Summary

All children have the right to adequate nutrition and good health in order to reach their full potential. As people around the world move into urban areas in ever larger numbers, cities and local governments are playing an increasingly important role in ensuring that children and their families have access to nutritious food and that children can live, learn, eat, play and meet in healthy environments.

This document presents a roadmap for UNICEF’s future work on the specific food and nutrition challenges that children and families face in urban contexts. It sets out how UNICEF can support through nutrition expertise, innovative multi-sectoral action, and strategic collaboration with partners and existing city platforms. 

The roadmap establishes why an urban food and nutrition agenda for children is needed, where action can be taken, what sorts of relevant activities, tools and promising practices exist, and how UNICEF plans to contribute with partners in order to increase impact.