Among the numerous problems exposed in the current food system, industrialized animal agriculture and excessive meat consumption it enables present the most urgent issues to resolve, as well as the most powerful variable to leverage in systemic reform. As a leading international animal welfare organization headquartered in London, World Animal Protection promotes awareness and implementation of animal protection in more than 50 countries worldwide, including China. WAP will initiate this dialogue at the UN Food Systems Summit with the hope of discussing how improving animal welfare can reduce the use of antibiotics, improve food safety& health, reduce environment impact, and ultimately contribute to China’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060 in the areas of animal food production and consumption. WAP seeks to improve the public’s awareness of sustainable food system development and the vital role that animal welfare plays in this process.

The agenda is as follows:

1. Welcome and brief introduction: Moderator (5minutes)

Moderator: Jian Yi, Founder and President of Good Food Fund

2. Opening remarks: (10 minutes)

• Speech by Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (5 minutes)
• Speech by Steve McIvor, CEO of World Animal Protection (5 minutes)

3. Keynote speeches: (50 min)

Moderator: Melinda Hou, Good Food Fund Executive Director

• Opening: Overview of the impacts of animal agriculture on SDGs

Speaker: Mia MacDonald, Special member of the UN Food System Summit Action Tracks, Founder and Executive Director of Brighter Green (5 min).

• Overview of the importance of farm animal welfare to food system transformation (15min)

Speaker: Dr. Sarah H. Ison, Global Animal Welfare Advisor, World Animal Protection

• Natural resource and climate impact of animal agriculture (15 min)

Speaker: Dawn Moncrief, the founder and exec director of A Well-Fed World

• Analyze the current status of China’s animal agriculture in terms of carbon emissions and water, land, and energy footprints, creating a reference framework for animal agriculture development planning in China (15 minutes)

Speaker: Prof. Cui Shenghui, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• What would be the sustainable and healthier diets and how to do the transformation. (15 min)

Speaker: Becky Ramsing, MPH, RDN, Center for a Livable Future of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

4. Round table discussion and Q & A session

• Theme 1: (3 guests — 30 min)

Understanding the current situation of animal agriculture in China: achievements and challenges. Explore the potential of China’s animal agriculture to solve multiple environmental problems, and achieve sustainable development goals (eg. carbon neutralization, air and water quality improvement, etc)

Experts participating in the discussion:

• Xu Shaoshan, Director of China Quality Certification Center: Current situation of China’s animal agriculture industry and its potential for realizing China’s carbon emission targets (7 min)
• Dr. Guo Yixin, postdoctoral fellow of Peking University and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis: Introduce the nitrogen footprint of animal-derived foods compared with other foods, related air and water pollution and climate effects, and the relevant environmental policies of China and developed countries; explore the potential to improve livestock production technologies to mitigate nitrogen pollution and meet other environmental goals. (7 min)
• Long Ruijun, Distinguished Professor of Pastoralism and Ecology at Lanzhou University School of Life Science, doctoral supervisor, consultant to the World Yak Herders Association: Introduction of Chinese traditional animal husbandry and its relevance to environment (carbon emissions) and animal welfare practice. (7 min)
• Guest discussion: 10 minutes

2) Theme 2: (4 guests — 40 min)

Moderator: Chu Xueqin, China Farm Animal Project Manager of World Animal Protection

How to guide people to a healthier and more sustainable way of eating: eat less meat and eat better meat. How to promote sustainable development of agricultural and food systems through consumption and market forces.

Experts participating in the discussion:

• Dr. He Pan: Lecturer of Cardiff University: changes in dietary habits of Chinese citizens over recent decades, their nutritional quality and environmental effects, and the influence of socio-economic factors on dietary behaviors (7 min)
• ICCAW: How to promote and popularize high-welfare animal products (7 min)
• General manager of Good Food Institute Consulting: The rise of plant-based meat in the past two years, the response of Chinese consumers, and impacts on animal agriculture (7 min)
• Good Food Fund: how to encourage consumers to adopt sustainable and healthy diets (7 min)
• Guest discussion: (10 min)

6. Closing remarks (5 min)

Chu Xueqin, China Farm Animal Project Manager of World Animal Protection

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