Thread by @Hanne_Tweets

🧵The war in #Ukraine impacts #foodsecurity in #NorthAfrica & globally. We asked what can Europe do 👉🏼 bit.ly/35WLncH. Today @EU_Commission presented its communication on safeguarding #FoodSecurity & reinforcing the resilience of #food systems 👉🏼 bit.ly/3irbhrU

📖 Humanitarian assistance to #Ukraine & beyond will come partly through financial contributions to the @WFP. At the same time, the EU asks member states not to enforce export bans (as in Hungary) to avoid a rise in food prices, inflation & further conflicts. @VDombrovskis

🌿But this means, the EU allows to freeze ambitions for sustainability & resilience – derogating from greening obligations under the #EUGreenDeal & #EUFarm2Fork. Additional area of 4 million hectares can now be used for food & feed production. @jwojc @JeroenCandel @jeroenkwakbo

This short-term response is problematic in light of climate and ecosystem risks. #Africa will need to deal with a double, spiralling emergency, also caused by #climatechange @Cascades_EU

The question remains: will the increase in production help avoid a food crisis in #NorthAfrica in the short term? The Communication does not clearly outline when and how more food will be exported to the affected regions. @EddyWax @PoliticoEU politi.co/37UiIpv @vchadw

🥕 It is important that these current measures don’t come at the expense of prioritising resilient & sustainable food systems – Check out our @ECDPM guide on how sustainable transformation works 👉🏼 bit.ly/3wva6Ql @KoDekeyser @F_Rampa @Cecilia_Dales @paulinabizz