Objectives and Indicators for the Dietary Shift in Germany with a Focus on Proteins

Event: Digital Event

Workshop
Date: 30 November 2021
Location: online
Speaker: Stephanie Wunder

Dr. Ulrike Eberle (corsus)

Dr. med. Peter von Philipsborn (LMU München)

As part of the STErn project, led by Ecologic Institute, an online-workshop on the socio-ecological transformation of the food system in Germany with a focus on the protein transition took place on 30 November 2021 together with 35 experts. The aim of the event was to discuss possible indicators that can help to politically anchor and monitor the necessary change in dietary patterns towards more plant-based and less animal-based proteins.

The workshop was based on an input paper that was presented by the main author Stephanie Wunder:

This was followed by two short impulses commenting on the input paper by Dr Ulrike Eberle (corsus) and Dr Peter von Philipsborn (LMU Munich), first from an environmental perspective, then from a health perspective:

The participants discussed in plenary as well as in small groups the term and the relevance of the "protein transition" as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the presented indicator options (food-group-index and protein-source-indicator) regarding their feasibility and practicability.

A documentation of the event is available for download. Further information on the project and past and upcoming events can be found on the STErn project website.

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Publication:Brochure

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Components for the Transformation towards a Sustainable Food System

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Publication:Report

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Publication:Report

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Event:Digital Event

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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

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

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

Funding: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Organizer: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Speaker: Stephanie Wunder

Dr. Ulrike Eberle (corsus)

Dr. med. Peter von Philipsborn (LMU München)
Team: Eva Langerová

Marie-Lisa Feller

Dr. Dietlinde Quack, Gerolf Hanke (Öko-Institut e.V.)

Babett Jánszky, Dr. Friedhelm von Mering (Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft)

Stefan Löchtefeld, Marlen Wahlmann (e-fect dialog evaluation consulting eG)
Date: 30 November 2021
Location: online
Language: German
Participants: 34
Project: Sustainable Management: Socio-Ecological Transformation of the Food System
Project ID: 50029
Keywords: Events

Food

Health

Indicators

food system transformation, dietary shift, plant-based proteins

Germany

Further Links

STErn project website

PublicationConference PaperOnline-Expert*innenworkshop am 30.11.2021 "Ziele und Indikatoren für die Proteinwende in Deutschland"

This documentation summarizes the main interim results of the four-hour online workshop "Targets and Indicators for the Protein Transition in Germany" with about 35 participants. The aim of the event was to discuss possible indicators that can help to politically anchor... Read more

Wunder, Stephanie and Dietlinde Quack 2022: Online-Expert*innenworkshop am 30.11.2021 "Ziele und Indikatoren für die Proteinwende in Deutschland". Ergebnisdokumentation. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

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This paper discusses which indicator is suitable to concretize the change of dietary styles towards less animal and more plant-based products – here called "protein transition" – for political and scientific discourse. The results presented are part of the work of the... Read more

Wunder, Stephanie; Eva Langerova; Dietlinde Quack 2021: Ziele und Indikatoren für die Proteinwende in Deutschland. Inputpapier für den STErn Expert*innenworkshop am 30. November 2021. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

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