The UN Environment Management Group (EMG) convened a Nexus Dialogue on Sustainable Food Systems on 12 March 2019, during the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) in Nairobi, to explore how integrated approaches to food production, consumption and distribution could advance food security, environmental sustainability and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The EMG, in collaboration with UNU-FLORES, organized the Nexus Dialogue on Food System Resilience through Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) on 7 June 2021 as an independent dialogue of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit. The event explored how a more integrated approach to managing land, water, biodiversity and other natural resources could help build more resilient and sustainable food systems.