About Us
Providing nutritious food for a growing global population while protecting the vital natural systems which sustain life is one of this decade’s most critical challenges. Rural communities and key ecosystems are under growing stress from climate change. Farming, fishing, livestock-keeping and indigenous communities need support to scale solutions that strengthen their resilience, reward their environmental stewardship, and ensure all people have access to sustainable, healthy and affordable food.
The Just Rural Transition (JRT) initiative brings together diverse stakeholders – including governments, farmers organisations, food companies, investors, researchers and civil society. It is a “community of practice” whose participants are committed to play their role in achieving the JRT’s 2030 vision.
By fostering new partnerships, developing knowledge and tools, and facilitating dialogue between key stakeholders, the JRT aims to transform the way in which we produce and consume food, halting the rapid degradation of nature and accelerating delivery of global climate and Sustainable Development Goals.
The JRT was launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019. Stakeholders who wish to add their country, company or organization to the list of endorsers of the JRT 2030 Vision Statement and join any of our current initiatives can contact the JRT Secretariat for more information on jrt@merid.org.
Funders
We are grateful for the support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for seed-funding the Just Rural Transition. We also recognise and welcome the valuable in-kind contributions of members of the JRT community. To discuss opportunities to support our work, please contact jrt@merid.org.