Athens’ Urban Food Action Plan

The FUSILLI Project has developed 70 Innovation Actions to transform the food system in the cities. These actions based on the different stages in the food system: governance, production, distribution, consumption, and waste, are implement through Living Lab activities during the project period. This Urban Food Action Plan gives an overview of the city as a Living Lab, the challenges they face and the plan of action that they pursuit

Read Athens’ Urban Food Action Plan in brief below

Updates from the Living Lab

The Municipality of Athens has to manage a city with large historical and cultural heritage, affected severely by austerity. In 2017, the Municipality of Athens adopted a plan for mitigating carbon dioxide emissions, setting a target of reducing emissions by 40% by 2030, a plan for adapting to climate change and a resilience plan. Up to date, Athens has managed to reduce its GHG emissions by 20.5%, in relation to its base year (2014). Currently, the city is under revision of its climate action plan, so as to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The transformation of its food system to a more sustainable one is part of the action plan.

Main objectives and planned implementations

The main objective is to transform the food system into a more sustainable and more circular one, in line with the city’s aim to become a carbon neutral city by 2050. The planned implementations are mostly based on:

• Educational and school activities
• GHG mitigation
• Social food services
• Reduction of food waste
• Organic waste collection and composting
• Food festivals for the promotion of sustainable consumption among citizens

Links to FUSILLI pages in Greek

• FUSILLI – ΔΑΕΜ A.E.  |  daem.gr
• FUSILLI Urban Food Planning – City of Athens | cityofathens.gr