022
online

Languages: German

English
Credits: Concept: Julia Jägle, Johanna Meier
Design and Layout: Lena Aebli
Funding: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Published in: Components for the Transformation towards a Sustainable Food System
Published by: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Year: 2023
Project: Sustainable Management: Socio-Ecological Transformation of the Food System
Project ID: 50029
Keywords: Communication

Food

Sustainability strategies, policy development, measures for environmental protection, education and knowledge, organic food production, infrastructure and networks, long-term planning (2023-2050), food systems, funding programs, regional development

Germany

Data visualization, information processing, timeline, color coding, Gantt chart, categorization

Further Links

STEern project website

PublicationBrochureComponents for the Transformation towards a Sustainable Food System

Germany's current food system is not sustainable. The recently concluded research project "Socio-ecological Transformation of the Food System" (in short: STErn) outlines three strategies essential for a shift towards more sustainability: a more plant-based diet, more... Read more

Hanke, G.; Brunn, C.; Jägle, J.; Jánszky, B.; Meier, J.; Mering, F. v.; Quack, D.; Wolff, F. (2023): Components for the Transformation towards a Sustainable Food System; German Environment Agency, Dessau.