IPBES Nexus Assessment. Promoting sustainable healthy diets through plant-based public food procurement in Los Angeles County, USA. Case study – Box 5.5.6.
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The case study "Promoting sustainable healthy diets through plant-based public food procurement in Los Angeles County" illustrates a solution option related to sustainable healthy diets (C15) which is part of the IPBES nexus assessment Climate Change Chapter 5.5: "Options for delivering sustainable biodiversity-related approaches to climate change, adaptation, and mitigation, including relevant aspects of the energy system". The Climate Change Chapter 5.5 is one of the IPBES nexus Chapter 5: "Options for delivering sustainable approaches of the Thematic Assessment Report on the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services". 10.5281/zenodo.13850310 In the “Thematic Assessment of the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services”. Harrison, P.A., McElwee, P. D., and van Huysen, T.L. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn. The case study "Promoting sustainable healthy diets through plant-based public food procurement in Los Angeles County" (included in Box 5.5.6), has been informed by a series of policy documents, city sustainability and government plans, and institutional initiatives promoting sustainable healthy diets to address nutrition, health, climate, and environmental objectives.
Author: Tirado, Maria Cristina
Institutions: World Food Programme, University of California, Los Angeles
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7103189189
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